webr55 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) After another member recently discovered a copy of a book on Crew 1906, I have found the book of Crew 1914, published in Hamburg in 1926. It is very interesting: it has one page for each crew member, with picture and extensive biographical information, like father's occupation and so on, but most interesting - a complete listing of all awards, including foreign, and even Freikorps. I will post some scans soon. But first, I have collected the awards here. This list refers to the 1918 Navy ranklist, Leutnants zur See, p. 73ff. Crew 1914 starts with Seiwert. Given here are all awards that are not listed in the 1918 ranklist (I leave out Fliegerabz., U-Bootabz., Wound Badges). All names not listed did not get anything additional: p. 73: Löhner EK1, HH Stark, Hans EK1 Cramer, Hugo EK1 Wesemann BremH Schönberg TH Starke, Rudolf MMV, BT5 Meendsen-Bohlken EK1 Etzdorf, Hans EK1, BT4 (KIA 1918) Langen EK1, HH p. 74: Stolzmann, Walter EK1 Wolffhügel BMVO4 (KIA 1918) Hencke EK1, BMVO4 v. Borries, Wilhelm EK1, BrK Girke EK1 Schüz, Otto WF3b, HH (KIA 1919) Lambrecht EK1, HH Bender, Roderich EK1, ÖTM Lodemann HH (KIA 1918) Hoechst EK1, OFA1 Niemann EK1, MMV Deckert RM, TH, TL Delfs EK1 Freudenberg EK1, OFA1 Schniewind, Paul EK1 v. Borries, Edgar LüH v. Kutzleben OFA2 Dietel GSF3b Drekmann, Hermann HH Steinkopff EK1 Keßler EK1, LüH Rieve, Odo EK2 Siebold EK1 Rolshoven LüH (KIA 1918) p. 75: Ruge EK1 Klamroth, Viktor EK2 Staelin HH Mann, Hans EK1, HH Boldt EK1 Osann EK1 v. Salis-Soglio EK1 Achilles EK1 Weygold EK1 Schünemann EK1 Trube EK1, OFA2 Schulze, Bruno EK1 Meister, Bruno LüH Leichtenstern EK1, BMVO4 Schultze, Reinhold EK1 Stitzinger BMVO4 Osterndorff EK1 Schmitz, Kurt EK1, TH, TL, TM, TRM Hagemann, Kurt EK1 (died 1926) Gumprich WF3b Fremerey EK1, HH Peters, Heinz BrK Schoppen EK1 Leithäuser EK1 Kreisch EK1 p. 76: Roediger HH Henning EK1, SA3b, WF3b v. Recum EK1 Gutjahr, Otto EK1 Osterloh EK1 v. Friedeburg EK1, BZ3b Böhme SA3b, TH, TL, TM Wagner, Lothar TH, TL, BT5 Schnoeckel EK1, HH Brauns EK1 Heye, Helmuth EK1 Maas TH (KIA 1918) Bär TH Weiß, Siegfried EK1 Freymadl BT5, TL, TH Stöllting HH Herrmann, Wolfgang SA3b (KIA 1918) Prall, Andreas EK1, HH Boerner HH, TL, TH Fabig SEK3 Topp EK1, OFA2, ÖM3K Rollmann EK1 Korn BZ3b Bauer, Franz EK1, FinnFK3 Schumann, Gotthard EK1 Meyer, Konrad EK1 Kupferberg EK1, HT, OFA2 v. Grafenstein BremH Kratzenberg EK1, OFA2 p. 77: Masberg EK1 Riensberg, Heinrich EK1 Schmitz, Franz (changed his name to Schmitz-Lenders) Jeschonnek EK1 Wahl, Heinrich EK1, HT Silex EK1, HH Mertz TL, TM, TH Rüling EK1, SA3b Seydlitz EK1, SLK Bonte EK1 Wichmann EK1, HH Schneidewind EK2 v. Wiedebach EK2 Schmall EK1, FinnFK3 Schultze, Fritz (changed his name to Schultze-Rhonhof) Bütow EK1 Zerbe BrK (changed his name to Zerbe-Holvard) Arimond TH p. 78: Eckoldt, Alfred EK1 Mechlenburg EK1 v. Suckow MMV (KIA 1918) Schwartzkopff EK1, Baltenkreuz Steidle BMVO4 Hunaeus EK1 v. Schlüter EK1 Geissler, Otto EK2 v. Kleist EK1 Rieve, Friedrich EK1 Wiarda EK1 Matthies EK1 Josephi EK1, MMV Ahrens, Günther EK1, OFA1 Behncke, Ludwig EK1, LüH Erdmann, Günther EK1, TL Reinhard, Max BMVO4, HH, LüH, FinnFK3 Köllner EK1, OFA2, HSH3b p. 79: Fricke, Hermann GSF3b Altmann TH, TL, TM Wentzel, Theodor EK1, OFA2, HH Koopmann, Werner HH v. Muschwitz TH Fellner EK1 Roeser-Bley EK2 (died 1922) Philipp EK1 Blunck EK1, OFA2, BremH Bluth TH Bode, Hermann EK1, BZ3b Flörke HH Pohl, Friedrich EK1 v. Arend HH Ritter, Wilhelm EK2 (KIA 1918) Interesting to see that some got up to 3 awards after the 1918 RL came out. Edited January 25, 2021 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 VERY useful and an amazing number of EK1s for barely commissioned officers.Adds a "GSF3bX" from the missing 1916-18 pages to later Kapt zS aD Hermann Fricke. Thanks! :(add "X" for ALL these Orders above)What is meant by "BT?" I assume that would have been the BT4b, but a BT4a would be pinback and throw off our group IDs. And I must think that the MANY--too many-- "TM" actually means a Turkish IMTIAZ Medal with Xs, and NOT a Turkish MEDJIDIE Order (with Xs)... ?Every source adds more data but they all have quirks and errors that need to be watched.Glad to see the "invisible" Finnish awards listed. Sounds like yet another potential CD project-- Facial Identification on some otherwise unknown officers is ALWAYS needed for photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 What is meant by "BT?" I assume that would have been the BT4b, but a BT4a would be pinback and throw off our group IDs. And I must think that the MANY--too many-- "TM" actually means a Turkish IMTIAZ Medal with Xs, and NOT a Turkish MEDJIDIE Order (with Xs)... ?Ah yes, correct observation. I now distinguish between BT5 and BT4, the book says "Bulgar. Tapferk. Medaille" and "Bulgar. Tapferk. Orden", respectively. Probably BT4b.Not sure about TM, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Title page: (Real signature of Admiral von Schröder) Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) One page each for those KIA: Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) The others have to share a page: Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Another page. Note Bode with incorrect Zähringen oakleaves! Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) These are the final pages, listing names, occupation, birthdays, wives' birthdays and addresses: Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 This should be scanned onto a CD-- maybe a whole SERIES of these on CDs. For ALL the Crfews! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Is Kapit?nleutnant Leo Riedel mentioned anywhere in that impressive tome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Riedel was in Crew 1902. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) David Gregory said: Is Kapitänleutnant Leo Riedel mentioned anywhere in that impressive tome? no, this is only about Crew 1914 members. Edited January 25, 2021 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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