Freiwillige Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Here's a fragment of the photo with that veteran's awards. Please submit your ideas regarding his decorations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Thanks, Heiko! Any ideas regarding the exact names of his decorations, at least some of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 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??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Many thanks for the information, Uwe! I thought it's a rare photo due to the numerous awards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 sorry....100% no official or inofficial military awards - ALL shooting club awards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 sorry....100% no official or inofficial military awards - ALL shooting club awards Thanks for the info, Heiko! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 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)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Do a search on this forum. Many of these medals have popped up here before. Will do, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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