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      • Gentlemen, this is what I have for Hermann Karl Rudolf Gebhard von Alvensleben, any additions or corrections very welcome:   3 August 1827 Portepee-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet) 15 May 1828 Seconde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant) 23 April 1842 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant) 30 March 1844 Charakter als Rittmeister (Brevet Cavalry Captain) 22 March 1845 Rittmeister 18 June 1853 Major 9 April 1857 Oberst-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel) 31 May 1859 Oberst (Colonel) 1859 25 June 1864 General-Major (Major General) 20 September 1866 General-Lieutenant (Lieutenant General)   Imperial Russian Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, III. Class (RSt3) Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz; DA/PDK) Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Commander 2nd Class (HSEH2b/HSH2b) Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (RAO4) Imperial Russian Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, II. Class (RSt2) Order of the White Falcon (Hausorden vom Weißen Falken), Commander's Cross 2nd Class (GSF2b) Order of Henry the Lion (Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Löwen), Commander's Cross 2nd Class (BrHL2b/BrH2b) Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow (mit der Schleife) Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves House Order of Hohenzollern, Commander's Cross (HOH2) Russian Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd Class (RW3) Swords to his House Order of Hohenzollern Commander's Cross (HOH2⚔) for the Battle of Königgrätz, where he also lost his oldest son Commemorative Cross for the Campaign of 1866 (Erinnerungs-Kreuz für den Feldzug von 1866) Russian Order of Saint Anna (St.-Annen-Orden), 1st Class (RA1) Star to his Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Oak Leaves Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav, Grand Cross (NO1) Red Eagle Order, 1st Class with Oak Leaves War Commemorative Medal of 1870–1871 (Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71; KD70/71)   Honours   The Alvenslebenstraße in Hanover-Vahrenwald was named in his honour.    
      • Dear Gordon Craig,   Thank you for your kind words.     Here are two very interesting links:   Huy Hiệu Cảnh Sát Quốc Gia VNCH | GĐMĐVNHTĐ (nhayduwdc.org)   Bald Eagle: CẢNH SÁT QUỐC GIA VNCH_The Republic of Vietnam National Police (tuyendinh75.blogspot.com)   Yours sincerely, No one
      • Dear Gentlemen,   Miscellaneous:   - Gendarmerie Nationale round:     - Gendarmerie Nationale GIGN:      - French captain from the gendarmerie, military cooperation:       Two pennants:       - Gendarme Djiboutien 1979:     Yours sincerely, No one 
      • Dear Gentlemen,   Creation in the fall of 2018 of the "Ecole Internationale de Perfectionnement à la Pratique de la Police Judiciaire / International School for Advanced Training in the Practice of the Judicial Police" (EI3PJ) following the closure of the " Centre de Perfectionnement de la Police judiciaire de Porto-Novo / Judicial Police Development Center of Porto-Novo" (Benin) in 2014. In 2019, a first class of eighteen trainees of twelve nationalities has already been awarded the diploma and the insignia of the investigators' advanced training course.   Décret n° 2018-295/PR/MD portant création d’une Ecole Internationale de Perfectionnement de la Pratique de la Police Judiciaire (EI3PJ) - eJO (journalofficiel.dj)   Perfectionnement à la pratique de la police judiciaire : une nouvelle école ouvre ses portes à Djibouti ! - Gendinfo (interieur.gouv.fr)   EI3PJ Djibouti | Djibouti | Facebook   index (ei3pj.dj)     Yours sincerly, No one
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