here are some interesting ww1 postcard photos

[joeimwalle]

hi McCulloh

hi McCulloh,
sorry ive been outbidding you on ebay, im just crazy for ww1 postcards right now. you know how it is got to feed the addiction when it hits, im sure ill move on to other imperial items soon, who knows.
anyway
went through all the ids and here is how it turns out
7 ic 2nd class listings in the soldbuchs i have 31 soldbuchs
6 ic 2nd class listings in the militariapass i have 38 passes

and 5 wound black awards listed total out of 69

also have 3 iron cross award docs with these ids.
and 3 doc that list awards for a man in 3 diff ids

will get a better pic of the king soon pc #11

[joeimwalle]

closeups

closeup pc #11
#11: The second officer from the left I think is the King of Saxony

[joeimwalle]

#11: The second officer from the left I think is the King of Saxony

#11: The second officer from the left I think is the King of Saxony

[joeimwalle]

other officer has ic 1st medal and a darker

other officer has ic 1st medal and a darker looking medal on tunic the man at the middle standing , what medal is this ???

[McCulloh]

I think its the Oldenburg cross (type it in in the search engine above for examples and info).
I'm going to look through the books tonight.
Thanks for the stats.
Can i also ask: when were the EK2s awarded by year? Also, are there more to regulars than reservists and landwehr? Does rank matter? e.g. Does almost every Sergeant (+) have one?

[joeimwalle]

thxs

thxs for the medal help, i think you are right.

as for the dates on the ic awardings here they are in no particular order.
3-17-1917
10-27-1917
4-6-1918 w/doc
12-24-1916
3-15-1917
1-27-1916
5-17-1916
11-9-1918
12-17-1915
5-15-1916
1-9-1916 w/doc
3-25-1918
1-10-1917

and the wound
all black
11-8-1918
7-7-1918
4-14-1918
10-19-1915
7-20-1917
12-3-1916

you know i really did not look at the ranks of the guys who won them.
rank really does not matter to me, i just like nice filled out ones with nice listings of battles and other info.

hope this helps
joe

[McCulloh]

I would LOVE to see the wound badge dates.
The badge itself wasn't created until early 1918 and started to be handed out during the Kaiserschlacht in Spring/Summer 1918. I suspect those are the dates of the wounds that earned the badges.
Meanwhile, i suspect that the higher the rank, the easier it was (and is) to get a medal. i was just wondering if that theory was bourne out by your collection.

[joeimwalle]

wound badge in wear

wound badge in wear.
looks like a silver or gold cutout version being worn?.

[joeimwalle]

full photo

here is the full postcard

[joeimwalle]

odd looking ceremony

odd looking ceremony

[joeimwalle]

full shot

full postcard shot

[Kaleun]

Very interesting photo. "Dreikampf" refers to a sports competition. So we are looking at the three winners, who were given prizes , such as a silver goblet, a little bust of the Kaiser, a Zigarrenetui (far left).

In today's collections these are the items that make for a really well rounded display of that era.

Thanks for showing this.

regards
Thorsten

[joeimwalle]

more PC

here are a few more postcards that came in the mail this weekend, enjoy
joe
POW'S wearing diff uniform types.

[joeimwalle]

2

larger group pose of pow's

[joeimwalle]

3

writting on the back of postcard #2