You could be right there, why did he outlaw them though?
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Wearing a KC backwards is not unheard of. There is also a portarait of an Oaks winner wearing his Oaks up side down in the picture.
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I have a portrait with KC backwards Tony.Iam Uncle Sam
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Munster I think thats the award he is wearing, Im pretty sure it is.
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Feel free to call me DionOriginally posted by don-zamo View Post
Don Iam not so sure, unless his Johan. Cross has broken Enamel. I cant see someone of his rank doing this. But Ive seen stranger things.Iam Uncle Sam
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I think we see the backside of a PlM (and the backside of the KC).
OL winner of the Luftwaffe with the PlM? I certainly do not recognize this man as a PlM of the German WW1 airforce. Of course he could have served in the army or navy during the WW1, but under all circumstances he must have been very young during that war.Comment
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Ah ok Dion, I didnt know that was your nameOriginally posted by münster View Post
The cross definatly has some broken enamel, thats my opinion
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I can scan the reverse later but it is the same as so many other private portrait postcards, which is one of the items I collect. It has the postcard layout with the lines for the address etc, and is on Agfa paper. If this was anything but that or an actual photo I thought was wartime, I would not have picked it up.Originally posted by münster View PostComment
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rogerOriginally posted by Steve Campell View PostIam Uncle Sam
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Maybe this is Alfred Keller?
He is not listed as Oak Leaf winner, but strangely the photo on das-ritterkreuz.de shows him as well with O L.
Maybe both photos are post war photos and somehow he believed he was entitled to wear the O L.
We know there were unauthorized presentations/awardings of KC and higher classes in the closing days of the war.Last edited by FrankS; 06-17-2008, 04:01 PM.Comment
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Post war eh? I'm not big on that, but even so, this would still be an interesting item. It is a private postcard type. When after the war would he have done this? He is still wearing a Third reich uniform. Would this be something he would want to show off and send through the mail after the war? The backwards RK hints at this but the LW eagle with Swaz contradicts this. Hmmmm.Originally posted by FrankS View PostMaybe this is Alfred Keller?
He is not listed as Oak Leaf winner, but strangely the photo on das-ritterkreuz.de shows him as well with O L.
Maybe both photos are post war photos and somehow he believed he was entitled to wear the O L.
We know there were unauthorized presentations/awardings of KC and higher classes in the closing days of the war.Comment
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Alfred Keller? Don´t think so.Comment
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Steve to me it has a 50s esque type feel, thats just me . And as you have noted, Ive seen stranger things then this.Originally posted by Steve Campell View PostIam Uncle Sam
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James, that should be Mr Munster really!Originally posted by don-zamo View Post
Definately not Keller, is the guy in the original photo wearing an early style metal breast eagle?Comment
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