Glenn J

Rick, your wish is my command Of course, in some cases, senior Prussian medical officers could rank "one up": Generalarzt - Generalmajor Obergeneralarzt - Generalleutnant Generalstabsarzt der Armee - General der Infanterie Regards Glenn

Rick, If we assume this a 1917 or later photo then OSA 1. Kl. Lode is not our man as this guy is still an OSA 2. Kl. I am wondering if Berthold Reder might be the subject. He was not promoted to OSA 1. Kl. until May 1917. Regards Glenn

These from the 1909 Marine-Rangliste, (the last peacetime edition he appeared in) and the 1913 Braunschweig court and State Handbook. Regards Glenn

He was still alive in 1928 as an OSV a.D. in Remlingen, Unterfranken. Regards Glenn

My best guess would be Korvetten-Kapitän der Matrosen-Artillerie d.R. a.D. Wilhelm v. Veltheim. He already had everything except the Henry the Lion by 1909. A Braunschweig Kammerherr, he was awarde the BrH3b in 1912. That must be an LD1 in 2nd place on the bar. Regards Glenn

This from the Hoch- und Deutschmeister regimental history; not that you would think it was the same guy from this portrait painting! Hugo Nedjela was the commander of the Machine Gun Detachment of III./4 in the early part of the war when he won his ÖEK3 and ÖM3K. Regards Glenn

The then Hauptmann Carl Harrach's entry in "Bayern's Helden- & Ehrenbuch" published in 1872. This book listed all awards to the Bavarian Army during the Franco-German War of 1870/71. Regards Glenn

Rick, Bruno v. Stuckrad's entry in the Offizier-Stammliste of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 43. Regards Glenn

Elwyn, I think you are confusing the Oberst-Zerimonienmeister Graf Moy who is to the King's left with his staff of office. General WvW is behind Graf Moy's right shoulder wearing his sash from right shoulder to left hip. Regards Glenn

Rick, The one LaPo list I have (1934) does not list decorations. Regards Glenn

Fred, Karlgeorg Schuster Regards Glenn

Rick, Christer, Indeed he was not. That is because he was k.k. Landwehr officer. He was commissioned into k.k. Schützenregiment Nr. 24 on 1 August 1916 (4177). He is not shown with any decorations in the 1918 Ranglisten der K.K. Landwehr. He apparently was a Luftwaffe transport officer with the rank of Hauptmann d.R. z.V in WW2. Regards Glenn

David, I have the Offizier-Stammliste of JB 3 published in 1909 and he is not mentioned. Was he an officer in JB 3? Was he a Reserve Officer? Regards Glenn

Well, I have been doing some considerable labour on pre-war awards. If we take 1895 for example, there are just 36 individuals in the Prussian Army with a combination of the EK2 and a Schaumburg- Lippe Merit Medal. That figure drops to just 9 by 1905. And none of these guys is our award holder. So as Thomas says, this guy was probably already long retired from military service. He may turn up yet. Glenn

Andreas, from the rolls of the Oldenburg Honour Cross 2nd Class as quoted by Rick above. Regards Glenn

David, this from the Offizier-Stammliste of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 17. He was serving in 1. Kompagnie in 1840. Regards Glenn

The MGSS badge was introduced in February 1916 for the Saxon Army. What is slightly unusual is the fact that he is still wearing the "einjähriger" cord as the practice of enlisting one year volunteers ceased in October 1914. War volunteers were not entitled to the one year cord either. Regards Glenn

Rick, I believe we concluded that he was the later Major d.R. Karl v. Plehwe, the Oplm winner of 2. Garde-Reserve-Regiment, although I have been unable to confirm his award of the Portuguese Order of Industry & Agriculture. Listed as a Kammerjunker and estate owner at Dwarischken in the 1914 Prussian Court and State Handbook with a Johanniter and a LD2. Regards Glenn

Beau, Major a.D. Walter Lührs. Entered Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 10 as a Fahnenjunker, was promoted to Fähnrich on 27.1.05 and to Leutnant on 19 Oct 1905 (19.10.05 Ww). He attended the course at the Military Technical Academy commencing 1 Jan 1907 and at the outbreak of war in 1914 was a Leutnant and Regimental Adjutant. He was promoted to Oberleutnant on 5 September 1914 and to Hauptmann on 18 September 1915 (18.9.15 B2b). In 1919 he was a General Staff officer on the staff of XV. Armee-Korps and was transferred to the newly formed staff of the Reichswehr Gruppen-Kommando 2 on 7 September 1919. He did not remain there long, returning to his parent regiment - FußAR 10 on 22 September 1919. He presumably retired shortly thereafter and was promoted to charakterisierter Major on leaving. Regards Glenn

I can only concur with Dave as I have checked the same sources. One has to accept that there will always be cases when it will be just about impossible, given the paucity of surviving Prussian records, to pin down something as simple as a given name, especially for a prewar 2nd Lieutenant who only served in one regiment or independent battalion which does not have a published Stammliste or was garrisoned in a city without an available Adressbuch. Even then, many officers chose to only be listed by their rank and surname in those Adressbücher that are available. As Andy and Dave know all too well, it can take years to even eventually stumble across the first names of Majors and Colonels! Regards Glenn

Charles, Correct. In this case General v. Glasenapp had previously been awarded the Crown Order 3rd Class with Swords. Regards Glenn

Charles, a nice shot of Generalleutnant Franz v. Glasenapp wearing the Crown Order 2nd Class with Swords on Ring. Regards Glenn

Andreas, very nice; here is a later photograph of Rudolf v. Wachs as a General officer. Regards Glenn

Andreas, I would love to see the whole photograph! Thanks Regards Glenn

Andreas, there is no candidate serving in the Prussian Hofstaat in 1914 with that combination of awards. Similarly I could not find a match in 1908, 1911 or 1913. I do, however agree that this combination of awards is typical of a lower ranking official at the court such as a Kammerdiener, Büchsenspanner, Hoffurier etc. The Stallmeister were somewhat senior in rank, holding either the rank of a counsellor IV or V class which put them in the category of the "Höheren Beamte". As such they were typically festooned with "officer" grade decorations. Regards Glenn