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    Solomon

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    1. Here is a medalbar, which fits perfectly to this topic... Ferdinand Metzte´s medalbar I introduced in detail here
    2. Hi folks, I want to add another "award" Prince Leopold IV. became, but he was never wearing: Bayern Erinnerungsabzeichen an die goldene Hochzeit 1918 Attached you will find the picture of his original award.
    3. Hi Dave, according to the name, this should be the son of the Flügeladjudant Lippe-Detmold Oldwig von Natzmer. BR Roman
    4. Yes, he got the Kriegervereinskreuz on 30th May 1916 as No. 196 of the rolls. On this receipt he was more engaged and listed all awards he received so far. Butt it seems that at least until 1916 he didn´t receive the iron cross 1st class...
    5. Haha, good question...I checked his receipt for the Lippe-Detmold house order 2ns class with swords at the ring, which he awarded on 30th May 1918....Oldwig von Natzmer was a quite lazy guy and listed under "other awards" just these three (quite strange) awards: -Kriegsverdienstkreuz -LD HO X (Lippe-Detmold house order with swords ???. class) -Kriegsverdienstkreuz (which one???) I also have another picture of him (see screenshot), but on the picture there is no award visible. I´m quite sure, von Natzmer received am EK 1st class, but I have no proof for it. Aaaah, the entry LD HO X must be Lippe-Detmold officer´s cross with swords, which he received on 17th Febraury 1917. A look on his receipt for the officer´s cross with swords didn´t provide any additional information. Von Natzmer was quite lazy to list all of his awards...he just listed: - EK 2 = iron cross 2nd class - Fürstl. Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz - R.A. 4 = red eagle order 4th class - Fürstl. Lipp. Kriegsverdienstkreuz (???) - u.v.m ( = and many more)
    6. Good question, unfortunately there is no date marked on the back of this picture. I will check again, when I´m back home....maybe I will find some additional information in my books. By the way, the 2nd person person on the left side of the Fürst (you just can see his head in the background) is Oldwig von Natzmer, Leopold´s Flügeladjudant...I have his ribbonbar in my collection ? )
    7. One last point to add regarding Leopold IV. He also became "Ehrendoktor" (doctor honoris causae) of the university Erlangen. Below you will find a picture of him in between of the professors of the university....
    8. @Deutschritter I went again through all the photos and I discovered a phote from around 1936, on which I see three hanseatic crosses in the middle of his medalbar, not previously mentioned... So I would like to add to Leopold IV.´s awards as well Lübeck Hanseatenkreuz Bremen Hanseatenkreuz Hamburg Hanseatenkreuz Do you agree?
    9. Yes, I confirm...by the way I also have a photo (and it is the only one out of the 120 I have), showing Prince Leopold IV. wearing a minature-chain from around 1899. Unfortunately the angle from which the photo was taken, doesn´t allow a identification of the miniatures, but I´m quite sure, it isn´t the chain, offered actually by Weitze.
    10. Regarding the Johanniter-order, I have another very rare and interesting photo of Leopold IV.´s father, Grafregent Ernst zur Lippe-Biesterfeld...enjoy! @Deutschritter BTW, in your list one order is missing: Lippe-Detmold Goldene Verdienstmedaille, which he is wearing at the medalbar.
    11. I didn´t know the exact English translation for "Lippe-Detmold Leopoldorden Inhaberkreuz" ... Quite strange, that he was wearing it beside the 2nd class of the Leopold order... There is one very interesting point on the cross, he is wearing. According to the photo he was wearing a "Spangenstück" instead of the official awarded version, as shown below ? Regarding the Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden Bruststern, I found in my collection another, better photo from 1902. At that time (not ruling yet the principality Lippe-Detmold) he was already wearing the SEHO breast-star and Albrecht-order...
    12. 6th photo in uniform of th 12th hunter-regiment KuK army medalbar: Prussia iron-cross 2nd class Lippe-Detmold war merit cross Austria ? Turkey golden Liakat medal Turkey silver Liakat medal Lippe-Detmold memorial medal 1897 Lippe-Detmold memorial medal 1905 Lippe-Detmold combatant´s association cross Prussia centenar medal unknown breast-star Austria breast star Here I need some help with the Austrian orders....
    13. 4th picture Prussia Order of the black eagle grand cross set Lippe-Detmold Leopold-order collane of the ruling Prince Prussia Iron cross 1st class Lippe-Detmold cross for heroic deeds Hohenzollern house-order knight´s cross with swords Regarding the medalbar, I will post another (better) picture... 5th photo from December 1916 Prussia Johanniter-order ....and....uppps ?
    14. 3rd photo in uniform of the 55th regiment: Waldeck house-order 1.st class (neck-cross) Prussia Red Eagle order breast-star unknown breast-star medalbar (incl. already mentioned orders): Lippe-Detmold house-order 3rd class Lippe-Detmold Leopold order 1st type 2nd class Lippe-Detmold Leopold order owner´s cross Lippe-Detmold house-order golden cross Lippe-Detmold memorial medal 1897 Lippe-Detmold memorial medal 1905 Lippe-Detmold golden merit medal Lippe-Detmold combattant´s association cross 1907 ("Kriegervereinskreuz")
    15. No, the painting is still in the castle...no idea, why the rest was sold. I only know, who was involved in the selling... Anyhow, let´s dive into Leopold IV.´s orders: 1st picture from 1897: He is wearing Lippe-Detmold house-order 1st class Prussia Centenar-medal 1897 Mecklenburg-Strelitz order of the Wendish crown breast-star Saxony Albrecht-order breast-star 2nd picture from 1905 (I will only list, what was not previously mentioned): Lippe-Detmold grand cross set of the ruling Prince (breast-star) Lippe-Detmold house-order 3rd class Lippe-Detmold memorial medal 1897 (Erinnerungsmedaille an den Einzug des Grafregenten Ernst 1897)
    16. Uuuuuh, the perfect topic for me, as I have actually more than 120 different photos of Prince Leopold IV. in my collection....from 1899 until 1949. Let me look through all these pictures and see what´s missing. At least the Waldeck house-order 1st class is missing. I only have one picture, on which he is wearing it. Unfortunately I also don´t have the award-dates for the "foreign" orders, like Waldeck, Mecklenburg-Strelitz. And even more anoying...in the meantime all these breast stars and orders were sold by the actual Prince. 10 years ago, these orders were still in the Detmold castle. BR Roman
    17. I have a postcard from Kneußl in my collection. He received from Lippe-Detmold´s side: House-order 3rd class (which he is wearing on the picture) as Major in the Koeniglich Bayrisches Leib-Infanterie Regiment on 3rd May 1906. Best regards Roman
    18. I just want to add the twin to the shown mini-chain.... Conrad Trauthahn used to be "Gewerbeaufseher" (industry inspector) in Bielefeld.
    19. That was rather easy, as the Leopoldorden 3rd class was not often awarded. I´m pretty sure it belongs to Semjon Lipliawsky, Dr.med Prof., Head of the Russian Institute in Berlin, born in Wiatka, Russia on 24th April 1874. He got the Leopoldorden 3rd class Lippe-Detmold on 27th December 1912. At that time he didn´t have any other award (or he forgot to state them on his receipt). By the way, very nice miniature chain....:-)
    20. It looks like an inofficial award given by the regiment. The breast star is a Garde star. Gefreiter (private) Cohn served in the 3rd bataillon of the machine gun department of the 2nd Garde Reserve Regiment.
    21. Well, for the Waldeck order it won´t be an easy job due to the low numbers of combatant-awards worn at the neck. For the Schaumburg-order I luckily had an original ribbon in my collection, as it is the same for Lippe-Detmold. I would be more happy to get the award document, as this one would be unique. The family is still checking boxes and cartons for it. Regards Roman
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