Uffz. Rohleder Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hello all, I got a nice photo. It's showing a wehrmacht Heer officer who was a former ww1 pilot. Can someone maybe ID him? His decorations are: Iron Cross 2nd class / Hamburg Hanseatic Cross / Brunswick MVK 2nd class / Mecklenburg MVK 2nd class / FEK / Hungarian WW1 Medal Iron Cross 1st class / Mecklenburg MVK 1st class / Pilot Badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) No Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung, so probably a Reserve or z.D. officer. Might be hard to identify. Though maybe pre-October 1936, which would explain the lack of a WHDA. Edited February 21, 2019 by Dave Danner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Of course, as soon as I hit enter above, I thought, "maybe I should check another source of mine". And what do I find: Cramer, Ludwig, * 18.4.1895 in Hamburg. He was commissioned a Leutnant in Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 6 on 2.3.1915, and went to the Fliegertruppe later that year. He served in FA 39, Jasta 3 and FA(A) 268. He returned to active duty on 15.9.1934 as a Hauptmann, was promoted to Major on 1.1.1939, Oberstleutnant on 1.12.1941 and Oberst on 1.7.1944. He was a Kompanie-Chef in Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 7 in the Austrian annexation and Poland campaign and a battalion commander in Schützen-Regiment 7 in the Western campaign (Rommel was his division commander). After that he was a staff officer and later served in Wehrersatzwesen. So the picture does predate the award of the WHDA4 on 2.10.1936. He also received the Anschluß Medal, the Spangen to both classes of the Iron Cross, the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, and the Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uffz. Rohleder Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Dave Danner said: Of course, as soon as I hit enter above, I thought, "maybe I should check another source of mine". And what do I find: Cramer, Ludwig, * 18.4.1895 in Hamburg. He was commissioned a Leutnant in Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 6 on 2.3.1915, and went to the Fliegertruppe later that year. He served in FA 39, Jasta 3 and FA(A) 268. He returned to active duty on 15.9.1934 as a Hauptmann, was promoted to Major on 1.1.1939, Oberstleutnant on 1.12.1941 and Oberst on 1.7.1944. He was a Kompanie-Chef in Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 7 in the Austrian annexation and Poland campaign and a battalion commander in Schützen-Regiment 7 in the Western campaign (Rommel was his division commander). After that he was a staff officer and later served in Wehrersatzwesen. So the picture does predate the award of the WHDA4 on 2.10.1936. He also received the Anschluß Medal, the Spangen to both classes of the Iron Cross, the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords, and the Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze. Thank you so much for your fantastic research. It's nice to put a name to this photograph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Great work Dave, and a fabulous photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toot Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 it is nice to see them with a lot of BLING!! if you got it flaunt it!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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