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    I was fortunate enough to have stumbled across a named ribbon bar that used to be part of Rick Lundstrom's collection.  As soon as I double checked the provenance, I scooped it up.

     

    However, with my horrible German, I haven't really been able to dig up anything on the original owner beyond the write-up in the 2016 auction catalog.  I haven't been able to find any discussion of the owner or the bar here or on WAF back in the day.  Anyone have any further info on Dr. Kosswig perchance?

     

     

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    Nice Grab! I remember that little bar sitting in the case I gave Rick in his office. Damn! I miss him and our conversations. He was a magician and let’s not forget the man who taught him, George Seymour.

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    I have one matching ribbon bar and medal bar that belonged to Rick. Sometime if we meet up at a show I’ll tell you about how we reunited a broken set. It’s a great story!!

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    Hello,

     

    here are some details on the Marinestabsarzt Dr. Kosswig. In constrast to the auction description Kosswig's first name was Carl Moritz Reinhard (according to Rank List, award list Lübeck, baptism document and grave stone) and he was born 1882 not 1878.

     

    Born 27th March 1882 in Hannover

     

    Son of the Military doctor Carl Moritz Kosswig

     

    Died 15th September 1972 (Buried in Bad Bederkesa, Lower Saxony)

     

    1st April 1902                     Entered Active Service

    1906                                     Charité Berlin

    1910                                     Naval Hospital Mürwik

    1911                                     Small Cruiser KOLBERG

    1912                                     Special Ship LORELEY

    1913                                     1st Torpedo Division

    1914                                     Medical Office of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea in Kiel

    Nov. 1914                            Assistent of the Corps Medical of the Naval Corps

    April 1918                            senior physician of the Naval War Hospital 1 (Flanders)

    22th June 1919                  released from active service

     

    17th August 1906              Marine-Unterarzt

    10th November 1908         Marine-Oberassistenzarzt

    13th Mai 1911                    Marine-Stabsarzt

    22th June 1919                  Charakter als Marineoberstabsarzt

     

    Orders and decorations

    8th February 1913             Turkish Osmanje Order 4th class

    6th June 1917                    Lübeck Hanseatic Cross

                                               Prussian Iron Cross 1st class

                                               Prussian Red Cross Medal 3rd Class

                                               Hamburg Hanseatic Cross

     

    Best regards

    hoh1851

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    10 hours ago, hoh1851 said:

    Hello,

     

    here are some details on the Marinestabsarzt Dr. Kosswig. In constrast to the auction description Kosswig's first name was Carl Moritz Reinhard (according to Rank List, award list Lübeck, baptism document and grave stone) and he was born 1882 not 1878.

     

    Born 27th March 1882 in Hannover

     

    Son of the Military doctor Carl Moritz Kosswig

     

    Died 15th September 1972 (Buried in Bad Bederkesa, Lower Saxony)

     

    1st April 1902                     Entered Active Service

    1906                                     Charité Berlin

    1910                                     Naval Hospital Mürwik

    1911                                     Small Cruiser KOLBERG

    1912                                     Special Ship LORELEY

    1913                                     1st Torpedo Division

    1914                                     Medical Office of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea in Kiel

    Nov. 1914                            Assistent of the Corps Medical of the Naval Corps

    April 1918                            senior physician of the Naval War Hospital 1 (Flanders)

    22th June 1919                  released from active service

     

    17th August 1906              Marine-Unterarzt

    10th November 1908         Marine-Oberassistenzarzt

    13th Mai 1911                    Marine-Stabsarzt

    22th June 1919                  Charakter als Marineoberstabsarzt

     

    Orders and decorations

    8th February 1913             Turkish Osmanje Order 4th class

    6th June 1917                    Lübeck Hanseatic Cross

                                               Prussian Iron Cross 1st class

                                               Prussian Red Cross Medal 3rd Class

                                               Hamburg Hanseatic Cross

     

    Best regards

    hoh1851

     

    Thank you so much for the info!  I wonder why he omitted the Turkish decoration.

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