Jeff Noll Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Surely some sharp eyed collectors are tuned to read old German hand writing. This is the latest addition to my KLM collection. It is a Oberleutnant zur See dress mess jacket with its white vest. The owner has his name in the tailor tag and gladly it is really sharp. My German friend cannot read this name. What he could read is: "Frln. v. ?iegeser". He believes the first name is an abbreviation but the first part of the surname eludes him. I would surely like the guy to have been a famous U-boot commander. Jeff Here is the ensemble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxcob Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 It is "Frhr (Freiherr=Baron) von Ziegesar". Kurt Freiherr von Ziegesar (1885-1914) died as commander of SMS S 116 after it was sunk by HMS E 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Noll Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 saxcob, Thanks so much!!!! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Jeff from the "Crew Book" of the class od 1902. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Noll Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 Here is what I was able to put together on this KLM officer. Many thanks to those who responded. w/r Jeff Kurt Freiherr von Ziegesar Dress Mess Jacket.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Noll Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Well, this is my final documentation on this Mess Dress coat of Kurt Freiherr von Ziegesar. I was able to obtain an original photograph of S 116 (not particularly easy as it was sunk in October 1914 taking Kurt to the other side). Thank you again saxcob for reading his name. Kurt Freiherr von Ziegesar Dress Mess Jacket.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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