sef1962 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I can not get this to scan any better any helpto ID medals on bar and what is white medal below EKI thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Johanniter Order. Great photo-if only a liiitle bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian J Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Ek2HHoX3Lippe detmold War Merit Cross?HindenburgSchlesien eagleLong serviceLong service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sef1962 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 Thanks is it possable to ID rank name and unit ? It must be useful with holders of johanniters cross being persecuted by nazis thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 NOTHING written on back? This is too fuzzy to be SURE... but since he appears to have a Wehrmacht 25 there... I find no match in the Reichsheer... which means he went from the Imperial Army through the Weimar Polizei and then into the Wehrmacht-- invisibly.It would be nice to have a clear shot of his exact rank and whatever unit designation is on his boards.BTW-- his Waffenrock can only be described as freakish-- the light PIPING suggests infantry-- and yet his collar and cuff Litzen appear to be applied directly onto the dark green of his collar and cuffs WITHOUT THE WAFFENFARBE UNDERLAY that should give them all a rectangular border. Should NOT be able to "see" the points of the Litzen sticking out like this.A place name on back.... anything might have helped track him down. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sef1962 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 no writing on back i will try higher res on scanner when i am a bit more sober thanks mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sef1962 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 better scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Freaky. He does indeed have his collar and cuff Litzen directly applied without being on any Waffenfarbe underlay!!! From that smudge and blur of a medal bar and the bumps and waves in his shoulder boards---BEHOLD !!!!!Eckhard von GeysoBorn Charlottenburg 25 May 1891Died 1982Army 18.06.10 Fahnenjunker Garde Grenadier Rgt 3Leutnant 18.11.11 FfOberleutnant 27.01.17 Rr/#3Hauptmann 01.05.24 #4MajorOberstleutnant 01.08.36 #4Oberst 01.02.39 # 4Generalmajor 01.10.42 # 2Medal bar =EK2 1914HEK3X 16.04.18 as Ordonnanzoffizier XIV. AK (the PRINCELY Hohenzollern, not the Royal version)LKHCXSilE2WM25WM12Also had Spangen to Iron Crosses, German Cross in Gold 18.10.411914: 5./ GGR 3 1924: Regimental Adjutant IR 8 (Wound Badge omitted)1928: 4th (MG)/ IR 8 (Wound Badge is now listed)1937: Commander IInd Bn/ IR 291939: Grenz Inf Rgt 12101.09.39 to 19.02.42 Commander Inf Rgt 12121.04.42 Commander Inf Rgt 48901.10.42 Commander Truppen ?bungsplatz D?beritz01.07. to 12.12.43 Commander 709th Division01.06.44 Commander 193rd DivisionPOW Soviet Union 08.05.45 to 08.10.55His entry in the Biblio army generals biographies should confirm face and how/where he ended up with a Silesian Eagle 2nd Class 1919/21.He did not have the Johanniter in 1924 (which also omitted showing his 1918 Wound Badge-- BAD, BAD 1924 Reichsheer proofreaders trying to trick the Research Gnomes!!!!!) and these stopped being listed, I think, in 1926 following the von Seeckt purge. The army banned them about 1939/40 as I recall.This will date October 1936 to end of 1938, while he was an Oberstleutnant in Inf Rgt 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sef1962 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Thanks a lot so much info from a picture i will have hours of fun researching his exploits Thanks again Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Bernhard Holst (Santa did not bring him an Epson scanner AGAIN ) tells me that sure looks like von Geyso's portrait in the Generals bios. Von Geyso died in Berlin 16 July 1982.Thanks Bernhard! BTW-- you may want to repost this photo over in the Wehrmacht uniforms section. I have never ever ever seen a Waffenrock like this without underlay on the Litzen. None of us would buy one today that looked like that! :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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