Is you spelling correct? There was a Ripperger in a 1926-27 Adressbook:

Ripperger, R,, Waffenmstr. Weienfels, Bergstr, 21. [Ki.]

http://forum.ahnenforschung.net/showthread.php?t=17452

Waffenmeister means Gunmaster.

Cheers,
Gunwolf

Last edited by Gunwolf; 02/06/16 09:35 AM.