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Ribbon bar of General Emil Fürstenau

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Here is some photos of Emil Fürstenau from my collection. First one a nice photo of him showing his ribbon bar. Christophe

Hi everybody, I would like to show you one of the nicest Saxon officer ribbon bar I have in my collection. This bar belonged to Generalmajor Emil Fürstenau (1865-1930). Before the war he served in Staff in IR 181. When the war has begun, Major Fürstenau was Bataillon commander of IR Nr. 105 till March 1915. The he took the head of the RIR Nr. 102 till August 1916. He finished the war at the head of the 192 Infantry Brigade. Despite the fact he lost his left arm in September 1914, he has chosen to continue to serve his Country till the end of the war. A true hero. He received the following medals and orders : On his ribbon bar : Knight cross of St Henry, 24 August 1914, Knight cross 1st class with X of Merit Order of Saxe, 28 August 1915, Iron cross 2nd class, 1914, Knight cross 1st class of Albert of Saxe, 24 May 1910, Long service medal for 25 years, 1910, Knight cross with X of House Order of Hohenzollern, 2 November 1916, Knight cross with X and Lions of Crown of Wurttemberg, 22 December 1914. Commander cross of St Henry, 28 August 1916, Commander cross with X of White Falcon of Saxe Weimar, 1916, Officer cross with X of Albert of Saxe, 8 February 1916, Officer cross with X of Crown of Wurttemberg, 15 April 1915, Iron cross 1st class, 1914. His grade Leutnant : 18 January 1887 Oberleutnant : 18 September 1893 Hauptmann : 29 March 1900 Major : 17 June 1910 Oberstleutnant : 17 March 1915 Oberst : 21 May 1917 Generalmajor : 28 November 1919 z.D. : 6 February 1919 a.D. : 31 March 1920 Christophe

thanks for your comments Christophe

Hi Paul, I have the pictures before buying the ribbon bar. So the china medal confirms that he must be him. Christophe

Thanks for your comments Christophe

Ribbon bar of Oberst Bernhard von Süßmilch gen. von Hörnig

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here is the photo

Hi everybody, Here is another very rare ribbon bar I have received recently. The owner of this bar is Oberst Bernhard von Süßmilch gen. von Hörnig (1867-1923). He served the most part of the WW1 at the head of the IR 139. He received the following orders and medals : SH2b : 2.12.1917 SH3 : 15.10.1914 SV3aX : 4.08.1916 SA3X : 29.08.1916 X zu SA3a : 9.10.1914 SA3a : 18.05.1909 SDA : 25.03.1911 Kr zu PRAO4 : 13.07.1911 PRAO4 : 15.09.1903 PKO3 : 10.09.1912 EK2 : 16.09.1914 EK1 : 14.10.1914 OH3Kr : 19.12.1906 ChDM : no date. PJR : 25.07.1913 PJE : 23.09.1905 VAs : 1918 Christophe

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Hi, Here is the photo of his medal bar sold last year.

Or probably OEK 2257, Kleine goldene Medaille Bene Merentibus from Saxe, or OEK 487 Treue in Arbeit medaille Christophe

As always Daniel, you win ! Congrats. his medal bar has been sold last years (two medals missing). Christophe

Claudio, You are lucky man. You find such nice medal bar. Congrats. It will be interresting one day to see your private museum ! Is there any hallmark on the BV3 ? Christophe

Nice bar and nice work Christophe

Very nice bars, congrats Christophe