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Hey,
can anybody id this Officer!? Found on eBay...
Thanks and regards
Hannes
can anybody id this Officer!? Found on eBay...
Thanks and regards
Hannes
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Hi Hannes!
I think it´s an award of Norway, the Commander´s Cross of the Olav Order.
Don´t know who this can be though. I think there could be 3 Austrian ribbons at the right of the ribbon bar. Sorry that I can´t be of more help. Strange that the seller states "Wehrmacht mit Ritterkreuz" without giving a name.
Regards
I think it´s an award of Norway, the Commander´s Cross of the Olav Order.
Don´t know who this can be though. I think there could be 3 Austrian ribbons at the right of the ribbon bar. Sorry that I can´t be of more help. Strange that the seller states "Wehrmacht mit Ritterkreuz" without giving a name.
Regards
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Very Tenative ID
I think Stauffenberg is correct that the medal is a Commanders Cross. The military version of the cross was traditionally granted to the commander of the Norwegian armed forces, which may narrow down the field to either Reichskommissar Josef Terboven or GeneralOberst Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. Either of those two may have considered it appropriate for them to wear it. Especially if they wanted to make a point of it to the Norwegian politicians.
Here's a link that contains a picture of a younger Terboven http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/TerbovenJosef/ that looks very much like a younger version of the man in your picture.
But as I've said, this is very tenative and is essentially guesswork
Here's a link that contains a picture of a younger Terboven http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/TerbovenJosef/ that looks very much like a younger version of the man in your picture.
But as I've said, this is very tenative and is essentially guesswork
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The Attache to Denmark, Norway and Sweden was Gen. Lt. Bruno von Uthmann. According to the rank list he had a Prussian EK1, a wound badge in black (1914) and a Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th class (without swords!!!).
I can´t tell you if he is or not and I don´t know if somebody held the position earlier. His "neighbour" (Gen. Maj. Horst Rössing, Attache to Finland) we can rule out considering his awards.
Regards!
I can´t tell you if he is or not and I don´t know if somebody held the position earlier. His "neighbour" (Gen. Maj. Horst Rössing, Attache to Finland) we can rule out considering his awards.
Regards!
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Morning Stauffenberg,
here is for comparison Militärattache von Uthmann (at left) and Botschafter Hans Thomsen (at right) in Stockholm after an audience with the king of Sweden. But this is a pic with poor quality demanding a better example
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here is for comparison Militärattache von Uthmann (at left) and Botschafter Hans Thomsen (at right) in Stockholm after an audience with the king of Sweden. But this is a pic with poor quality demanding a better example
"Oberstab" Dieter Zinke
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For everybody who's interested:
It's the later Generalleutnant Franz Karl as Kommandeur of the IR 20...
http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRM ... FRANZ.html
Regards
Hannes
It's the later Generalleutnant Franz Karl as Kommandeur of the IR 20...
http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRM ... FRANZ.html
Regards
Hannes
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HI HEC 801 GREAT PHOTO IT IS WHAT YOU SAID GL FRANZ KARL. WELL DONE. HARMEL
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