Rittmeister

Hello Jef,

Thank you for your interest and helpful replies. I've attached a photo of the medal, as you can see it has no eyelet. It's about 6,5 cm wide and 3mm thick. So it seems to match the size of the patriotic medals you posted. Just like you write; it seems impossible to find any information about these kind of medals. Now, I gather from your medals that these were created postwar?

So that means;

• The medals are nicht-staatlich
• Do not have any official charachter
• Created post-war

I would assume then, that they were handed out by patriotic organisations after the war, but why and whatfor? Maybe the reply from redcross is correct; fund-raisers, yes, but perhaps for relief for wounded soldiers or families of fallen soldiers?

Fragen ?ber Fragen ...

I've just gotten a Belgian medal that I can't quite identify. First of all, it's not a military award but rather a memorial medal of some kind. It's round, has no ribbon ring, and shows Jezus on the cross appearing from the sky with a dying soldier on the ground. Inscription reads;

SACRE COEUR DE JESUS PROTEGEZ LA BELGIQUE.

Below is the year 1914. The backside shows a figure meant so show Jesus and the words:

POUR L'HUMANITE - POUR LA PATRIE

Can this be a religious award, rather than some sort of military memorial award?

Dis this Regiment even exist? In the records (family-archive, so nothing official) of one officer I read he served in "Ulanen-Regiment 1". While reading this site I saw that the only Ulanen-Rgt. numbered 1 (apart from the Garde, then) is the one located in Militisch/Ostrowo, where this officer from Hannover never set foot most likely. The title of this regiment Kaiser Alexander von Ru?land is nowhere mentioned. Could it be that the family historian mistook with the actual unit, K?nigs-Ulanen-Regiment (1. Hannoverisches) Nr. 13, which was stationed in Hannover, for Ulanen-Regiment 1?

Can somebody shed some light on these awards? Information seems to be very scarce. From what I gather it was a nicht-staatliche Medaille bestowed by the protestant order of the Johanniter. Worn in two grades it seems; as a Halsorden and as a Malteser Orden under the EK.1 on the German imperial tunic. What were the criteria during WWI? Who has more information?

Good questions, Rick, I wish I knew the answer! I'm just looking for some informations regarding the von Treskow clan for a related noble family from Germany. I can't tell you much alas, other then that the only photo we still have of him was taken in Metz when it was still German. The uniform he is wearing is clearly pre-1914. I'm "blind" when it comes to imperial matters so I can't be of much help.

hi Chip,

Thanks a lot for your help. If you don't mind, I have some follow-up questions;

I can say that it is cavalry, a one-year-volunteer and that the number "1" without the serif on the bottom is more typically Bavarian.

What is the Dienstgrad? To my untrained eye in imperial matters it looks an officer shoulder board.

The second photo appears to show a group all from the same unit. The difference is that the man in the center is wearing a field gray uniform and the rest have the full color uniforms.

I see, so this uniform is what we are accustomed in seeing German soldiers wearing in photos from WW1? Whereas the others are older issues? What colour would they have been?

Another image:

There appear to be two different uniforms (and therefore units?) pictured here.

Does anybody have any records of this man? He served in WW1 but was in service before.

Could this be a Bavarian (parade?) tunic? I included a scan of the dagger in case it might reveal something.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Rick! Unfortunatly, his shoulder boards do not reveal anything that could add to a further identification.

If I may ask another question; what were the criteria for being awared the Spange zum EK 1914?

Is that a Spange zum EK.2 1914 or an Ehrenblattspange? I can never keep those two apart. Also, what are the awards on the ribbon bar? It seems to me these are 1914 awards?

Bingo. That's the stuff. So they existed in two Stufen, but what were they awarded for, rifle marksmanship?

No, they're on the same place although. I just wish I found a suitable photo on the net. They're short white strips and can be found by up to three above each other.

What doe the white stripes on uniform sleeves mean? They appear mostly on Reichswehr uniforms but it seems to be have been used in the Wehrmacht to some extent earlier on as well. I assume they mean Dienstgrade in Kavallerie units?