Dear All, I?m new on this forum and have much enjoied the reading of some post in this section. I noted that there are very compentent persons between you and for this I decided to ask your help about a re-search project that regards the AUSTRIAN Orders given to a British officer: H.R.H. Major-General Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander Duke of Teck (1837-1900) As a starting point you can see a biography of Him at : http://www.regiments.org/biography/royals/1837fraT.htm Before to start the discussion I would make clear Who exactly is the person I?m searching for, and for do this we must take in mind 2 fundamental things to avoid any confusion : 1) the EXACT name, that is : ?Francis (or Franz) Paul Charles Louis?, 2) His birth/death dates : (1837-1900). What I have precised above is very important to avoid confusion between a very numerous quantity of male members of the same family that lived on the same period using the same title : ?Duke of Teck? and that had a series of first names that changed very little between them. This could cause confusion on a research work. The Duke of Teck I?m searching is normally referred as Francis (or ?Franz? in German/Austrian sources) 1837-1900; He was born in Vienna and embarked upon a career in the Austrian army as following : -1849-1853 Imperial Academy of Engineers, Vienna; -1864 Lieutenant, 1st Regiment of Lancers; -1856 Lieutenant, Guard Squadron; -1856 Captain, 7th Regiment of Hussars; -1859 Orderly Officer to Field Marshal Count von Wimpffen, Italy; - served in Franco-Italian campaign (rcvd: Gold Medal for the Battle of Solferino, Bronze War Medal); -1866 He retired from the Austrian army. From his biography, of which I attached the link at the starting of this thread, He appears to have received the following AUSTRIAN Orders: 1. Order of Franz Joseph, Grand Cross (1904) 2. Order of the Iron Crown, Knight of the 1st class (1908) As I have shown in the barcketts above, the awarding dates of these 2 Orders are 1904 and 1908. At this point is evident that there is some problem : How Francis the Duke of Teck could have received the 2 orders if He was dead in 1900 ??? At this point I made 2 hypotheses : -He didn?t received at all the 2 Orders, then what was written in the web site in question was wrong. or -He did received these 2 Austrian Orders but in different dates of those indicated in the website in question (surely before his Death in 1900). My questions : 1) Can someone confirm if He was awarded the 2 Austrian Orders or not ? 2) If yes when (is it sufficient the year or award) ? Hoping that some of you have the possibility (and the patience) to help me Best Reagrds Lilo