Named/Identifiable German Medal Bars

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Generalmajor von Red

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Hans Völk

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Dr. Hans Kickton

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Hauptfeldwebel Alfred Oehme

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Generalleutnant Ernst Richter

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Rudolf Edler von Grund

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Oberleutnant d.R. Johannes Kleinau

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Oberst a.D. Georg von Scheffler-Knox

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Jeremy

[William Eledge]

Luftkreig, GOOD GRIEF!!!!,

How many of those beautiful bars do you have!!!!

Thanks for posting!!

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Luftkreig, GOOD GRIEF!!!!,

How many of those beautiful bars do you have!!!!

Thanks for posting!!

Hi William,

If only they were all mine! Only some of these are in my collection. No, I just search and search for these photos and post them here to preserve these names. A name can be lost very easily. For example I recently bought a prestigious ribbon bar....less the name, but by good luck I had a photo stored from a few years ago and I was able to bring up the name.

Kind regards
Pierce

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Pg. Karl Richter, NSDAP membership #18625, Alter Kämpfer and GPB holder of Gau Süd-Hannover-Braunschweig.

[Tom Yanacek]

Hello guys,

Thanks to the incredible researching work of of Paul Cherpurko, and with confirmation by Rick Lundström, this medal bar was identified as having belonged to Oberst Rudolf. He was an Ordnance Officer and appears in the 1924 Reichsheer Ranklist with the rank of Oberleutnant. In the 1939 Ranklist he is an Oberst and then he is no longer listed in the 1943 Ranklist. The assumption is that he may have retired sometime in 1942, due to age or ill-health. With some additional research, some more details may surface, such as his first name and whether or not he made Generalmajor during WW2.

Best regards,
Tom

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Generalmajor Walter Brenken


Interesting that there are not two Wehrmacht Long Service awards. I think this was his pre-1936 medal bar but there after replaced the Imperial XXV Cross with the Wehrmacht 25year instead of getting the entire bar re-mounted for one additional medal.

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Generalmajor Walter Brenken


Interesting that there are not two Wehrmacht Long Service awards. I think this was his pre-1936 medal bar but there after replaced the Imperial XXV Cross with the Wehrmacht 25year instead of getting the entire bar re-mounted for one additional medal.

Hi Pierce,

That certainly is one possibility. Here are a few other possible explanations:

1) It was a conscious effort to limit the length of the medal bar. At eight places, the Iron Cross is already slightly beyond the center of the tunic. If another medal was added, the Iron Cross would then be obstructing the breast eagle. Of course, if the medals were overlapped a bit more, nine medals could be mounted without increasing the overall length of the bar.

2) This officer liked his medal bar made up of all crosses. He did not want to add a round medal "gong" to his medal bar of eight crosses.

3) This officer, despite the regulations, felt that there was no need to display the Wehrmacht 12-Year LS Medal. Just by the presence of the 25-Year LS Cross, it is obvious that he rated all four long service decorations.

Best regards,
Tom