Photo Quiz #1: Who Am I?

[stogieman]

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[stogieman]

A close-up of...

... my huge medal bar (Yes Virginia, sometimes those 10-12 place bars are real), looks like this:

[Daniel Krause]

NIIIICE PIC!

May it be that the crown order has a "50" jubilee number above the cross? He had everything an NCO could get, even the RARE Hohenzollern Inhaberkreuz, so MAYBE that is the reason for the crown order.
Unfortunately I have no Ordensalmnach, so I cannot ID this guy.

Best regards

Daniel

[Rick Research]

Extra points to Daniel! Can't read the disk, but it must indeed be a "50"!

Lucky for me, he autographed the back. I cannot imagine going through the thousands of double columns of Ordens-Almanach listings "searching."

There is actually an Autengruber published volume indexing Weird And Unusual Decorations found in the DtOrdAlm (Werner sent me a xerox copy, which I am grateful for, since the Almanach is like about 40 Army Ranglisten rolled into one volume. Aaaiiieeee!!!) BUT--

in this case NONE of the awards, taken individually, ARE considered "rare and unusual" enough to be so indexed. His entry just lists Crown Order 4, no Jubilee button.

The fact that he was a 68 year old active duty Feldwebel I guess needs a Weird Recipient index!!!!

[Eric Gaumann]

never mind the bar...

... that is one impressive moustache. Why he didn't get the PLM just for grooming that is beyond me.....

I remember, eons ago, when my grandfather used to bust my balls about my attempt at growing facial hair. He said that if I packed the inside of my upper lip with chicken#$!@* it'd make the moustache grow out like a *real* man's. Thankfully I never tried it.

[McCulloh]

Damn Stogie!
You are the photoking! Amazing photo.
How'd he get the crown order 4th class?
Anybody know?
Cheers,
JeMc

[Daniel Krause]

How would he get the crown order?

It is for me the first time to see an active NCO with an ORDER!
Probably he got it for his 50ieth service jubilee. They simply had nothing else to give him.
Normally NCO´s got between 25 and 30 years of service the AEZ, between 30 and 40 the Cross of the AEZ and MAYBE if still in service later the crown to that or even the RARE Hohenzollern Inhaberkreuz. This guy had everything before that 50 jubilee so there was no other choice; ohterwise to get nothing for that jubilee is impossible.

Best regards

Daniel

[WNickel]

Hi Rick,

it's a very nice picture from Ferdinand C.
Allgmeines Ehrenzeichen 1880
Allgmeines Ehrenzeichen in Gold 1890, changed to the Cross of the Allgmeines Ehrenzeichen 1900,
crown to the cross of Allgmeines Ehrenzeichen 1904,
Hausorden von Hohenzollern 4. class 18.01.1897
crown order with 50 25.09.1905,
Militärehrenzeichen and Austria silberne Tapferkeit 1864

any questions???????

Werner





and where is his bar???????

[Daniel Krause]

Werner,

dont tell us You have it!

Beste Grüße

Daniel