von der Conta maybe?
von der Conta maybe?
Would like some help in this:
Oberst H.... ....... Pour Le Merite ...v.d. Conta?
Cheers
Elwyn
Oberst H.... ....... Pour Le Merite ...v.d. Conta?
Cheers
Elwyn
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Re: von der Conta maybe?
It's a bit difficult to make out, but I suspect the "C" is really a "B," or possibly an "L". I think that the name ends in "ke".
As far as I can make out it reads "Obrst Hö[fer ?] nach M... Ord Pour le Mérite durch [?] ... v. d. B..ke"
As far as I can make out it reads "Obrst Hö[fer ?] nach M... Ord Pour le Mérite durch [?] ... v. d. B..ke"
Re: von der Conta maybe?
Thank you so much Ken. That was indeed Obst Karl Hoefer .... maybe it reads verleihung??
Hoefer won PLM on 23.07.16. He was Kmdr Landwehr IR 57 02.06.16 and then Kmdr Landwehr Brig 17 03.08.16. I don't see anything with the superior formation of Landwehr Brig 17 -- 3 LW Div -- that could bring us back to 'Exz?? v.d. B..ke" yet. And I have not tried hard with LW IR 57.
Cheers
Elwyn
Hoefer won PLM on 23.07.16. He was Kmdr Landwehr IR 57 02.06.16 and then Kmdr Landwehr Brig 17 03.08.16. I don't see anything with the superior formation of Landwehr Brig 17 -- 3 LW Div -- that could bring us back to 'Exz?? v.d. B..ke" yet. And I have not tried hard with LW IR 57.
Cheers
Elwyn
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Re: von der Conta maybe?
Verleihung does fit ("Vleihung" ?).
After some searching I came to focus on one GM von der Lancken, Kdt. of Thorn in 1914 (until 1918 ?) and then Reval as a possible candidate.
After some searching I came to focus on one GM von der Lancken, Kdt. of Thorn in 1914 (until 1918 ?) and then Reval as a possible candidate.
Re: von der Conta maybe?
If 57 LW IR is a valid clue -- it was summer, it was when Hoefer won PLM -- then this would be in Volhynia/Lutsk in NW Ukraine. 57 LW IR was under 18 LW ID ( Anatol Graf v Bredow) and DT combined Div Rusche/92 ID ( Rudolf Rusche). But general in pic resembled neither nor would the handwriting make any sense.
57 LW IR was under 19 LW Brig. Perhaps a Brig level GenMj?
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Elwyn
57 LW IR was under 19 LW Brig. Perhaps a Brig level GenMj?
Cheers
Elwyn
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Re: von der Conta maybe?
Hello,
horrible scribbling so just a wild guess:
Oberst Höfer nach Überreichung
des Pour le Mérite
durch Exz.[ellenz] v.[on] d.[er] Lancken
There were two Generals von der Lancken alive at the time (http://www.lexikon-deutschegenerale.de/l_pr.html) but I haven't checked if any of them was near Höfer when he received the PLM.
Best regards
Torsten
horrible scribbling so just a wild guess:
Oberst Höfer nach Überreichung
des Pour le Mérite
durch Exz.[ellenz] v.[on] d.[er] Lancken
There were two Generals von der Lancken alive at the time (http://www.lexikon-deutschegenerale.de/l_pr.html) but I haven't checked if any of them was near Höfer when he received the PLM.
Best regards
Torsten
Re: von der Conta maybe?
Thank you Torsten.
Yes, GenLt Eberhard 1849 - 1918 or GenLt Hermann Julius Friedrich 1857 - 1931. The Kmdt v Thorn was mentioned in a post at this forum but unfortunately with no first name. Given the distance between Thorn and Lutsk (by WW1 standard anyway), this would probably be the v d Lancken that was not the Kmdt v Thorn.
Cheers
Elwyn
Yes, GenLt Eberhard 1849 - 1918 or GenLt Hermann Julius Friedrich 1857 - 1931. The Kmdt v Thorn was mentioned in a post at this forum but unfortunately with no first name. Given the distance between Thorn and Lutsk (by WW1 standard anyway), this would probably be the v d Lancken that was not the Kmdt v Thorn.
Cheers
Elwyn
Re: von der Conta maybe?
Mystery solved.
The date was indeed 23.07.16 when Obst Hoefer won the PLM. He was kmdr of LIR 57. Even though it was part of 28 Lwd Brig under 18 Ldw Div, according to Jürgen Kraus's Handbuch d Verbände u Truppen d Dt Heeres, on this same day, LIR 57 was temporarily assigned to 35 Res Div. The Kmdr was Ernst Heinrich von der Becke!
Kraus is well worth the omey.
Cheers
Elwyn
The date was indeed 23.07.16 when Obst Hoefer won the PLM. He was kmdr of LIR 57. Even though it was part of 28 Lwd Brig under 18 Ldw Div, according to Jürgen Kraus's Handbuch d Verbände u Truppen d Dt Heeres, on this same day, LIR 57 was temporarily assigned to 35 Res Div. The Kmdr was Ernst Heinrich von der Becke!
Kraus is well worth the omey.
Cheers
Elwyn