Unidentified photos - mostly Generals

[webr55]

I've been wanting to start this thread for a while: Here are a number of pics I found online - from different sources. Some may be easy, some more difficult, some may have been ID'd here already. Anyway - here they come:

#1

First, an old fellow:

((ID below: Friedrich Müller))

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Close-up - doesn't get better than this:

((Better pictures below))

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#2

A much older case:

((ID below: Friedrich Fritsch))

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close-up 1

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close-up 2

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#3

Another General after WW1: 

((ID below: Max Bliesener))

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#4

Who is this PLM General (I have no idea)?

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#5

A General with 40 year oakleaves in 1943:

((ID below: Paul Voit))

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Back of the last pic:

Again --- I'm sorry if some of these belong to anyone here or have already been discussed. I just thought it would be a pity if they got lost.

[Komtur]

Max Bliesener, 1864-1931, 1914 Oberst FußAR 16, GM a.D. ArtKdr 43.

BTW #3-5 is of quality!

[Komtur]

detailed scan

[Deruelle]

Hello,

About the first photo, maybe I have found the name :

Generalleutnant Kurt von Reyher.

Christophe

[Guest Rick Research]

Numbers 8-9 is CRAZY

That is Generalleutnant zV Paul Voit (1876-1949) and he was not entitled to a 40!!!!!

He served in the Bavarian army 1895 to 1920 (25 real years, 35 pension years but THOSE did not count for Wehrmacht long service awards!!!), again 1933-39 ( 5 1/2 years = 30 1/2 real years)... and was called up zV for the war ...

I have noted other GENERALS who seem to have decided to grant this to themselves... or perhaps GENERALS were exempted from the suspension of processing long service awards during the war for ONLY "40s"?

Extremely extremely WEIRD :speechless1:

[saschaw]

Last one is

Max Bliesener, 1864-1931, 1914 Oberst FußAR 16, GM a.D. ArtKdr 43.

(has been identified by Daniel after being shown on a German forum )

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Thanks naughty Voit -- and thanks to both for Bliesener.

No. 1 cannot be Kurt von Reyher - because he did not have the Centenary. Hmmm...

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#6

A Baden Oberst of LGR 109

((ID below: Josef von Fallois))

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close-up

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#7

A Pioneer Oberst, in Memel 1944 (Photo must be older, yes).

((ID below: Alfred Bonsack))

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Looks to me like an HSH Commander around his neck. Luckily, there is some scribbling on the backside:

[saschaw]

A Baden Oberst of LGR 109

NOT A BADEN Oberst but a Prussian Oberst in a Baden unit: He wears a Prussian 1866 cross. Sorry, don't have the Regimentsgeschichte handy... he should be commander of LGR 109, right?

[Deruelle]

Hi,

About photo n° 1, I have a good match : General Friedrich Müller. I haven't found if he received 1897 medal.

Christophe

[Deruelle]

Photo n° 8 : Oberstleutnant Alfred Bonsack of R.I.R. Nr. 215

You can see this photo and close up of the medal bar in my topic : my Thuringian collection.

Christophe

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The GR 109 Oberst is Josef von Fallois. He went on to command 57. IB 29. Div. and XIII. AK.

Andy

[webr55]

Many thanks! The first one -- which Friedrich Müller do you mean Christophe? What was his position in 1914?

#8

Speaking of Thuringen -- i wonder who this SA Oberführer is:

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#9

Someone with a Reuss neck order who's been to DSWA:

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