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Thanks Dave, thats fantastic, was sure he would have had some later Awards also and was hoping someone could add some Mossop

Thanks Naxos, that saved me a bit of head scratching and looks like the 2 clasps are mentioned in the history Clenn posted Mossop

Glenn thats amazing!!, thanks so much He has a fair rack of medals even before WW1! Guessing this is Order of Red Eagle with Swords, 2 Long service, Colonial medal 2 clasps for China?, not sure and again not sure, last the two British medals? Mossop

Thanks Andreas/Glenn That’s fantastic infomation! He seem to have had an interesting service. As part of it he seems to have served with the British in India in some capacity and received two British medals, the following from the UK National Archives : Collection 89/33 Grant of medals to properly accredited officers of foreign (German) governments attending expeditions into Waziristan and Tirah: Baron Gaertner and Captain Credner. IOR/L/MIL/7/3986 1899 This concerns the the following medals he received; India General Service Medal 1854 - 95 Bar: Waziristan 1894 - 5 and the India General Service Medal 1895 - 1902 Bars: Punjab Frontier 1897 - 98 / Tirah 1897 – 98 What exactly he was doing I don't know, possibly an observer?? He seems to have written a book also of his time in India; Tage-Buch (Tagebuch) der Reise nach Indien vom 29. November 1894 bis 3. Mai 1895. Mossop

Thanks Naxos/Glenn, I didn't expect that he had gone on serving after 1909, that gives me a fair bit more to look into. Regarding his service with the Army , then III. Seebataillon, then back to the Army, is this unusual? Mossop

Wondering if anyone has any Army lists for the period 1894-1907, I just picked up a pair of British medals to this officer and it seems he served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and I'm trying to find out his medal entitlement for the German Army (or any other interesting service) Found a list of his service as follows http://www.marine-in...ml/3_8_2_f.html Thanks Mossop

Apparently this group sold on Ebay yesterday, if the buyer was anyone on the forum I can add some information/research if they want to PM me Also I usually follow most of the auctions for these things for my records but missed this one. What auction did go through Veteran? Mossop

Thanks Ulsterman, a few points I didn't have so very useful. Interestingly up until recently I had a 10th Hussars Officers Waterloo also but finances mean't I had to part with it. Still at least I was able to keep this which is nicer I think Yes unfortunately so Eitze but sometimes we can get lucky Mossop

This is a fantastic thread, some really nice medals many of which I knew nothing about. Your Uhlan medal is superb Eitze and the details from Ulsterman very informative indeed. I too have a Brunswick Cavalry medal; Cornet Augustus Niemeier, Brunswick Hussar Regiment who was severely wounded at Waterloo. Mossop

Thanks for your comments guys Wundenberg's book (well all of 30 pages!) was already published by the Napoleonic Association in 1991 Mossop

Hi Josef Yes I got it there some time ago, was a bit surprised how cheaply it went for. The Wundenberg medal is even nicer, he wrote a memoir about his experiences; Fought for in the Prussian Army at Jena in 1806, fought in the Westphalian Army with the French Army during the invasion and subsequent retreat from Moscow in 1812. Fought in the Hanoverian Army with the British against the French during the Waterloo campaign in 1815! MAJOR HEINRICH WUNDENBERG Born Bockenem - Principality of Hildesheim 8th Sept 1788 Died Hildesheim 12th Nov 1870 aged 82 Jan 1806 conscripted into Prussian Guard aged 17. Part of Corps of Prince Hohenlohe at battle of Jena Oct 1806 where he was wounded. He was captured at Prenzlau but escaped with two other soldiers. 1807- joined Westphalian Grenadier Guards - promoted Corporal and then Sergeant. 1809 - Transferred to 8th Infantry of Line forming at Hildesheim as NCO Instructor 1810 - Transferred to 1st Battalion Light Infantry Regiment (chasseurs) being formed at Paderborn 1811 - Promoted Lieutenant by vote of Officers of Corps 1812 - Regiment part of 8th Westphalian Army corps under Jerome, King of Westphalia that forms part of Napoleons Grand Armee invading Russia. Takes part in Battles of Smolensk and Borodino as well as smaller affairs. Shot in chest at Battle of Borodino but fortunately saved by his greatcoat which was worn rolled and slung, therefore only badly bruised. While the Westphalian Corps was left in the locality of Borodino, 1st and 2nd Light Battalions were assigned to the advanced guard which entered Moscow. During the subsequent retreat from Moscow Wundenberg, along with 1 Captain and 60 Men were assigned to convoying the Ammunition Wagons when they were attacked and captured by 5/600 Cossacks. Wundenberg alone escapes -the rest of the prisoners die in captivity. He rejoins his Regiment and after much hardship what is left of the Grande Armee reaches the Berezina. Wundenberg is one of the few men to cross the river and is one of only 7 from his Regiment. The retreat continues and by the time they reach Prussian soil Wundenberg suffers a nervous breakdown at Posen, he is one of the lucky ones as the retreat as such is over but casualties have been terrible - especially those of the Westphalian’s. Out of 824 men of the 1st Westphalian Chasseurs who marched to Russia, only 6 returned. Out of the 27,000 Westphalian Contingent only 110 were to return at the end of November 1812! 1813 - Transferred to Grenadier Guards at Kassel, unit remains at Kassel during expedition against Saxon Army and therefore avoids having to fight them (much to Wundenberg’s relief) 1814 - Joines Hanoverian Army as Senior Lieutenant of Landwher Battalion Hildesheim (3rd Company). July 1814 marches to Antwerp. 1815 - Landwher Battalion Hildesheim forms part of General Campbell’s Division of Wellington’s Army at Quatre Bras and Waterloo and capture of Paris. 1816 - Arrives back in Hildsheim in January and appointed Staff Captain.- all this accomplished by the age of 27!- Takes lessons in Mathematics, Arithmetic, Geometry and plan drawing. 1823 - Officer in charge of geometric surveying and praised by the Commission for his work. 1828 - Appointed Company CO, 6th Infantry at Stadt. 1836 - Gets Pneumonia - retires from Military with Rank of Major. 1839 - Appointed Manager of Post Office at Goslar. 1847 - Retires Wrote Memoir ‘ My Military Experiences 1806 - 1816’ sept 1867 from which most of the above is extracted. This memoir is 29 pages long and contains much on the horrors of the 1812 campaign and to a lesser degree the Waterloo Campaign. Mossop

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Some fantastic medals on this thread, here are a couple of my ones. First is a Hannover to Lieutenant (later Major) Wundenberg who had an amaizing history. The second pair is to a Michael Josef Flech, who unfortunately I'm yet to find anything on Mossop

Great stuff!! thanks for that. I didn't even realised such a list existed. This subject is getting more a more interesting, really appreciate everyones posts Mossop

Some excellent pics guys, I will add these to my files :cheers:

Yes I've got one I've been toying with selling but can't see any recently to compare a price to. Its the more common single plate type. Mossop

Just wondering if anyone had the thoughts on the current price of a Naval Ehrenpreis. I've looked back at various auctions etc and they seem to sell for wildly different prices from 8000Euro up to 13000+! Mossop

Look forward to seeing that, I guess its possible he served previously with the Hanover Army. Mossop

Mmmm, was he a Cornet? - if so perhaps he was Eduard Augustus or Augustus Eduard and the medal is just named the single name, I've certainly come across this before. Gives me another name to look at though

Mmmm, was he a Cornet? - if so perhaps he was Eduard Augustus or Augustus Eduard and the medal is just named the single name, I've certainly come across this before. Gives me another name to look at though

Interesting stuff Bear, been searching google books etc myself but never found this. Do Brunswick/Hanover Officers of the time have records of service like British Officers and if so where would they be kept? Thanks again Mossop

Wilh. v. Ritterholm. Capt. 3 Lin Bat. Karl Wilhelm von Ritterholm was born in Zielenzig in 1787. Forester by occupation. Joined a Prussian Field J?ger Regiment in 1800. On 6 November 1806 he was wounded on service near L?beck. In 1807 he joined the J?ger Company of Otto v. Dobrowolsky at Kolberg. On 21 November 1808 he was promoted to Oberj?g (Private 1st Class) in the Garde J?ger Battalion. On 27 June 1809, near Rossen he was transferred to the Brunswick Sharpshooter Company. Promoted to Corporal and transferred to the Brunswick Oels Jager Regiment on 25 September 1809. Promoted to Sergeant in December 1809. Promoted to Fahnrich (Colour Bearer) in August 1810. Served with Regiment in Peninsula from September 1810- September 1811 and January 1812 - April 1814 Promoted to Lieutenant on 22 July 1812. Taken prisoner near Eschalar in the Pyrenees, on 15 July 1813, released April 1814. While in Peninsula, took part in battles of Fuentes d?Onoro, Monasterio, Salamanca, San Munos, Pyrenees and other smaller actions On 24 December 1814 he was appointed a Captain in the Battalion v. Prostler. On 20 April 1815 Ritterholm joined the 3rd Line Battalion and served in the Waterloo campaign. He was moved to the 1st Line Battalion in February 1816. To the Reserve Battalion in May 1822. He left the military service of Brunswick in April 1824. Died in Brunswick on 4 February 1830.

no problem, here we go. 1) Cornet Augustus Niemeier, Brunswick Hussar Regiment, was apparently severely wounded at Waterloo but I?ve not yet confirmed. Not found a great deal on him yet but I do see he was later a commissair Got much more on the other guy though

Wow! - I'm amazed with what your finding, this is facinating! Also for the explaination on the War Comm, this would explain why I couldn't find this man in lists of Brunswick Officers in 1815. I just have three Brunswick Waterloo medals and its quite a coincidence that one is called Niemeyer the other Niemeier, not the most common surname I think? Mossop