P.F. Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Gentlemen, Over the weekend I was reading that German Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg represented Hitler at King George VI Coronation in May 1937. Is there any record of von Blomberg being given the Coronation Commemorative Medal? To me it seems possible, as he was representing a foreign Head of State, but I thought I would ask the collectors in this field for their opinions. I look forward to any help you can offer, regarding this query. Many thanks Pierce
paddywhack Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Il check the medal rolls when.i get home!could be right!
P.F. Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 Il check the medal rolls when.i get home!could be right! Thank you. I didn't realise there was a role for this medal. Kind regards Pierce
paddywhack Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) yup he was indeed awarded this medal!dont think he would have worn it much though after getting it!(oh and the rolls arent avaible to the public but i got them from a contact on another forum!) heres a screen shot of the page hes listed in!hope it helps!!! Edited February 3, 2015 by paddywhack
P.F. Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Paddywhack, you are a gentleman. Thank you so much for obtaining this information for me. What does "U.K. 1.5" mean? Do any of the other future Generalfeldmarschalls appear on the roles? Best regards Pierce Edited February 3, 2015 by P.F.
P.F. Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 A number of posts have been deleted from this thread. Why is that?
Nick Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 GMIC moved servers last night so some topics and posts may have been lost in the time it takes for the domain to direct from the old to the new server. Apologies but it was unavoidable.
IrishGunner Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) GMIC moved servers last night so some topics and posts may have been lost in the time it takes for the domain to direct from the old to the new server. Apologies but it was unavoidable. And here I thought you wanted to keep it a secret that Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbontrop received this medal while Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Hopefully, paddywhack will be kind enough to repost the roll pages with the "von" names again... Edited February 4, 2015 by IrishGunner
paddywhack Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) fear not here we go again!!!!!! Edited February 4, 2015 by paddywhack
paddywhack Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 von schweppenburg is intresting!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Geyr_von_Schweppenburg
IrishGunner Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 It looks like they just dropped a big box of medals off at every Embassy. Even the wives got one...
P.F. Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 Nick, thanks for your post. Paddywhack, thanks for reposting! Most interesting!
paddywhack Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) hers something else! in 35 there was the kings jubilee and they issued a medal for that to!i checked the rolls and here is the vons off that list!!! Edited February 4, 2015 by paddywhack
P.F. Posted February 9, 2015 Author Posted February 9, 2015 hers something else! in 35 there was the kings jubilee and they issued a medal for that to!i checked the rolls and here is the vons off that list!!! Very interesting to see this. Thanks for sharing this too. Best Pierce
peter monahan Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I may have mentioned this before but the nicest single 'group' of decorations I recall seeing, years ago, was to the senior stationmaster at Victoria Station for 40 years straddling WWI and whenever a head of state came through on a state visit, this chap would get handed a decoration of some sort. I'd agree with Irish Gunner that the medals probably went out by the sack load!
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