Nice Picture of Stahlhelm Soldier with Finnish Liberty Cross

[misiu]

Hello,

a nice picture of a soldier of the Stahhelm Bund.

He is wearing a Finnish Liberty Cross, must be from 1941.

The following guys have been awarded one...so the man's name should be in the list:

1. Generalleutnant Erwin Engelbrecht: 21 September 1941

2. Kapitän zur See Hans Bütow: 12 October 1941

3. Oberst Karl Seber: 23 October 1941

4. Generalmajor Erich Buschenhagen: 26 October 1941

5. Generalmajor Kurt Dittmar: 26 October 1941

6. Generalmajor Ernst Goettke: 26 October 1941

7. Generalmajor Hans Kreysing: 26 October 1941

8. Generalmajor Ernst Schlemmer: 26 October 1941

9. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Wilhelm Becker: 9 November 1941

10. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl-Maria Demelhuber: 1 December 1941 (His rank is listed simply as Generalmajor in the Finnish documents.)

11. Kapitän zur See Leopold Bürkner: 10 December 1941

12. Oberst Hans Piekenbrock: 10 December 1941

13. Konteradmiral Reimar von Bonin: 31 January 1942

14. Generalmajor Horst Rössing: 31 January 1942

15. Generalleutnant Rudolf Ernst Otto Gercke: 25 March 1942 (Later awarded the 1st Class with Star and Swords on 15 July 1942.)

16. Generalmajor Adolf Heusinger: 25 March 1942

17. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Otto Hoffmann von Waldau: 25 March 1942

18. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Walter Lorenz: 25 March 1942

19. Generalmajor Bernhard von Loßberg: 25 March 1942

20. Generalmajor Gerhard Matzky: 25 March 1942

21. Vizeadmiral Hubert Schmundt: 25 March 1942

22. Generalmajor Eduard Wagner: 25 March 1942

23. Generalmajor Walter Warlimont: 25 March 1942

24. Generalarzt Dr. Kurt Bingler: 28 March 1942

25. Generalleutnant Iwan Huenert: 28 March 1942

26. Generalmajor Ferdinand Jodl: 28 March 1942 (Later awarded the 1st Class with Oakleaf and Swords on 20 February 1944.)

27. Generalmajor Christian Philipp: 28 March 1942

28. Oberst Eduard Ausfeld: 28 April 1942

29. Generalleutnant Hermann Tittel: 7 May 1942

30. Oberst Werner Wachsmuth: 13 May 1942 (Commander of Infantry Regiment 310 of the 163rd Infantry Division; previously awarded the 2nd Class with Swords on 21 September 1941.)

31. Konteradmiral Otto Klüber: 21 May 1942

32. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch: 21 May 1942

33. Generalmajor Rudolf Schmundt: 11 June 1942

34. SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Felix Steiner: 16 June 1942 (Later awarded the 1st Class with Star and Swords on 6 July 1943)

35. Generalleutnant Wilhelm Berlin: 23 August 1942

36. Oberst (Luftwaffe) Alexander Holle: 23 August 1942

37. Generalmajor Heinrich Kittel: 23 August 1942

38. Generalmajor Gerhard Medem: 23 August 1942

39. Generalmajor Wilhelm ”Willi” Raithel: 23 August 1942

40. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Peter Hansen: 29 September 1942

41. Generalmajor Fritz Thiele: 7 October 1942

42. Kapitän zur See Kurt Böhmer: 10 October 1942

43. Generalmajor Dipl. Wirtsch. Ernst Becht: 12 November 1942

44. Generalmajor Rudolf Hünermann: 12 November 1942

45. Generalmajor Otto Will: 22 January 1943

46. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille: 6 March 1943

47. Generalleutnant Karl Allmendinger: 29 March 1943

48. Generalleutnant Hans Kratzert: 29 March 1943

49. Generalmajor Gerhard Reus: 29 March 1943

50. Generalmajor Martin Wandel: 29 March 1943

51. Generalmajor Wilhelm Wegener: 29 March 1943

52. Generalmajor Richard Bazing: 13 May 1943

53. SS-Oberführer Heinrich Gärtner: 13 May 1943

54. Generalmajor Georg Ritter von Hengl: 13 May 1943

55. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Heinrich ”Heino” Jürs: 13 May 1943 (His rank is listed simply as Generalmajor in the Finnish documents.)

56. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Matthias Kleinheisterkamp: 13 May 1943

57. Generalmajor August Krakau: 13 May 1943

58. Generalmajor Franz Rossi: 13 May 1943

59. Vizeadmiral Theodor Burchardi: 7 June 1943

60. Generalleutnant Wilhelm Haase: 7 June 1943

61. Generalmajor Paul Winter: 17 June 1943

62. Generalmajor Georg Radziej: 30 June 1943

63. Generalleutnant Kurt Weckmann: 13 August 1943

64. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Kurt Kleinrath: 24 October 1943

65. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Xaver Sattler: 24 October 1943

66. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Herbert Joachim Karl Walter Rieckhoff: 8 January 1944

67. Generalarzt Dr. Rudolf Lipf: 19 January 1944

68. Generalmajor Karl Rübel: 19 January 1944 (Previously awarded the 2nd Class with Swords on 12 December 1941.)

69. Generalmajor Hans Degen: 4 April 1944

70. Konteradmiral Heinz Nordmann: 15 April 1944

71. Konteradmiral Werner Stichling: 15 April 1944

72. Generalmajor Hero Breusing: 31 July 1944

Is somebody able to identify him?

Regards

Detlef

[Ulsterman]

I am astonished. The Stahlhelm were disbanded/amalgamated in 1935/36 and his uniform- as an "SA reservist" was supposed to be retired by 1941.

I know nothing about Finnish medals. Does it have to be from 1941? Could it have been a 1st class military award from 1918-1920?

[christerd]

Hmm , this was strange There was not may 1 st class Liberty Crosses awarded in 1918 to Germans

but here is one name ?

Kapt Ernst von Hülsen , I will try to enclose a pic of him in 1918 tomorrow ( my Excel is giving a hard time right now)

Christer

[misiu]

Hello,

@Ulsterman: It can be also a cross from 1918, but...is the man not too young to possess such a cross and...his uniform confuses me...?

@christerd: could be a possible hint...worth to go into deepest excel sheets...Thanks

Detlef

[christerd]

Here is the pic of Ernst von Hülsen , Capt in 1918

Christer

[misiu]

Thanks christerd,

no match...but nice pic anyway

Detlef

[vlorenz]

How do you view the picture? I'm sorry but I didn't see anything. My father is listed #18 on the list and I was hoping to see him.

Help? anyone?

Thanks

VL

[misiu]

hey vlorenz,

i am interested in the liberty cross of your father...pls pm

Detlef

How do you view the picture? I'm sorry but I didn't see anything. My father is listed #18 on the list and I was hoping to see him.

Help? anyone?

Thanks

VL

[Arnim]

It is my understanding that German soldiers assisted Finland, then a part of the Russian Empire, to break away in 1918. These liberty medals were established after Finland gained its independence. The Stahlhelm chap would have earned his medal in 1918, not after 1939.