Hamburg NCO from Hamburg ?

[christerd]

These come today , what do you think about the story of this soldier ?

EK - HHK - EHK - Silesian Eagle - Austria ? 1935-36 ( Austr MVK ? )

EK - Austr MVK - HHK- EHK - Silesian - Hungary-Bulgaria 1938-1940 ?

EK - KVK - Austr MVK - EHK- HHK - Silesian - Hungary HHK after EHK ? Bulgaria away ? 1944/45 ?

What do you think about his story

Christer

[Dave Danner]

The Austrian Military Merit Cross was for officers, so your guy was likely a junior officer - Lt.d.R., Lt.z.S. or the like.

Maybe not a native of Hamburg, since he placed the Hamburg decoration lower on the later bars.

Possibly a reserve officer in WW2. An E-Offizier with WW1 and post-war service in Schlesien would likely have at least a Wehrmacht 4-year DA.

The HH after the FKE is incorrect, but since these are the ones with tabs that come off individually, someone probably just mismounted them.

[christerd]

Thanks Dave ,

I wonder why they did these " half-size " bars ? Thay seems to be WW 2 time , in contrast to the sometimes really wide WW 1 ones they look really small

Maybe saving on war materiel ?

When looking closer to the last ribbonbar I realise that its broken at the end , and at least one more award (the Bulgaria Com M ) is missing.

Christer

Edited May 22, 2013 by christerd