Glenn J

Dear ArHo, Please find below a scan from the 1932 edition of the Bekleidungsvorschrift für die Polizei und Landjägerei in Preußen. As can be seen all wartime awards including wound badges and flight badges were explicitly permitted to be worn on duty as were life-saving and long service awards. Peacetime awards were allowed off-duty. Regards Glenn

Hello, the award was not published in the Militär-Wochenblatt but on checking the Ordensliste of 1877, one finds that a Generalleutnant von Alvensleben (then residing in Potsdam) was awarded the RAO1E on 8 May 1869; the same day that Werner retired. So, it seems the answer is yes. Regards Glenn

Chris, that confirms Malsen. The bemedalled chap to his left is Friedrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Major à la suite der Armee with the uniform of 1. Schweres-Reiter-Regiment. He was the Crown Prince's Hofmarschall. (Hence all the bling)! Regards Glenn

Hi, from the Offizier-Stammliste of Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 109 Regards Glenn

Good morning, Werner von Alvensleben. Regards Glenn

Hi Nicolas, that is Reichsheer Oberstleutnant Bruno Neumann, commander of 8. (Preußisches) Reiter-Regiment (1930-1933). Regards Glenn

Hi Nicolas, I should think Oberst (E) Georg Neymann. Regards Glenn

Hi Chris, he is pictured as a General Staff officer; note the trouser Lampassen. He was originally an infantry officer - Infanterie-Leib-Regiment. Regards Glenn

Thanks Andreas, here is his biography from the Offizier-Stammliste of the Kaiser Franz Garde-Grenadier-Regiment. Regards Glenn

Hi Laurentius, Dr. Ahles does not appear to have reached the equivalent of general officer rank. It is possible that the engraving was a much later rendition of Dr. Eichheimer. He was still serving in 1842 with exactly the same decorations as shown in your portrait. He served as the General-Stabsarzt of the Bavarian Army from 1826 to 1847. I can't find anyone else with those exact decorations at this rank. He was only awarded a Military Merit order 3rd Class on 1 January 1843 Regards Glenn

I found this picture dated 1833 of Friedrich Eichheimer. The likeness is not immediately apparent. In 1832 only two serving medical officials are listed with a Militär-Sanitäts-Ehrenzeichen in Gold. The other is a Divison Stabsarzt Dr. Carl Ahles. He is shown with the same orders by 1836. Regards Glenn

Hi chaps, I would go along with a very senior military medical official in the late twenties/early thirties. At this period, medical officials did not wear epaulettes. This chap may well be our man from 1831 and the collar braid corresponds with the rank. Regards Glenn

Oberst Boeckh (18.11.37-4.11.1908) spent much of his career with the corps of cadets from early 1866 onwards. Although he returned to his regiment, the Kaiser Franz Garde-Grenadier-Regiment for the campaign in Bohemia in 1866 (fighting at Alt-Rognitz and Königgrätz), he remained at the cadet school in Wahlstatt during the Franco-German war. He served at Plön for numerous years, starting in 1873, becoming the commander there on 22 January 1880 as a Major. He left some ten years later as a charakterisierter Oberst on 18 October 1890 to become the director of the military orphanage in Potsdam. Retiring on 27 September 1893, he died in Berlin in 1908. Regards Glenn

Morning, much earlier than that: Oberst Friedrich Boeckh commanding in Plön in the eighties. Regards Glenn

Hi Chris, I would think the chap at front right with the suspended monocle. Regards Glenn

Chris, a couple of Fähnrichs. They wore the officers’ Tornister. Regards Glenn

Chip, Chris, discontinued in 1888. Most probably a Landwehr Jäger officer in the I. Armeekorps area. Regards Glenn

Your first chap is the then Major (later General der Infanterie) Erwin Oßwald. Regards Glenn

I would certainly recommend Jürgen Kraus' " Die feldgraue Uniformierung des deutschen Heeres 1907-1918". It exhaustively covers all branches of the military administration in its 2nd volume. Regards Glenn

Chris, Ritter von Steiner? Regards Glenn

Hi Andreas, that makes perfect sense. Ritter von Beckh commanded RW-Inf.Rgt 47 and that appears to be brigade commander of RW-Brigade 24, Oberst Jakob Ritter von Danner to his left. Regards Glenn

Guys, I have this young Ludwig Freiherr von Malsen in 1894. Regards Glenn

This from the naval "crew book" of 1907. Regards Glenn

Gentlemen, Generalmajor Günther von Bünau, commanding 81. Infanterie-Brigade in Lübeck around 1897/98 Regards Glenn

yes, EK1 as published in "Die Ritter des eisernen Kreuzes" Band 1, Heft 1. Regards Glenn