DonC Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 This one on the surface does not seem to be difficult, but the devil is in the details. I am getting Wolf von L?dwigshausen - anyone else see anything different? Rick, Simon, Hardy, and others, your opinions are always welcome...Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 (Freiherr) v(on) L?dinghausen gen(annt) Wolf(f), actually.What's the rank and branch of service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonC Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Thanks, Rick -Sadly this is not on a tunic, but on a pair of General Staff Officer (mit lampassen) trousers. Rank I assume would be anywhere from Hauptmann on up.Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Huh. I don't find anyone at all who matches in 1934.There was a First World War Leutnant aD, and two young Leutnants-- 1936 and 1938 commission dates.That suggests only (possibly) the WW1 fellow... if he had DIED before January 1939. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonC Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 If the pants were crimson and not carmine would that make any difference? I don't have them in hand and only have the owner's description...Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I only find the three-- one WW1 with no apparent Wehrmacht service (in 1934 anyway) and 2 then (1934) not in the service/too young. That's the state of things at this point.I suspect somebody NOT WW1 era who was dead before WW2. Data incomplete after 1932. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonC Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 I see the family name has a number of clergy in online searches. Interesting how even into the 20th century you see so many European nobility with some members in the military and some n the clergy.Thanks, Rick, for all your help. Here's a scan of the trousers:Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 There were two old GENERALS in this family-- VERY old. Neither served in the FIRST War-- but one died in 1910 and the other in 1931.Baffling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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