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close up of the medal bar. You can see that the Merit Order knight cross 1st class with X is a pre-war model.

I have had this photo in my collection. It is interesting to see that he has chosen to wear only his wartime medals on his ribbon bar. Recently I have received same ribbon bar as seen on photo. Have a look. Here is a small bio of Senfft von Pilsach He received the following orders and medals. Neck Orders : Commander cross 2nd class of St Henry of Saxe, 28 August 1917, Commander cross 2nd class with swords of Albert Order of Saxe, 8 May 1918, Cross 2nd class with swords of Crown Order of Prussia, 25 September 1917, On his medal bar shown on this photo Knight cross of St Henry of Saxe, 3 June 1915, Knight cross 1st class with swords of Merit Order of Saxe, 31 October 1914, Iron cross 2nd class, September 1914, Others medals Knight cross 1st class of Albert Order of Saxe, 23 May 1908, Long Service medal for 25 years of Saxe, 1908 Cross 4th class of Red Eagle Order of Prussia, 8 April 1903, Knight cross 1st of Order of Philip of Hesse, 29 September 1906, Knight cross of Order of Rising Sun of Japan, 21 January 1901. Iron cross 1st class Leutnant : 20 September 1884 Oberleutnant : 27 March 1892 Hauptmann : 30 March 1898 Major : 21 May 1907 Oberstleutnant : 25 April 1913 Oberst : 12 January 1915 Generalmajor : 18 April 1918 Char Generalleutnant : 30 September 1920 a.D : 30 September 1920 From the beginning of the war till 9 May 1915 he served with L.I.R Nr. 107 From June 1915 till June 1917 he was at the head of the 246 Inf. Brigade. During this time he served in the L.I.R Nr. 102 from 1st March till 13 August 1916. In 1918 he was at the head of the Inf. Brigade 245.

Thanks a lot Andy Christophe

I have found the date for the knight cross with swords of House Order of Hohenzollern : 19 october 1918. Christophe

New photo of Hoffmann Christophe

Recently I have found new photo of Oberstleutnant Hoffmann He received the SE3 on 18 July 1904

Here is the photo He received the SE3 on 19 September 1912

Hi everybody, I have made some research and I have found only 6 names of saxon officers who received before the WW1, SE3 (Schwarzburg Ehrenkreuz 3 Kl.) General Paul von Criegern Major Albert von Funcke Oberstleutnant Georg Hoffmann General Kurt Hempel Major Johannes Larraß General Hermann von Schweinitz. To illustrate here is photo of Major von Funcke showing his medal on his medal bar

Close up of the medal bar

Hi everybody, i'm looking for informations about this officer. On the photo we can find the SV3X, EK2 and campaign medal for the Franco-Prussian War. He probably wore the Albert knight cross but it was hidden I have no information about Saxon officer before 1900. Thanks for your help Christophe

Hello, Welcome on board ! I think you will find a lot of answers here. Your bar is very nice. Some research : Paul Schmitt received the knight cross 1st class with swords and cronw of Albert of Saxe on 18 September 1917, at this time he served as Major and Chef of GS GK 63. He received the Bavarian Military Merit Order 3rd class with swords and crown on 3 September 1918. He received the Bavarian Military Merit Order 3rd class with swords on 30 July 1917. He received the Bavarian Military Merit Order 3rd class with swords and crown on 11 September 1914. That's all I have for the moment Christophe

Hi, General Konrad von Goßler received the Pour le Mérite on 10 August 1916. He died on 1st February 1933. Christophe

Hugo Teichmann born 17.07.1877 - killed 28.09.1917 Christophe

Hi Andreas, Very interresting group. I like more particulary the saxon document ! Thanks for sharing them with us. have you found more infos about this officer ? Christophe

Hi Troy, Very nice cross with box, congrats. Christophe

Thanks all for your comments. Fist time I saw this I thought it was easy to id the owner but it was a mistake. Like Alex says it is not usual that the sFAM is not here for a NCO. Don't forget that they loved to put all their medals on ribbon bar. So for me it is more an officer ribbon bar than a NCO one. It is now one of my collection's pearl Christophe

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Hi everybody, I was not there for a while but some nice ribbon bars are arrived at home. One of the most interresting is the following one. Indeed there is two ribbons of the St Henry order. - knight cross of St Henry - medal in silver of St Henry - knight cross 2nd class with X of Albert Order - iron cross 2nd class. After doing some research I have found only ten guys who received the same combo. But only one died during the war. Leutnant d. R. Wilhelm Hannes from RIR Nr. 102 (1888-1917) He received the SH3 on 29.08.1916 SHsM on 13.04.1916 SA3bX on 21.12.1916. Have a look. If someone has got photo of this officer don't hesitate to post it, thanks in advance. Christophe

Hi, Nice ribbon bar. One thing, I don't understand why there is no long service ribbon ! Strange ! Christophe

Impressive Wurttemberg collection of ribbon bars. congrats. You have got a lot of officers, NCO and soldiers ribbon bars. Christophe

Nice bar indeed

MAny thanks Glenn for this info Christophe

Hi, Here is photo from my data archives. Chirstophe

Very nice cross, thanks for sharing it with us Christophe