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From: Janice Duke <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Ritter von Schl*....
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 18:41:02 -0400
References: <001001c68403$c532b1c0$de65543a@Caroline>


Hi Caroline,
See:
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/schleich.html
http://www.pourlemerite.org/wwi/air/schleich.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1855329603/ref=cap_pdp_dp/002-0459427-4640036?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

Hope this helps,
Janice
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caroline Gaden" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: [WW1] Ritter von Schl*....


> Hello everyone
> I am new to this list and, appropriately at present, I'm interested in
> playing football in Germany!
> I'm specifically interested in a German WWI serviceman by the name of
> Ritter von Schl*.... and it's the * I am trying to decipher!
> I have a torn postcard which he sent to my father in 1936. The postcard is
> a signed picture of himself. He's probably a pilot, possibly Army rather
> than Airforce as Col Lt is under his name but the rest is also torn away.
> Dad was visiting Düsseldorf with a soccer team from Yorkshire at the time
> and he and Ritter met at a party to do with the soccer/football tour. They
> were both keen on flying and had "a nice meeting and talking about
> Wendal".
> Now if anyone can point me in the right direction to find information
> about Ritter or Wendal I'd very much appreciate it. I've tried Google with
> no success and I don't read/speak German!
> Clutching at straws
> Many thanks
> Caroline Gaden
>
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