Ulsterman Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I came across a recent memoir ("In the Highest Quarters") by a staff officer who bitterly recounts how the EK became an award based upon class ("in the club") behind the lines and how bitterly common fighting men, for whom the EK1 was the apex of their world, viewed staff wallahs being handed them for things like map reading. Hey-my 5,000th post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Here is a nice shot of a serious looking Bavarian... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 That is a killer!!!!!! Alpenkorps is really my favourite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 I am guessing this Landsturm guy was just issued this tunic, it looks store fresh.... notice how the EK is on backwards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Powell Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 here are a few from my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 University Students from Freiburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Sent by Landsturm-Inf.Batl. 1. Kp - Kaiserslautern on 27-04-1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Cap tally reads SMS Ostfriesland Edited December 4, 2010 by Odulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) With Bavarian MVK3 m.Schw. Edited December 4, 2010 by Odulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Nice studio picture Edited December 4, 2010 by Odulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Kapitänleutnant von Berckheim (U26) EK2 for sinking the Russian cruiser Pallada on 11-10-1914, and a postcard picturing the complement of U26, all wearing the EK2 for this action. Edited December 4, 2010 by Odulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Two sailors wearing the cap tallies of the light cruiser SMS Elbing and the dreadnought SMS Baden, on leave 30-9 / 10-10-1916. Elbing was deployed in September 1915 and lost at Jutland (1-6-1916) with all hands saved, Baden was launched October 1915 and compleded March 1917. Obviously the Baden man, also a recipient of the Rettungsmedaille, served in another unit before the picture was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Why is it that in so many pictures we see the combination of an EK2 with one or more women? Would the Iron Cross have had a hidden message? :cool: Edited December 4, 2010 by Odulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 dated 27-6-1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Saxon, 12th Rgt. Photographer in Chemnitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Cap tally: I. Bau-Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Eisenbahn-Regt. Nr.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 And a picture of the Kaiser himself, wearing all his Iron Crosses. This photo is from the interbellum, when Wilhelm lived in exile on a little castle in Doorn (The Netherlands). The photo was sent from Doorn on12-XII-1932. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Hand coloured 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryG Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Latest arrival Edited December 9, 2010 by TerryG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIR Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Offizierstellvertreter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 These two laddies dont seem to be the sharpest knives in the drawer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 But they did get their EKs for escaping from a POW camp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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