Stogieman Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Anybody know this fellow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Maybe if you made a BIT smaller. St Henry Knight, Bav MVO4 in there... pre October 1936. More than that, you need satellite telemetry from Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Sorry, starting with a tiny portrait to begin with. The bar close-up was 600dpi just to get that. Here's what I see:1914 EK2Hohenzollern House Order, RKwXSaint Henry RKVerdiebst Order RK2wXAlbert Order, RK1wXAlbert Order, RK2wXBMVO4wX????????He's wearing a very minty/frosted Retired Pilot Badge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 ...and the badge looks to be voided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Hi Bob, all retired pilot badges from WW1 are "cut-out".... it's the pilot badge itself that is in the extreme when one shows up "cut-out'....Fortunately the "trophy boys" have a new supplier of laser-cut copies of the cut-out pilot badge. They're fake, but the usual buyers are gulping them up for stupid money! ;>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Are the last two a Luitpold and an officers LS cross? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Evil Ricky came by today... but did he bring this teensy tinsey itsy bitty widdle photo so the Good Ricky could make a Special Very Nice Monitor Screen Size Scan? That he did not. I'm wondering if the last dingus is actually a peacetime Prussian Crown 4, so back date this to 1933-34.But must be (helllo?) able to actually SEE same, rank et cetera.Hold on boys and girls. Uncle Ricky will get it eventually and all shall be madeclear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Geez, give 'em scans at 600 dpi..........whine, whine, whine........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Gotta make it 1200 DPI for some . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 The evil one is pretty proud of his Epson and with good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W McSwiggan Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Jeez!Just had an epiphany! There seems to be a relationship between crankiness and poor eyesight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Evil Does Not Pay. [attachmentid=27690] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 What's that? Closer you say? [attachmentid=27691] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 One hand tied behind my back. [attachmentid=27693] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Even a Ringwielder cannot overcome a crappy original! Focus, people? This IS focussed. It's the PHOTO that is bad...[attachmentid=27694]... just like the Truly Evil Twin. EKHHOXSt Henry-KniggutSax Merit O-Kniggut (1? 2?) XSA3aXSA3bX? Hamburg Hanseatic? Sax War Effort Cross? round medal thingeePrussian Crown Order 4 peacetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Although he is shown as a Major in the Reichs Air Ministry, dunno what happened to this guy. Never made General, not in the '45 LW Seniority List, and some questions remain on awardsBUTthis is Paul Ferdinand SOMMER, born 21 November 1888 Jocketa in VogtlandSaxon Inf Regt 134, to flying troops before the war, FFA 22 and KS 10 and KG2 during the war:HHOX gazetted 11 August 1917St Henry-Knight 3 May 1917SV3bX 18.1.17SA3aX not on rolls but plain as day as THIS blur can beSA3bX 18.11.15couple of ???Next to last is Prussian ? awarded 14.12.12ending withPrussian Crown Order 4 14.7.14, gazetted in MWB 15.8.14His St Henry citation noted severely injured and partially disabled and in pain ever since crashing 1913 on the "Prince Henry Flight."Lt 19.8.07 BOberlt 8.12.14Hauptmann 21.12.16char. Major aDNeal O'Connor has a nice photo in the Saxon volume when his HHOX was newly awarded, only the then-Saxon "trio" and Prussian trio on his medal bar. I will post that later.No blur, no smudge, can withstand the Awesome Powers of the Good Ricky. Evil Ricky neglected to mention this photo has "Auf Wiedersehen!" "19.8.35" (very late for no Hindenburg Cross X yet) and a signature which I would defy anybody to come up with the last name from as scribbled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Told you was evil... he must have some kind of pact with you know who... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 What can I say? (Buffing fingernails) Brains AND beauty, both. As you can see, even the signature was not much help: can you honestly "read" S-o-m-m-e-r in there? [attachmentid=27723]And here he was in 1917, from page 111 of Neal O'Connor's Saxon volume:[attachmentid=27724]The SA3aX is NOT shown in the deficient 1918 Rolls. I'm pretty sure that is a Hamburg Hanseatic, and it MIGHT actually be a Hindenburg Cross X in 3rd from the end-- the actual focus is so blurry that even the Xs on the Alberst and Merit Order don't show in the "fuzz." I'd be surprised at a Reichs Air Ministry senior officer NOT having a Hindeburg "mounted up" for full dress, as here, by AUGUST of 1935!Until the next Blurs & Smudges, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I can see the name "Paul Sommer"! I wish I knew how to edit photos... I would out line the letters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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