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HI Paul, After the war, Büchner fought against the Spartakists, he made a reconnaissance flight over Leipzig and his plane was his by groud fire and he died of the crash of his plane on march 18, 1920 Christophe

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I have got in my collection one ribbon bar, not Büchner, but similar to his bar, one pair of Leutnant aviation shoulderboards and one iron cross 1st class. So here is the "famous chest" : Christophe

Hi everybody, Here is a very nice card photo of Leutnant Franz Büchner showing his new Pour le Mérite, his ribbon bar, the iron cross 1st class and the pilot badge. Franz Büchner was born in 1898, he was enlisted in the IR 106 as a volounteer in september 1914. Wounded in 1916 he joined the air service after recovery. He then became a pilot in March 1917. With a lot of victories, he was put at the head of the Jasta 13. His first victory was on August 17, 1917, but the confirmation of the victory came two months after, so the second plane he shot down was confirmed first (October15, 1917). For that he received one month later the Ehrenbecher for the first victory. If someone wants to know more about this officer, Neal O’Connor has written small story in the third volume of the Aviation awards of the Imperial Germany pp. 145-147. Büchner received the following awards and badge. Knight cross of St Henry : 07.10.1918 Knight cross 2nd class with X of Merit order of Saxe : date unknown Knight cross 2nd class with X of Albert order of Saxe : 26.04.1916 Iron cross 2nd class : date unknown Knight cross with X of House Order of Hohenzollern : 20.08.1918 Pour le Mérite : 25.10.1918 Iron cross 1st class : date unknown Pilot badge : September 1916 Ehrenbecher : November 1917 If someone has got more info about him, thanks for sharing them with us. Christophe

Hi Sascha, It seems to have an hallmark on the ring, can you tell us more about it please ? Christophe

Close up of the medal bar Christophe

This morning I have just received this nice photo of General Karl Leimbach (1854-1921). It takes me a couple of hour to identify him positively. This photo has been taken between 1901 and 1904. Indeed, in 1904, Leimbach received the officer cross of Albert without swords. Leutnant : 30 01.1874 Oberleutnant : 01.04.1881 Hauptmann : 01.04.1887 Major : 24.03.1896 Oberstleutnant : 20.04.1900 Oberst : 24.04.1903 z.D. 31.05.1906 Char. Generalmajor : 20.03.1911 a.D. : 20.03.1920 He received the following awards : Knight cross 1st class of Merit Order of Saxe : 20.04.1901 Commander cross 2nd class of Albert of Saxe : 24.05.1909 Officer cross of Albert of Saxe : 06.08.1904 War service cross of Saxe : 23.05.1916 25 long service medal of Saxe : 03.11.1897 Cross 3rd class of Red Eagle Order of Prussia : 11.09.1903 Cross 4th class of Red Eagle Order of Prussia : 23.11.1899 Cross of 2nd class of Crown Order of Prussia : 01.07.1911 Centenay medal : 22.03.1897 Knight cross of the Order of the Wurttemberg Crown : 13.09.1899 During the war he was the commander of the Landwehr Bezirk II Leipzig. Christophe

Impressive group you have found there. I've found him easily like Paul, Here are some dates of awards Waldeck cross 4th with X : 24.12.1914 Oldenburg cross with crown and swords : 18.02.1918 Knight cross 1st class with X of Saxe Coburg Gotha : 29.06.1918. In the Rangliste from 1914 there is no mention of the Saxe Albert knight cross 2nd class niehter for the Waldeck cross 4th class. he sould received both just before the war between June and July 1914. Christophe

Hi Rudi, Impressive medal bar. Just for your info, he received the SF3aX on 1918, from the Rick, Daniel's book. Christophe

Hi Paul, Congrats for your job, very interrsting story. Christophe

Hi, Can you confirm that the SV3 is tfor the ist class and the SA3 is for the second class ! If so it will be very strange.If the SV3 is for the 1st class, I don't understand why he received the 2nd class for the SA3. Christophe

Diedrich Bischoff

Hi Daniel, Here is another officer who received the HHO3X : Saxon Oberleutnant Diedrich Bischoff from FAR 77. Here is a close up of his ribbon bar Christophe

Many thanks Glenn I hope having his file to see which medals he really received. Christophe

Hi Chris, here is the link about Rittmeister Rose http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/36517-bavarian-officer-albert-rose-with-coburg-medals/page__hl__%20rittmeister%20%20rose Christophe

Thanks Matt, I knew that this photo will interrest you as there is Hanseatic cross there It can be the Waldeck cross, indeed this name does not appear on the rolls First time when I had it in my hand I thought, this ribbon is the hanseatic cross of Hamburg, but after doing scan it appears that swords are here. Thanks for your help Christophe

With my first research it appears that his name is not in the Saxon Merit Order list. It is the same for the Hohenzollern knight cross. He should received it just at the end of the war, that's the only explanation. Christophe

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Close up of the ribbon bar

Hi everybody, This morning I have received this nice photo of saxon officer showing a very nice ribbon bar. This one is composed by : Knnight cross of St Henry knight cross 2nd class with X of Merit Order Knight cross 2nd class with X of Albert Order Iron cross 2nd class Knight cross with X of House Order of Hohenzollern ?, seems to have swords, but not sure. Hanseatic cross of Bremen Our man received the iron cross 1st class too. On the back of the photo his name is written Dietrich Bischoff, or Diedrich Bischoff. Thanks for your help to id the antepenultimate ribbon. Christophe

Impressive bar, thanks for sharing it with us Christophe

Very impressive collection, thanks for sharing it with us Christophe

Very nice Chris, your example is for the second medal Dave has shown above. Congrats. Just to compare, here is a document, made postwar, for the CM2X. Christophe

Group of officers

Close up of the officer