All,
Attached please find two photos of PLM recipient Otto Lancelle. Photo 1 shows Lancelle as a Oberstleutnant in 1938; the PLM is a Wagner/Friedlander type and is very likely the award he received in WWI. Another photo (not attached) of Lancelle as a RAD officer in 1935 shows the same Wagner/Friedlander PLM. Photo 2 shows Lancelle as a Generalmajor in 1941; note the PLM is a Godet/Schickle type.
If one goes on the assumption that Lancelle did not have a second WWI produced PLM by Godet in storage for 23 years, then the award in Photo 2 is likely a Schickle duplicate to prevent the necessity of wearing his prized WWI Wagner/Friedlander original award in the field. Regrettably, the resolution of Photo 2 is not high enough to detect the larger center area or short-middle "M" typical of a Schickle PLM.
<O</OWould it not be logical to conclude that a PLM recipient who appears in photos consistently wearing a Wagner/Friedlander type in 1918-1939 and then switches to a Godet/Schickle type in 1940-1945 is wearing a duplicate purchased in WWII? As Schickle is the obvious source of Godet style replacements in 1939-1941, perhaps a study of WWII period photos will reveal more Schickle PLMs being worn during the war than previously thought? Thoughts?
Best regards,
Steve
Attached please find two photos of PLM recipient Otto Lancelle. Photo 1 shows Lancelle as a Oberstleutnant in 1938; the PLM is a Wagner/Friedlander type and is very likely the award he received in WWI. Another photo (not attached) of Lancelle as a RAD officer in 1935 shows the same Wagner/Friedlander PLM. Photo 2 shows Lancelle as a Generalmajor in 1941; note the PLM is a Godet/Schickle type.
If one goes on the assumption that Lancelle did not have a second WWI produced PLM by Godet in storage for 23 years, then the award in Photo 2 is likely a Schickle duplicate to prevent the necessity of wearing his prized WWI Wagner/Friedlander original award in the field. Regrettably, the resolution of Photo 2 is not high enough to detect the larger center area or short-middle "M" typical of a Schickle PLM.
<O</OWould it not be logical to conclude that a PLM recipient who appears in photos consistently wearing a Wagner/Friedlander type in 1918-1939 and then switches to a Godet/Schickle type in 1940-1945 is wearing a duplicate purchased in WWII? As Schickle is the obvious source of Godet style replacements in 1939-1941, perhaps a study of WWII period photos will reveal more Schickle PLMs being worn during the war than previously thought? Thoughts?
Best regards,
Steve
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