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Not pristine, but in a very good condition, only dusty. Seems to be a colonial NCO, not active on the front in WW1. Accordingly to Naxos with "Gebr. Godet & Co" made in the 30ies. Best regards, Komtur.

Hi Glenn, I think the Spiegel is not confusing the two, because they wrote "dem fr?heren preu?ischen Garde-K?rassier-Leutnant Kurt Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow". Generally the Gardes du Corps is a prussian K?rassier-Regiment, so a Leutnant in this regiment could be called "Garde-K?rassier-Leutnant" as the Spiegel did. Best regards, Komtur. Here the Haugwitz family with the two Curts in the "Gr?flicher Gotha 1917":

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From right to left (because the bar is sewed as a Frackspange): Saxony cross for 1866 Saxony long service award for 9 years ("F?r lange u. treue Dienste) 1874-1913 Prussia medal for 1870/71 Saxony medical aid cross for 1870/71 Saxony for civil long service ("F?r Treue in der Arbeit") 1905-1918) Regards, Komtur.

A second try with Saxony in this context, with more luck than the first one, I hope Regards, Komtur.

It seems, Boehringer was in WW2 on the Balkan again. Thanks Glenn!

His bar:

Found him as Hauptmann in 5. Pionier-Bataillon in Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres 1924.

... but another kind of label.

GODET and pristine...

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Eagles with crowns and you will not find him in the PLM knights history of Hanns M?ller (1935) Best regards, Komtur.

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Some of the guests are interesting too:

The bridegroom is a K?rassier officer decorated with a EK1, the Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross 1st class and the wound badge in black. On his orderbar I see the EK2, the Baden order of the Z?hringer Lion 2nd class with swords, the Oldenburg Friedrich cross 2nd class and the Schaumburg-Lippe cross 2nd class.

Papa seems to be a high ranking Beamter, as far as I can recognize his shoulder boards. He is a knight of the Johanniter. Besides his huge ribbon bar with a Iron Cross 2nd class on the white ribbon we see the 1st class stars of the Prussian Red Eagle Order, the Baden Order of Berthold I and the Saxon Albrechts Order (please notice: no swords ). The small badge between the last star and the Johanniter cross I can?t recognize.

Todays flea market success: a grand picture of a wedding at the end of the imperial time in all its glamour. We do not know, if still is war or the Kaiserreich is collapsed. But you can feel the dusk of that historical period.

General der Infanterie Arnold Lequis

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Unfortunately you did not :Cat-Scratch:

I believe the suggestion of Daniel and Uwe, he indeed was a General der but we did not know, because of a lack of publication, is the best explanation. After looking at this portrait lots of time I now recognized, Onkel Feldmann was going to the fotographer with a kaputt Crownorder As we know from orders with swords on the orderbar, they often loose parts of the swords. That seems to happend to his neck cross too. Best regards, Komtur.

In that case you are wrong. The star of all the second classes (or Komtur classes) of German orders where a class of its own, given after the neck cross was awarded as the next higher decoration. Only sometimes they where awarded both together. There was also never a Grand Cross of the Prussian Crown Order. Hans von Feldmann got only the neck cross of the 2nd class with swords on 28th Oct. 1916. Best regards, Komtur.

Nice to see this forgotten thread coming up again After all I?m sure it is Hans von Feldmann. The question remains, why he is wearing on that photo the insignia of a General der whatever For your enjoyment (cross gold and W marked, swords silver gilded):

No doubt, you?re right! thanks, Komtur.

Bln-Lichterfelde 29.9.1919 vom Abteilungs?ltesten der 4. Abteilung mit herzlichem Dank f?r die netten Abende, die ich bei der IV. Abtlg. verbringen durfte! Zur frdl. Erinnerung Wolf Friedrichs Ltn. im 2. Westf. R.I.R. 14 (Ein ganz pr?chtiger Mann.)