Sometimes... Strange Luftwaffe Photo Wearing WW1 Medals

[McCulloh]

Sometimes you buy one thing and get another....
I bought this PK (sorry Budalai) thinking the lapel button medal was a Czech Annexation medal. But then I looked closer...closer...

[McCulloh]

closer...closer...

closer...closer...

[Mike Kenny]

Hi Jeff,

OK, I'll bite. I can't make it out - initially I thought a St Michael's medal but the details don't look correct. What is it?

Regards
Mike K

[Tony Farrell]

Awww, c'mon....

Easy... Bavarian Bravery Medal. What? Me, trouble-shooting on the Imperial Forum? Whatever next!
Image courtesy of Andreas M Schutze Ising:

[Mike Kenny]

OK Tony, I can see it now - but is it gold or silver?? I bet Jeff wishes he had the medal, whichever the grade, instead of the postcard!!

Regards
Mike K

[Hannibal]

Dear Jeff

Where do you get all these high quality and beautiful photos??? I especially like the one with a German officer wearing an old style tunic. Very nice indeed.

best regards

[McCulloh]

I must confess

...that I wallet wrestle with stogieman on ebay.de for many of them-but a few have come from all over-some I've found in flea markets in Arundel, Maine-others in Paris, about 20% of my collection came from the Portobello Road or St. Michaels' Hall in Cambridge.
Cheers,
JeMc
p.s. I am very sorry about the size; I am trying everything with my software and its just not working.

[Tony & Kaiser]

Big Honkin' Pictures

Jeff,
Try setting your preferences so you can adjust your picture size in pixels. Your Bav_pilot pic is 1052 X 1653 which is huge. If you adjust in pixels you can size it more accurately down to less than 1/2 of that. Great photo though! Tony

[Rick Research]

Verrrrrrrrry interesting: if there is a name on back, I have his Bravery Medal citation & bio details. Now, what is interesting is that this Oberleutnant der Reserve (note tab and board double edging) certainly appears to be FLYING branch from the main tab color-- yet:

1) no WW1 or TR flying badge (I know, photo cropped-- but photo cropped presumably because there was nothing there to show, right?)

2) MVO4X AND Bravery Medal... and yet no EK1 1914!!!

I would also suggest that you set your scans at 96 dpi rather than ?300 dpi, which may account for your size "issues." It may be necessary to import a neighbood grammar school kid to fix this!

[McCulloh]

the back

Rick:
Here is the back:
I hope you can read it: I think it says "In memory of...??
I suspect that there was an Ek1, but it got cropped. Glad you like the snapshot.

[McCulloh]

oppps forgot...

...the back...

[Rick Research]

You got me... the end of the signature is chopped off. It's "In remembrance from your military chief" and Scribble/end chopped off.

"W? K//R...a...?"

Bernhard? Frank? Guys? Scribble deciphering huddle!!!!