Brian Keith Posted September 20, 2019 Share #1 Posted September 20, 2019 We recently received a number of German ribbons, decorations and items from a lady who was born during WW II in Germany to typical German parents. Her father served in the SA (it seems in the late 1930's) and later in an army engineer battalion. She married a US Soldier in the 1950s and came to the US. Im working to ID all the artifacts. I have ID this medal as the Memorial Cross Faithful to the Battalion but I havent been able to ID the Ribbon or the bar, likely they are both for the same unit. Some of the artifacts were from Württemberg (Kingdom), pre-and during WW I. The German Abbreviation for the bar is: "LDST .JNF .BAT .HALL" Thanks for your assistance. BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskrieg Posted September 20, 2019 Share #2 Posted September 20, 2019 Not sure of the LDST but the J is actually an I. So it reads LDST infantry. Battalion Hall. Closest i can find the ribbon is Oldenburg. The left side of the cross says "true" but i cannot see the right side as the pic is blurry i think it says battalion. Probably a battalion level non regulation commemorating medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 20, 2019 Share #3 Posted September 20, 2019 LDST abbreviation for Landsturm???, which had Battalion size units. Hall??? maybe the abbreviation of the Garrison the unit was from???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskrieg Posted September 20, 2019 Share #4 Posted September 20, 2019 Ugg never thought of Landsturm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted September 20, 2019 Share #5 Posted September 20, 2019 Hall is no abrevation but the name of a town, (today "Schwaebisch Hall"). I think it's a medal of Württembergisches Landsturm-Infanterie-Bataillon Hall XIII/11 http://genwiki.genealogy.net/XIII/11 "Treu dem Bataillon" (faithfull to the Battalion), it's a so called Erinnerungskreuz (commemorative cross) post WW I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 21, 2019 Share #6 Posted September 21, 2019 Un Dere It Ist Vielen Dank Lars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 21, 2019 Share #7 Posted September 21, 2019 That's a good site you linked Lars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted September 22, 2019 Thanks so much everyone! I spent several hours working on getting them all identified. I wasn't able to figure out that abbreviation. You guys figured it out quite quickly. The ribbon is quite wadded up and had been hand sewn for wear but the threads are broken and I'll have to try to get it in displayable shape. Thanks everyone for your input and assistance. BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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