Dave Danner

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Just to be clear, Brüser was in bayerisches RFußAR 3, not to be confused with preußisches RFußAR 3. The HOH3X was awarded on 4.9.1918, according to the Militärkabinett. 20.9.1918 is either the date the Bavarian authorities approved the award, or the date of receipt.

Hauptmann d.R. Auerbach from FAR 23 received the HOH3X on 24.11.1917. He was: Auerbach, Paul *4.12.1869 in Cöln am Rhein, †5.5.1931 Ingenieur; OLt.d.R., FAR 23, 28.10.1914 Hptm.d.R., Hptm.d.R.a.D. also LD2

No one by that name in the 1916/17 and 1918/19 Bonner Adreßbücher either. Not even a remotely similar name among the residents of Weberstr.

The FAR 25/RFAR 56 officer was not Otto, but Karl: Melior, Karl Wilhelm *09.08.1883 in Büdingen †xx.xx.1954 in Darmstadt (bestattet 05.03.1954 in Heidelberg) - 27.01.1909 Leutnant d.R., 18.04.1915 Oberleutnant d.R., 20.04.1918 Hauptmann d.R. - Regierungsassessor, kommissarischer Hilfsarbeiter im Reichsamt des Innern, 16.02.1916 Großherzoglicher Kreisamtmann, nach dem 1. WK Geheimer Regierungsrat, Ministerialrat im Reichsministerium des Innern Other know decorations: EK1, BMV4X, HT RFAR 56 was a Hessian regiment. Three of its original batteries came from Nassau regiments (FAR 27 and FAR 63) and three from grand ducal regiments (1 from FAR 25 and two from FAR 61).

Servaes, Carl Franz *22.01.1883 in Ruhrort am Rhein (jetzt Duisburg-Ruhrort) †19.08.1960 in Gernsbach, Baden-Württemberg 01.10.1901 Fahnenjunker im UR 7 18.07.1902 Fähnrich 12.02.1903 Leutnant 21.02.1911 Oberleutnant 01.10.1911 zur Kriegsakademie kommandiert 02.08.1914 Adjutant der 31. Infanterie-Division 08.10.1914 Rittmeister 09.05.1915 zur Verwendung in einer Generalstabsstelle zur 9. Kavallerie-Division versetzt 16.10.1915 unter Belassung in seiner Dienststelle in den Generalstab der Armee versetzt 06.12.1915 in den Generalstab der Etappen-Inspektion der 6. Armee versetzt 21.09.1916 in den Generalstab der Etappen-Inspektion der 1. Armee versetzt 22.09.1914 EK2 10.12.1915 EK1 05.08.1916 BMV4X xx.xx.19xx PB3b

There was no him after World War I. He was killed in action on 18.10.1918 by Le Cateau. He was a Lt.d.R. of IR 21.

Seems like a good possibility. If so, that points to Ludwig as the HOH3X-Träger, since Wilhelm does not appear to have the EK1 in the photos of him on Wikipedia Commons.

There were at least two Leutnants der Reserve Ritterbusch - Ludwig commissioned on 26.10.1914 and another Lt.d.R. d. Inf. (Torgau) commissioned on 8.9.1917 (no unit given). Ludwig lists no decorations in his personnel file, and as he became a Volksschulrektor in 1934, he is not in the 1941 DAL of higher Schuldienst officials. He seems a good possibility, but we can't say for certain.

Adolf Rinn was born in 1877. He entered JB 8 in 1896, so he would have also had the Centenarmedaille.

Reye, Johann Wilhelm *7.2.1873 in Straßburg i.E. †14.2.1952 in Berlin-Zehlendorf - Oberleutnant d.L.-Felda. I (Molsheim) (27.1.00 Lt.d.R. d. FAR 62, 20.4.10 OLt.d.R.), 7.10.14 Hauptmann unter gleichzeitiger Versetzung zu den Reserve-Offizieren des FARs 51, z.Zt. im FAR 51. - 1911 Oberförster, 1920 Reg.- u. Forstrat, Oberforstmeister i.R. - HOH3X (23.4.1918, Hptm.d.R., FAR 225), LD2 3./FAR 225 and 6./FAR 225 were taken from FAR 51. Reye was an Oberförster in Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen before 1918, so he does not show up in the Prussian Court and State Handbook. As a former FAR 62 reserve officer, he might have received the Oldenburg Friedrich-August-Kreuz, but there's no way to confirm.

Franz Cohnitz 1883-1960 Kaufmann in Hamburg 19.7.1911 Leutnant d.R. (I Hamburg) des Feldartillerie-Regiments Nr. 3 15.10.1916 Oberleutnant d.R., z.Zt. in der Ersatz-Abteilung des Feldartillerie-Regiments Nr. 39 16.12.1916 Fürstlich Schaumburg-Lippisches Kreuz für Treue Dienste 1914 7.4.1917 Königlich Sächsischer Albrechts-Orden, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern xx.5.1918 Finnisches Freiheitskreuz 3. Klasse mit Schwertern All three of these awards were received as an Ordonnanz-Offizier in the staff of the 3. Garde-Kavallerie-Brigade. The later General der Panzertruppe Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck received his Commemorative Medal of the Liberation War on 15.8.1918 as Adjutant of the 3.GKB; Cohnitz likely received his medal around the same time. I can't confirm the Hanseatenkreuz, but it stands to reason given his Hamburg connections. If the repair job was done in Rio de Janeiro, where he lived for many years, that might explain why it was done badly.

Thanks, I don't think I have ever seen the Hungarian device before.

The ribbon is wrong, but it is a Japanese Red Cross Medal.

If you don't have Volle's article, you could also go to the primary sources: In the words of the Großherzog, "Als erneutes äußeres Zeichen Meiner Anerkennung für die ruhmvollen Kriegstaten Meiner Hessen habe Ich heute das » Kriegerehrenzeichen in Eisen « gestiftet. Ich will es hessischen Staatsangehörigen, die sich bei andauernder Betätigung in vorderster Kampflinie durch Tapferkeit ausgezeichnet und ihr Blut vergossen haben, auf Vorschlag ihrer Vorgesetzten und auf Grund besonders ergehender Bestimmungen verleihen." And from the statutes:

I think he had a son named Christian.

Christoph, not Christian. According to a Familienstammbaum, born 2. Februar 1817 in Erfurt, died 3. Mai 1893 in Cassel.

Your medal bar also represents another rabbit hole, one I tried for a while. This is a way of collecting the state awards of the different German states in the form of a classic trio common to many veterans, especially common soldiers who wouldn't have lots of decorations and service medals. The basic trio - Iron Cross, state award, Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer - is a nice way to display the state award rather than just having the loose award.

I don't have a first name or any further information, but I can add one more award for the Lt.d.R. Klein in Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 33. This was from a 1941/42 Mitteilung of the FR 33 Offizierverein.

Werner Grimm received the HOH3X on 18.8.17 as a Hptm.d.R. in the 5.GFAR. Grimm, Werner Ludwig, *15.6.1883 auf Hof Kreien bei Lübz, Mecklenburg Landwirt auf Hof Bobzin bei Lübz; Lt.d.R. (Schwerin) der Feldart.-Schießschule (Pat. 10.4.06), 24.12.14 OLt.d.R., z.Zt. im 6.GFAR, 4.7.16 Hptm.d.R., z.Zt. im 5.GFAR, 3-mal verwundet; HOH3X (18.8.17), MMV1, ÖM3K, VAw His brother Karl also received the HOH3X and MMV1: Grimm, Karl Heinrich, *10.4.1889 auf Hof Kreien bei Lübz, Mecklenburg Lt.d.R. (Schwerin) des FAR 14, 20.4.18 OLt.d.R., RFAR 21 HOH3X (27.9.18), MMV1 Their oldest brother Adolf received the MMV2: Grimm, Adolf Gottfried, *29.11.1880 auf Hof Kreien bei Lübz, Mecklenburg, †1968 Gutsbesitzer auf Augustfelde bei Zuckers; OLt.d.L.-Inf. II (Schlawe), früher von d. Res. des FR 86, 27.1.15 Hptm.d.L., z.Zt. im IR 141, 1916 in Gefangenschaft geraten. EK2, LD2, MMV2 A Leutnant der Landwehr also received the MMV2 while with the Gericht of the stellv. IX.AK. This was likely the Lt.d.L.-Inf. I (Rostock) promoted on 8.8.15 while in the Ersatz-Bataillon of RIR 76. I can't say for certain, but I think this was their fourth brother, Gottfried Karl Grimm, *14.9.1887 auf Hof Kreien.

Georg von Jarotzky was a Fabrikbesitzer in Insterburg and Major d.L.a.D., previously an active officer in IR 45. Jarotzky, Georg Feodor Jaroslav von, *10.6.1863 in Görlitz 11.02.1882 Sekondelieutenant 14.05.1890 Premierlieutenant 27.01.1896 Hauptmann (12.09.1895*) 22.03.1903 der Abschied bewilligt under Anstellung bei den Offizieren der Landwehr-Infanterie II 19.11.1909 der Abschied bewilligt 16.06.1913 Charakter als Major d.L.a.D. 10.05.1915 Patent seines Dienstgrades, z.Zt. Bataillons-Kommandeur im LIR 4 18.01.1903 Roter-Adlerorden 4. Klasse 22.03.1897 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnismedaille * He had an earlier Patent in the 1908 rank list of Reserve and Landwehr officers, so either an error or he may have been vorpatentiert at some point. Walter Jenewein was a Kaufmann in Hamburg. As an IR 76 officer and Hamburg resident, he doubtless also had the Hamburg Hanseatenkreuz. Ludwig Jenewein was in IR 30 and IR 459, †20.9.1917. Grigo Jenewein was in FußAR 10 and RFußAR 7, †8.4.1918. Fritz Jenewein was a Württemberger and was in IR 180 and IR 475.

Several Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 15 officers received the HOH3X on 17.4.1918. One was the Regiments-Adjutant, Lt.d.R. Anton Jacobsen. He had earlier received the SLK in 1916. According to the regimental history, "Zum Ritterkreuz des Hohenzollernschen Hausordens mit Schwertern gab das I. Batl. die Lts. Petersen, Lindau und Leßmann ... ein." There were two Petersens in the regiment, but the I. Bataillon officer was the Bataillons-Adjutant, Lt.d.R. Hans Sophus Petersen. Lindau was Wilhelm, whom we already have, He was Kompanie-Führer of the 1. Kompanie and later Bataillons-Adjutant. I am unsure about Lt.d.R. Leßmann, the Kompanie-Führer of the 1. M.G.-Kompanie. Unlike the others, no HOH3X appears to have been gazetted for him. His might be a mistake in the regimental history.

Hptm.d.R. Mock from IR 56 received the HOH3X on 11.10.1917. He is: Mock, Adolf *11.9.1880 in Wesel - Leutnant d.R. des Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 56, 24.11.1914 Oberleutnant d.R., zur Zeit im Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 56, 21.1.1916 Hauptmann d.R., zur Zeit ebenda, 2-mal verwundet, Hauptmann d.R.a.D. - Regierungs-Landmesser in Siegburg, 1940 Regierungs- und Vermessungsrat in Koblenz.

The Stammliste of IR 82 lists Hubert Jacobs' war decorations as "E.K. II, E.K. I, Sächs. Meining. V.K., Oe.M.V.3 m. K.D., Eis. Halbm., Verw.-Abz."

KO4X, not HOH3X, for Malbrandt. Nice photo, though. Confirms his TH, which fits his service in the Ottoman Empire.