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#209930 11/22/2007 10:41 PM
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Howdy all, i have recently obatined a personalised Heer dagger and was wondering if anyone had any information on the dedication or where i can go for help. Im not Sure if the name is Lobel or Lobe II. Any help as always would be greatly appreciated.

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congrats on this extremely interesting dagger! You will have a ton of fun researching this

"In deep gratitude and true (steadfast?) comeradery, Ernst Poeck"

So a presentation from Ernst to Loebell, it appears.

Loebell does not appear to have been a very common name during the war. I will check army rank lists and award lists when I get home

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Can you show a closeup of the lettering? Looks like it has the gold background. This is consistent, as is the lettering style, with other similar dedications / presentations I own or have seen

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Last on this. There are no (active) Heer officers named Loebell listed in the 1939, 1944-45 Ranglisten, or in the Dienstlaufbahnen der Offizieren des Generalstabes, or in the holders of the DKiG. Only one von Loebell, but this would have been written v. Loebell. This is a good sign. Means the name is indeed rare. My guess he will be found among the reserve officers files. There are also no matches in the KIA list, only a few soldiers and unteroffizieren by this name.

I also could not find any Ernst Poeck, this faithful comerad of Loebell�s. Looks like you have a nice two for the price of one research project here Big Grin

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Hi Gustavo thank you indeed for the information. I will posta better pic of the inscription when i get home (tonite hopefully). Could you suggest a good starting point to research these two gentlemen at all?
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