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    Guest Rick Research
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    Your guy. Entry in 1914 Prussian Court and State Handbook. Yes, this WAS him at Uni Königsberg--his other entry is as above:

    And here is his main entry in the 1918 edition, mit EK2w. Apparently a YOUNG Dr.phil. since no other awards!

    Makes you wonder what he did under the NEXT Reich....

    But there he was, the fightin' office manager Professor at the Department of Agriculture!!!!!!

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    Am unusual and scarce SAII doc and award to a woman, who was the wife of a factory director.

    The document pattern that started the thread is the first design from 1919. The 1921 pattern, that I have posted, signed by 'Guitner' is the more commonly encountered type.

    Edited by bolewts58
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    Never seen a Schlesischer Adler awarded to a woman! Must´ve been quite scarce!!

    Yes. quite scarce, especially with the accompanying medal mounted on a bow ribbon. Unfortunately, I regretfully don't own it anymore, as I needed money. So, it's now owned by a collector in Moscow.

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    Here are mine, Marine Brigade von Loewenfeld. Interesting to see what's happened to this Leutnant zur See in future :whistle:http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/KRIEGSMARINE/Konteradmirals/GADOW_HANS-JOACHIM.html

    I love the word on the SAII doc, "Kaltblütigkeit". I know it's likely meant to translate as 'composure'. But, I like to think of it as 'cold bloodesness'. I think that fits the sense of Freikorps swagger better, rather than simple 'composure'.

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    This rather beat-up mimeographed document for the Silesian Eagle I and II is part of a group of docs and medals to a Grenadier in 7 Komp. Königin Augusta Garde=Grenadier=Regiment Nr. 4 which transitioned with remnants of the regiment into the Preliminary Reichswehr as: III. Bataillon (Augusta) Reichswehr Inf. Regt. 30 (Garde-Gren.-Regt.), sometimes referred to as just 'Bataillon Augusta' or 'Freiwilligen Bataillon Augusta'.

    I think it's an interesting illustration of the evolution of the army from Imperial to Weimar.

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