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    A little puzzle for the Austrian flight badge aficionados


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    A little puzzle for the Austrian flight badge aficionados (that can be solved with a bit of research using the signed name in the pic, so bring out the books .... rolleyes.png).
    The question of course is how this gentleman came to wear two flight badges.

    Kind regards, 
    Sandro

     

    Ps - Glenn J. can't play, as he is wayyyyy too good at this kind of thing ......

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    Oberst Julius Nimmerrichter (1880-1951):

    He absolved the "Militär-Aeronautikkurs" and received the "Beobachter-Abzeichen" with 02.09.1916 (while being in Russian captivity - which is strange).

    He also absolved the "Feldpiloten-Ausbildung" and after WW1 on 09.12.1919 he received the "Feldpilotenabzeichen" nachträglich.

    From 00.11.1918 until 08.10.1920 he did duty as "Truppenkommandant der deutsch-österreichischen Fliegertruppe".

     

    Source:

    Frech Chr., Pichler M., Steiner P., Vlachos I.: "Österreichs Generäle 1919 - 1955", Vol. 3., Vienna 2021,

    Verlag Militaria: https://militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=7756560&Language=de

     

    Regards

    Christian

    Edited by Christian1962
    Posted

    Bingo, well done Christian! 

    I've copied the pages from the reference you quote below, along with Nimmerrichter's entry in the 1936 Schematismus. And I found this on the website of hte österreichische Staatsarchiv, which I think explains the two badges better than the "Österreichs Generäle" entry:

     

    Julius Nimmerrichter

    Geboren am 24.02.1880 zu Aussee.
    Kadettenschüler.
    1901 Bei Infanterieregiment 56 eingetreten.
    1905 Luftschifferkurs,
    bei Kriegsbeginn als Oberleutnant, Kommandant der
    Festung Ballonabteilung Nr. 1 /Festungsartillerie-
    Regiment 3.
    19.?.1915 Die belagerte Festung Przemysl, im Freiballon verlassen
    und dabei in russische Kriegsgefangenschaft gefallen.
    1918 Nach Flucht zurückgekehrt.
    Sodann Fliegeroffizier an Piavefront.
    1914 Hauptmann.
    1920 Major, in das Bundesheer übernommen (Infanterieregiment 1).
    1933 Oberst und Kommandant des Infanterieregiment 1.
    1936 Bei der Sicherheitsdirektion Steiermark eingeteilt.
    Gestorben am 19.05.1955 in Mödling.

     

    https://www.archivinformationssystem.at/detail.aspx?ID=75738

     

    Kind regards,

     Sandro

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