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    Thank you, Alex.  Thank you, Erik.

     

    There is a label sewn in crooked by the collar that says "Eisenhöfer".  I don't know what this is.

     

    Alex, do you want me to scan all the entries in the MP from 1899, or just the Luftschiffer entries?

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    Thanks, Vince!  I know someone who bought an oval patch from a family years ago.  He asked  what else they had and they said the patch was attached to a tunic that was falling apart so they cut it off!  We all would have taken the tunic anyway.  This tunic has a couple ...I was going to say moth bites...but they look more like snake bites!  Maybe because this fellow was in at the end his tunic survived.  There are some very clean Paradejacke around but this was his working coat. 

     

     

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    Ur godet observer is stunningly beautiful.    The carved out eagle eyes.   ?  Is that a Meybauer mark on the stickpin?  For comparison r these two godet pilot samples.  Note the silver on some worn spots.  

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    On 18/05/2022 at 01:00, RedNoseScout said:

    Is that a Meybauer mark on the stickpin?

     No maker mark, just a stain.

     

    An identical Godet observer in wear.

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    Lew that’s a killer photo of a naval formal parade jacket and Godet Observer.   I think Pandis shows only 4 Naval Godet pilot badges in his book but I’m gonna re-check.  Great stuff.  Naval stick pins r getting harder to find!   Thank u for sharing.  Attaching a few naval pilot stickpins for ur pleasure.  Erik

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    Fl.Mt.d.S.I Walter Erdenberger
    Birth: 05.05.1886 Schlotheim
    Entry at the Navy: 03.10.1906 at Seebataillon
    LFA (Stamm), LFS Hage, LFS Schlüterhof, LFS Kiel, I. MFFA
    FAI #2297 on 22.05.1917
    06.09.1917 Eisernes Kreuz 2. Kl.
    09.10.1917 Landfliegerabzeichen

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    On 04/03/2019 at 18:11, jaba1914 said:

    Thanks for posting this nice badges on this thread. It is hard to keep alone this thread alive . The interest on navy aviation increased in the last years but not many pieces are displayed.

    Once I had a simillar badge but this is many years ago ?

    Kind regards Alex

     

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    Got a twin here.

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    From the same maker.

     

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    6 hours ago, jaba1914 said:

    Interesting piece and the person is also marked. Not with his name but with the Stammnummer that is unique.

    Unfortunately this would be hard to identify.

     

    KR
    Alex

    Well in this case, I believe the "Rohder" above the number is the last name. It's tough to see because the only photo on my phone was a poor one.

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    3 hours ago, Soderbaum said:

    Hi

     

    Fz.Mtr Walter Gladenbeck hold the number 584-17, but he was an landflyer who started education to observer in mid 1917. 

    Maybe he served as ground crew in I SFA before that..?

     

    Gunnar

    Very possible since the Bekleidungamt stamp is from 1915. Maybe Herr Rohder transferred to U-Boats or airships by that point. Thanks for the info!

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