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Could be de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Rüdlin Born: February 11, 1861, Dobiegniew, Poland Died: February 3, 1928, Berlin, Germany

www.rulers.org/gergovt1.html lists him as MInister for the postal service, 5 Aug 1917 - 13 Feb 1919.

Confirmed by photo in Nr.17 TELEFUNKEN ZEITUNG Seite 17 Bild 6 "Besichtigung der Station Nauen durch den Staatssekretär des Reichs-Postamtes, Exzellenz Rüdlin (1917)" docplayer.org/45313262-Digitalisiert-von-thomas-guenzel-f... or www.radiomuseum.org/forumdata/users/5100/TZ_3Jg_Nr17_1v1_...

Thanks! Teamwork!

Gustav Noske (1868-1946) "was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He served as the first Minister of Defence (Reichswehrminister) of the Weimar Republic between 1919 and 1920. Noske has been a controversial figure because, although he was a member of the socialist movement, he used army and paramilitary forces to bloodily suppress the socialist/communist uprisings of 1919." [1]

Interesting history Pixel Wrangler

Thanks, PW, we can add info to record.

The printed text implies he built battleships. Looking at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy suggests this could be Hans Bürkner. See www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz7194.html Shipbuilder, born Jan 11, 1864 in Dresden, died October 29, 1943 in Ringelheim (Harz).

Confirmed by photo in www.gettyimages.com/detail/nachrichtenfoto/ingenieur-gehei... Dr. Hans Bürkner, Ingenieur, Geheimer Oberbaurat, Abteilungschef im Marineamt

Thanks, swanq and B-59, for fuller info.

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53640464