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I found a some information on Bader at the AHF, sadly no picture: https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=272669 Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries writes: BADER, Karl. (DOB: 22.03.88). 13.10.39 Maj.(Erg.O.), from Stab/Lg.Kdo. XIII trf to Stab/Flak-Rgt. 22. 01.07.41 promo to Obstlt.(Flak). 20.01.43 Obstlt.(Erg.O.), trf from Stab/13. Flakdiv. to Stab/Lg.Kdo. Finnland (as Qu Ib) (to 25.05.43). 25.05.43 trf to Führer-Reserve/Ob.d.L. and ordered to Stab/General z.b.V. beim Chef d.Luftwehr for temporary duty. 18.07.45 Obstlt.(Flak).

Wonderful, thank you, Glenn!

Good morning, Glenn! If you find time, would you please check if Dr. med. Walter Lichtschlag (1889--1969), brother of Freikorpsführer Otto Lichtschlag, was also a Feldhilfsarzt, Feldunterarzt or higher in WWI? Any information would be great. Thanks, Andreas

Gentlemen, the later SS-Gruppenführer Richard Heinrich Glücks served with the Clevesches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 43 and the Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 13. Somehow the second ribbon (from left) does not look like the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer, am I seeing that wrong? Maybe the lighting? Wikipedia and other sources claim, he was Oberleutnant with the Reichswehr until July 1926, but I cannot find him in the Ranglisten (1925, 1926). Can anyone help out? Thanks.

Gentlemen, this is what I have for Johannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt, any additions (maybe a Chinese decoration from his time as General Advisor (Generalberater) to Chiang Kai-shek?) or corrections what be great: 1885 Avantageur (Fahnenjunker) in the Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 of the Garde-Korps 15.1.1887 Sekonde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant) 27.1.1894 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant) 27.1.1900 Hauptmann (Captain) 17.11.1906 Major 4.4.1913 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) 27.1.1915 Oberst (Colonel) 26.6.1915 Generalmajor 18.6.1920 Generalleutnant 18.12.1920 General der Infanterie 1.1.1926 Generaloberst ... When he retired on 8 October 1926, he was authorised to wear of the uniform of the 9. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment with general officers' insignia.(Thanks, Glenn!) Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 China Commemorative Medal (China-Denkmünze) in Steel for non-combatants on 19 December 1901 as Hauptmann in the general staff of XVII. Armee-Korps Order of the Red Eagle, 4th Class (RAO4) Prussian Service Cross Award, 1910 Crown to his Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class (ROA4mKr) on 13 September 1911 Order of the Crown (Prussia), 3rd class Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class (RA3) Knight of Honour (Ehrenritter) of the Johanniter-Orden Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 3rd class (BMV3) Swedish Order of the Sword, Knight's Cross 1st class (SS3a) Albert Order, Knight's Cross 2nd class (SA3b) Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd class Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves ... Blue Max for the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive ... Oak Leaves on 27 November 1915 Bavarian Military Order of Max Joseph, Commander's Cross (BMJ2) Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 2nd Class with Swords and Star (BMV2⚔mSt/BM2⚔mSt) Württemberg Order of the Crown, Commander with Swords (WK2b⚔) Hesse Bravery Medal (HT) Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (HH) Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin), 1st class Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross (Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz), 1st Class (MMV1/MK1) Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross (de), 2nd and 1st class (OK1) Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden), Commander's Cross 1st Class with Swords (HSEH2a⚔/HSH2a⚔/E23a⚔) Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary, Commander's Cross (ÖSt2/UngSt2/USt2) Austrian-Hungarian Imperial Order of Leopold, 1st Class with the War Decoration (ÖL1aK) Knight of the Austrian-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Class with the War Decoration (ÖEK1mKD/ÖE1K) Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary), 2nd Class with the War Decoration (ÖMV2mKD/ÖM2K) Star of the Austro-Hungarian Decoration for Services to the Red Cross with the War Decoration (ÖR1K) Imtiyaz Medal of the Ottoman Empire (de) in Gold with Swords/Sabers (TJ1⚔) Ottoman Order of Osmanieh, 1st class with Swords/Sabers (TO1⚔) Ottoman Order of the Medjidie, 1st class with Swords/Sabers (TM1⚔) Ottoman Liakat Medal in Gold with Swords/Sabers (TL2⚔) Ottoman Gallipoli Star (Eiserner Halbmond, TH) Bulgarian Order of Bravery, 2nd class (BT2) Bulgarian Order of Military Merit, Grand Cross (BO1) Johanniter Order, Knight of Justice (Rechtsritter) Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer Honours Three regiments of the Wehrmacht received his honorary name: ... Infanterie-Regiment 67 „Generaloberst von Seeckt“ ... Panzergrenadier-Regiment 67 „Generaloberst von Seeckt“ ... Grenadier-Regiment 67 „Generaloberst von Seeckt“

Just sensational, thanks so much! I hope, he survived the war. Concerning the ribbon bar, would you agree with EKII, Dienstauszeichnung (4th Class) and Sudetenland medal with clasp Prager Burg?

Commander's cross as Dutch Oberst? That's generous, but certainly deserved. Thanks, Glenn!

I wonder, If he might have received the Hohenzollern Hausorden from the Kaiser?

Thanks so much, Gentlemen, once again I am in awe of the vast information that can be found. ... and Glenn, what can I say ... just wow!

His promotion is said to have happened in 1917, after receiving his doctorate (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg). Does the list also show the Reserve doctors? Thanks! His units were: Grenadier-Regiment „König Friedrich I.“ (4. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 5 in Danzig (Meldung als Kriegsfreiwilliger), Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 227 (Western Front), Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 232 and Reserve-Lazarett II in the Landhausschule in Heidelberg.

Thanks so much ... then he was still Feldunterarzt der Reserve, because this rank was on an equal footing with the deputy officer (Offizier-Stellvertreter).

Gentlemen, this picture is allegedly from 1916 ... my question for the experts: Is he here Feldunterarzt der Reserve, Feldhilfsarzt der Reserve or even already Assistenzarzt der Reserve (his last known rank in WWI)? Thanks! One source states, in WWII he was also Generalarzt, but I cannot find a confirmation.

Adding Generalleutnant Josef Folttmann and GdK Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Good question, but I am not an expert. Seebach (b. 8 June 1787 auf Gut Storndorf, Amt Storndorf, Oberamt Alsfeld, Upper Principality of Hesse, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire) received his FEL5 (Knight) in 1812 (Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch, 1812, p. 42) as Major in the Chevauxlegers-Regiment Nr. 2 for Napoleon's Russian campaign (Württemberg served Napoleon from 1806 to 1813) for his service in the bloody Battle of Borodino. He received his FEL4 (Officer) in c. 1822/23, in a time when King Louis XVIII loved handing out decorations, often to Germans, especially if they already had a lower class of the order. If his successors did the same, I do not know.

Rangliste 1931 (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035971087&seq=155&q1=Hassenstein&start=1) also shows Hassenstein without HOH3⚔ and VWA ... it is a great picture. Your man should be: Wilhelm Berthold Helmuth Beukemann

Yes, of course. Here is Gotha: 1905 https://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ihd/periodical/pageview/8238324 (Friedrich Karl Wilhelm had 10 children) 1913 (p. 641): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJB-H927-4?i=376 1921 (now they finally have him as Major) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJB-4LNK?i=389 I just finished this: The place “Cemoforte” was probably first mentioned in documents in 860 as a property of the Fulda monastery. In 918, King Konrad owned an estate in Cammerforst (later written Kammerforst), from which the later manor probably emerged. In the 14th century, the Lords of Seebach were enfeoffed with the manor. From 1525 to 1535 the manor was divided into an upper and a lower estate. The indebted von Seebach had to cede 2/3 of their manor to Johann Christoph von Harstall in 1625. During the Thirty Years' War, the place was sacked by imperial troops. The construction of the new church began in 1687. After the upper estate temporarily came to the Lords of Eschwege, Hartmann Adolf von Eschwege sold it to the later Royal British Electoral Braunschweig Generalmajor Johann Christian Friedrich von Seebach (d. 6 December 1791) in 1764. In 1792, after the Generalmajor's death, Wilhelms father, Georg Philipp von Seebach, took over Gut Cammerforst, and in 1822 (provisionally until his retirement from the military in 1825), after his father's death (d. 27 June 1822), Wilhelm himself. In 1848, after Wilhelms's death, Cammerforst was first managed, son Ulrich Friedrich von Seebach took over both upper and a lower estates in 1860, when he was old enough. Until 1815, Kammerforst was the westernmost place in the Electorate, later Kingdom of Saxony. It belonged to the Electoral Saxon office of Langensalza. After the cession to the Kingdom of Prussia, Kammerforst belonged to the Langensalza district (Kreis Langensalza) in the Province of Saxony from 1816 to 1944 (now a part of the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis in Thuringia). After the end of WWII in 1945, the noble family was expropriated by the communists as part of the land reform.

Thanks, David, really great!

I was just guessing he was Premierleutnant (27 years old) when entering, seeing his next rank was Rittmeister. Could he have already been Major in 1812 with the Leib-Chevauxlegers-Regiment Nr. 2 (renamed Jäger­-Regiment zu Pferd Nr. 3 „ Herzog Louis“ in 1813)? Can you confirm any of the other information? Maybe the Gotha death date is right and the Militär-Wochenblatt received the information 9 days later (being 1848)? Let me add this: If he WAS already Major, then he retired from the Cavallerie-Regiment Nr. 5 on 23 December 1813 (Entlassung durch den König).

Gentlemen, am I reading this right: He was promoted to Rittmeister on 25 April 1815? One year after entering as Premierleutnant? Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradeligen Häuser has this, I am just not sure, if he is the right one: Friedrich Karl Wilhelm von Seebach (b. 8 June 1787 at Gut Storndorf), Königlich württembergischer Kammerherr, Königlich preußischer Rittmeister (sic!), d. 2 December 1848 at Gut Cammerforst. Son of kurpfälzischer Kapitän George Philipp von Seebach (1748-1822). Wilhelm retired three years after his father died and became lord of the manor or Herr auf Storndorf, Cammerforst, Oppershausen, Flarchheim und Großen-Gottern. Am I on the right track? Thanks!

Promotions (I hope, I got them right): Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant) on 24 August 1893 ... à la suite of the Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 89 Oberst (colonel) on 9 April 1901 (the ranks in between were skipped) ... à la suite of the Garde-Kürassier-Regiment in Berlin Generalmajor on 1 January 1904 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) on 27 January 1907 General der Kavallerie on 13 September 1911 ... à la suite of the Garde-Kürassier-Regiment in Berlin and the I. See-Bataillon (Kaiserliche Marine) in Kiel

Thanks, Gentlemen! Künker writes him Rothard (https://www.kuenker.de/de/archiv/stueck/239891), now I know it is Rothardt. Too bad, no source can produce a death date. 16 September 1885 Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant) 14 September 1892 Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant) 27 January 1900 Hauptmann (Captain) 27 January 1908 Major 22 April 1914 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) 27 January 1917 Oberst (Colonel) 30 September 1919 Charakter als Generalmajor Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille) Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class Prussian Long Service Cross (Dienstauszeichnungskreuz), 1909 Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class Brunswick War Merit Cross, 2nd Class (BrKr2/BrK2) Hessian Bravery Medal (Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille; HT) Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross (Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Militärverdienstkreuz), 2nd Class (MMV2/MK2) Hamburg Hanseatic Cross (Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz; HH) Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary), 3rd Class with the War Decoration (ÖM3K) Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Swords in March 1917 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer There is also a Rothardt, Ernst, Generalmajor ... does anyone know anything about him? Therefore my question: Was his first name maybe Ernst, not Erich? Source: https://archivdatenbank.gsta.spk-berlin.de/midosasearch-gsta/MidosaSEARCH/iv_ha_rep_7/index.htm?kid=GStA_iv_ha_rep_7_8_18

Is it possible he received all three Hanseatenkreuze?

What is the medal to the left of the Zentenarmedaille? Thanks!

Gentlemen, does anyone have a complete list of the Grand Duke's decorations for WWI? Wikip. has EK 2 and 1, and I can see MMV 2 and 1 ... what am I missing? Thank you! I am also looking for promotion dates, any help would be great. Maybe Leutnant as a child, as often seen by the children of Hoher Adel?

I was thinking the same, the face scar is almost too "pretty", and he was a member of the Guestphalia Marburg Corps (pflichtschlagend).