Mattyboy Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Rudolf von Borries Ludwig von Estorff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Oberst Günther von Schrauroth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Oberstleutnant von Reiche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 An unknown officer, it might be possible to ID him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Rudolf Schulze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 An unknown officer. Is he wearing the Albrecht des Bären order in third place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Krause Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 very nice!!! No proper ID at the moment. Is there a chance, that this is Rudolf von Busse, although he should have a pilots badge from WW1... Best, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Hi Daniel, Thanks a lot for your reply. Perhaps he did not have enough front-line hours to warrant the pilot's badge? Here is another unknown officer, I think he is wearing the HOH3x on his ribbon bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) On 05/05/2022 at 10:03, Daniel Krause said: very nice!!! No proper ID at the moment. Is there a chance, that this is Rudolf von Busse, although he should have a pilots badge from WW1... Best, Daniel Daniel, I don't think it is Busse. As far as I know, he did not have the SMK or the AK. He also had both the RM and the ABsM, so there should be two non-wartime round medals but I only see the one. My best guess is Theodor Kretzschmer. Based on his rank in WW1, I think the BT3b in his Reichsheer rank list entry is wrong, and it should be a BT4b. The Albrecht des Bären is the only problem. He does not have it in the 1914 Prussian Army rank list, nor in the Reichsheer rank lists. The Albrecht des Bären is a house order, however, and could have been awarded at any time in the 1920s or 1930s. It would not have had official status, but we have many examples of Wehrmacht officers wearing other 1920s/1930s-era house orders, from the former rulers of Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Lippe-Detmold, for example. I'd also note that in the photograph it appears to be a non-swords award, which does not fit its placement after the HOH3X among his wartime awards. Below is the only picture of Kretzschmer I could find. Edited May 7, 2022 by Dave Danner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegsmarine Admiral Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) Here is a photo of Konteradmiral z.V. Wilhelm Rhein (close-up from my collection). I think the ribbon on his lapel is the ribbon of the HOH3x he was awarded on 2 November 1918. Can anyone confirm? The only other ribbon that was worn this way was the Spange zum EK2, but I don't think that's what Rhein is wearing because the device of the Spange was much larger and it would be clearly visible even on a photo of this quality. Edited May 7, 2022 by Kriegsmarine Admiral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Sorry the photo is too grainy, at least for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Wilhelm Ritter von Reitzenstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 On 10/05/2022 at 15:47, Mattyboy said: Wilhelm Ritter von Reitzenstein By the Shouldercords he was in the Vorlaufige Reichswehr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Hi all, If I'm reading his bar correctly, it's EK2, HOH3x, BMV4x, MMV2, HH, OM3k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Krause Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 nice one! That MIGHT be Leon von Müller, from IR 76, in WW1 General Staffer, retired as Major, recalled for WW2 and made Colonel. Best, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Hi Daniel, Thanks for the possible ID. Ok here is another unknown man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 An unknown Konteradmiral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Hi Matt, Konteradmiral Theodor Eschenburg. Regards Glenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Thank you Glenn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Hans-Joachim Gravenstein. A few things of note: there is a ribbon after the Hamburg Hanseatenkreuz and before the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer. By the placement, it should be a WW1 Landesorden, but no other state award appears in his Personalakte other than the HOH3X, ÖM3K and HH. Also, the precedence is messed up since he put the Ostmedaille after the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer. Finally, the last ribbon does not appear in his Personalakte. I believe it is the Deutsches Schutzwallehrenzeichen, which is often missing from Personalakten, since his command was in Koblenz in 1939 and moved to the Westwall on mobilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 I believe the name on this photo is Malbrandt (Oberstleutnant aD Wilhelm Malbrandt). If so, he is a new name to add to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) KO4X, not HOH3X, for Malbrandt. Nice photo, though. Confirms his TH, which fits his service in the Ottoman Empire. Edited August 7, 2022 by Dave Danner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Hi Dave, sorry I thought it was the HOH3x in second place on his ribbon bar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Hans von Knauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Picture sucks in quality, but the original can be found in the archives in Freiburg, I suppose. Bender had more awards, but he appears to only be wearing his Prussian decorations. Three EK ribbons in a row for his EK2, HOH3X and KO4X. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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