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04-03-2012, 05:49 PM
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Who are those high ranking decorated guys?
Another fleamarket find, any ideas?
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04-03-2012, 06:25 PM
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The man on horseback is Generalleutnant Limon von Sanders in Turkish uniform. He was the military advisor to the Ottoman Empire from 1913-18. He appears to be wearing the Ottoman Imtiyaz medal on his upper left breast.
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04-03-2012, 11:34 PM
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04-04-2012, 04:53 AM
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I don't think it's him. The photo is much older than 1913, and he seems to wear a Johanniterorden Otto Liman von Sanders did not have.
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04-04-2012, 06:26 AM
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Is there a chance the left guy is Ludwig III of Bavaria? And if the mounted one is not Liman von Sanders, what kind of uniform he wears? I think this is not a german uniform, at least not army one...
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04-04-2012, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saschaw
I don't think it's him. The photo is much older than 1913, and he seems to wear a Johanniterorden Otto Liman von Sanders did not have.
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I disagree. There's a striking resemblance between the pic of Sanders inset and the person on the horse.
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04-05-2012, 12:40 AM
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the man on the horse is never liman von sanders.
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04-05-2012, 02:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saschaw
I don't think it's him. The photo is much older than 1913, and he seems to wear a Johanniterorden Otto Liman von Sanders did not have.
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I believe Sascha is right. Nor do I think that the man on the left is Ludwig III - see attached pic for reference.
Although the medal on the mounted man looks Turkish, as does the fez, the uniform does not look like anything Turkish I'm familiar with - rather, it looks like something French or Italian to me. Could the mounted man be a high ranking observer at a pre-war exercise?
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Last edited by GdC26; 04-05-2012 at 02:21 AM.
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