Decorated WW1 veteran

[Freiwillige]

 Just got this beautiful photo of a highly decorated WW1 veteran, presumably a member of a certain shooting society. This photo is dated 1939 on the back.  

Any comments on his awards would be highly appreciated  :rolleyes:

[Freiwillige]

Here's a fragment of the photo with that veteran's awards. Please submit your ideas regarding his decorations!

[HeikoGrusdat]

for shure a member of a shooting club , maybe a "Schützenkönig" , but I can see exactly NO ww1 award... pure shooting club uniform and medals

cheers

Heiko

[Freiwillige]

Thanks, Heiko!

Any ideas regarding the exact names of his decorations, at least some of them?

[Ulsterman]

OMG!! Just a LITTLE larger.

One of the "medals is the trains long service award. Another is one of the purchase regimental crosses and I think another on the right hand lower medal bar may be the Waurtmbrgn. service medal. The rest are shooting awards and my Shooting awards book-presently boxed up in the attic, may be identifiable. Book is boxed up because wife is painting library-so stay tuned.

[speedytop]

Hi Freiwillige,

please see all the identical ribbons!

Therefore I think, that there is nothing military or are in another way "official".

OK, they were awarded from the shooting association(s), but there seems nothing to be official!

You could (and can) buy such "awards" in several shops all over in Germany:

http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=49

http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=51

http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=50

http://www.steinluec...?unterrubrik=73

etc., etc.

Uwe

[Freiwillige]

One of the "medals is the trains long service award. Another is one of the purchase regimental crosses and I think another on the right hand lower medal bar may be the Waurtmbrgn. service medal.

Many thanks for your comments! Could you please concretize (maybe by placing an arrow on the scan) where exactly is the trains long service award and regimental cross?

[Freiwillige]

Hi Freiwillige, please see all the identical ribbons!

Therefore I think, that there is nothing military or are in another way "official".

OK, they were awarded from the shooting association(s), but there seems nothing to be official!

You could (and can) buy such "awards" in several shops all over in Germany

Uwe

Many thanks for your help, Uwe!

But nevertheless, as for this man's uniform???

[speedytop]

Hi Freiwillige,

the uniform?

I will show you only one example, but you can find thousands of them in the German internet:

http://www.verberg.d...zenfest2004.htm

Please start the slideshow!

In German shooting associations you can find all ranks, from soldiers to officers to generals and field marshals.

With different uniforms and different weapons like sabres, swords, daggers etc.

Uwe

[Freiwillige]

Many thanks for the information, Uwe!

I thought it's a rare photo due to the numerous awards 

[Ulsterman]

I assumed that the one on the left was the railroad ehrenzeichen hand mounted (ones sees these sometimes), the one next to it is one of those funny private purchase regimental crosses

and the one on the far right, although it looks a bit big, is the Wrtmbrn. service cross?

Just identifying at a glance.

[HeikoGrusdat]

sorry....100% no official or inofficial military awards - ALL shooting club awards

[Freiwillige]

sorry....100% no official or inofficial military awards -  ALL shooting club awards

Thanks for the info, Heiko!

[Freiwillige]

I assumed that the one on the left was the railroad ehrenzeichen hand mounted (ones sees these sometimes), the one next to it is one of those funny private purchase regimental crosses and the one on the far right, although it looks a bit big, is the Wrtmbrn. service cross?

Thank you for the help with identification! By the way could you please let me know where can I have a look at that Railroad Ehrenzeichen and those crosses (any weblink)?

[Ulsterman]

Thank you for the help with identification! By the way could you please let me know where can I have a look at that Railroad Ehrenzeichen and those crosses (any weblink)?

Do a search on this forum. Many of these medals have popped up here before.

[Freiwillige]

Do a search on this forum. Many of these medals have popped up here before.

Will do, thanks!

[speedytop]

Hi Ulsterman,

sorry, but there is no correspondence!

The first one is the hanger for the medal below, may be an eagle.

There is no correspondence for the next two marked crosses with the ribbons.

Uwe

[Ulsterman]

QED:

Speedytop! I salute you. You are right. :cheers: A drei prost salute!

The railroad one I have seen mounted on generic ribbons before. I assumed it was the same.