Uncategorised Pictures of my grandfather...

[webr55]

I have posted most of these pictures before on another forum, but as it's my grandfather's 100th birthday today, I post them again here:

My grandfather was born in 1907. He joined the police school in Treptow in 1926 and was a policeman (Ober-, then Hauptwachtmeister) in Berlin before the war. He was also involved in the Olympics 1936. When the war started, he was transferred to the Feldgendarmerie as Stabsfeldwebel. He served mainly in Poland and France.

He was never promoted to Meister der Gendarmerie during the war. In a postwar CV, he writes that this was because he refused to join the Nazi party. He was approached several times by higher officials to join, but never did.

The first picture is from the the mid-1930s. He is standing on the right.

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Here he is as Oberwachtmeister der Schupo.

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This is a group photo of a police course he attended in Bad Ems in 1939:

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[webr55]

That's him, to the far right, with a Police Shako. He's wearing a ribbon bar with a Police DA (8 yrs), Olympic Medal and Red Cross Medal.

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[webr55]

This one was taken between August and November 1939, maybe in Poland. He is wearing the Deutsche Wehrmacht armband.

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Close-up:

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He was then transferred to the Wehrmacht Feldgendarmerie and promoted to Stabsfeldwebel. This is him, bottom left, with others, wearing their gorgets.

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Another one, taken in France.

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[webr55]

More to follow tomorrow.

[Robin Lumsden]

Happy 100th birthday!

[webr55]

Thanks! Some incentive to continue, so here we go again:

A picture with the Feldgendarmerie cufftitle:

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Close-up, hard to make out, I admit:

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[webr55]

This is a photo I particularly like:

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... with a car, in France:

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... in the sidecar:

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[webr55]

He took this pic of a smashed tank, probably a Polish Tankette, I was told.

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[webr55]

Entries in his Wehrpass - the units he belonged to:

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Battle entries:

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EK2 entry:

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[webr55]

The first page of his Wehrpass, not in the best condition, as you see. Signed by a Major (E) Luyken, commander of WBK Berlin X. Any other information on him, maybe?

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[Guest Rick Research]

Was he very badly wounded in August 1943? He seems to have been in recovery and "light duty" from then on.

[Paul R]

I take it that he is still alive? Were any stories passed down on how he earned his Iron Cross? Were any stories handed down?

[webr55]

Well spotted, Rick! He actually had a motorcycle accident during the Poland campaign which apparently had grave late consequences. He spent quite a lot of time in the Lazarett. Here is his WP page with the sickness entries - most probably, those "Ekzems" disguise something else.

And he died of late consequences in 1955. Sorry Paul, no first hand account of his.

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[webr55]

Another page:

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[Luftwaffe Rules]

Its great you have all of these things of his! Do you have any of his medals or gorgets? Great items! All the best, Jon