Dave Danner

Apparently, Korea (MASH), Vietnam (Tour of Duty, after the 1st season) and various planets around the galaxy (Star Trek), look amazingly like southern California.

Technically, I guess, if I'm going to be a stickler for "proper" names, they are the Cross and Medal for Merits in War (unless in 1915 a masculine accusative took an "-e" like a dative). I think I need to fix my page.

The proper names are the Cross for Merit in War (Kreuz f?r Verdienste im Kriege), which is the officer's version, and the Medal for Merit in War (Medaille f?r Verdienste im Kriege), which is the enlisted version, both established on March 7, 1915. There were 4,653 of the Cross and 24,038 awards of the Medal during the war. As Rick mentioned, the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order would be the other award the duke could confer. A lieutenant might get the Knight 2nd Class with swords as his next award after the Cross for Merit in War. The Cross for Merit in War on a medal bar: The Medal for Merit in War on a medal bar: Some more information on my Saxe-Meiningen awards page here: http://home.att.net/~ordersandmedals/saxemeiningen.htm

So can we rule out Paetzold? It would be cool to get it on the semi-random first guess. He was a Major a.D. in the Ehren-Rangliste, so he wouldn't be in the 1924 Reichsheer list.

1. Prussia; Iron Cross, 2nd Class 2. Prussia: Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight with Swords 3. Baden: Order of the Z?hringen Lion, Knight 2nd (?) Class with Oakleaves and Swords 4. Reuss: Princely Reuss Honor Cross, 2nd Class with Swords 5. Germany: Honor Cross for Combatants 6. Prussia: 25-year Long Service Cross 7. Prussia: Life Saving Medal 8. Prussia: Centenary Medal 9. Austria-Hungary: Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration The Reuss Honor Cross, 2nd Class indicates a major, likely on staff (majors with higher commands might get the Officer's Cross). The lack of many prewar medals seems to make a unique match hard, but there are likely candidates among pre-war captains with only a Life Saving Medal who made major during the war, such as Maj. Paetzold, late of IR.114 (a Baden regiment, by the way).

Persons eligible for the Erinnerungskreuz 1912/13 were military personnel of the Army, Navy, Landwehr, Gendarmerie, Finance Guard (Finanzwache), Border Police (k.u.k. Grenzpolizei) and state Forest Service, voluntary medical personnel and certain military attaches and officers who had participated in the Balkan Wars in an official capacity, as long as these classes of personnel had spent at least 4 weeks on active duty with mobilized units during the state of emergency. So an Austrian civilian doctor working with the Bulgarian Army or a called-up Austro-Hungarian unit could have qualified. The lack of an Austrian War Commemorative Medal is odd. Obviously, by the backing, the ribbon bar was made after this award was instituted. The award criteria for the War Commemorative Medal covered civilians, including medical personnel, who had participated in the war effort. So even if the recipient were civilian, given the Red Cross Decoration he should have been eligible. The Red Cross Decoration was instituted in 1914, and the war decoration was only authorized for persons actively serving the Red Cross, and not for persons who just gave contributions.

Cristophe, re post #10: "Order of military merit 4th class 2nd grade with X": There is no 4th class, 2nd grade of this order. This is the 5th Class of the National Order of Military Merit (Народен орден ?За военна заслуга?, V степен). I Class: Grand Cross, sash badge and breast star II Class: Grand Officer's Cross, neck badge and and breast star III Class: Commander's Cross, neck badge IV Class: Officer's Cross, breast badge with rosette V Class: Knight's Cross, breast badge VI Class: Silver Cross, no enamel The 5th and 6th Classes were also awarded without the crown, which one might call a 2nd grade, but they were not denoted as such in Bulgaria. Also, all versions of this order came with swords. The only Bulgarian order that came with and without swords was the Order of St. Alexander (although there are some rare variants of the Military Order "For Bravery" without swords. It was the Military Order "For Bravery" whose 3rd and 4th Classes during World War One were divided into a 1st and 2nd grade, with the 1st grade being a pinback cross and the 2nd grade suspended from a ribbon (white enamel for the 3rd Class, red for the 4th Class). There is a fair amount of confusion on the net about Bulgarian awards, and Bulgarian dealers are often the source of misinformation. I added to it for a while by having my examples misidentified. But the confusion has deeper roots, especially with awards to non-Bulgarians. For example, the Soldier's Cross for Bravery, the enlisted version of the Military Order "For Bravery", came in four classes. The 1st and 2nd were gilt and the 3rd and 4th were silver. The only difference between the 1st and 2nd, and between the 3rd and 4th, was the bow on the ribbon. But most examples awarded to foreigners, especially Germans, were not mounted with bows. Similarly, the rosette is the only difference between the 4th and 5th Classes of the National Order of Military Merit, but German officer's bars are often missing rosettes. Below is an example of a III Class (Commander's Cross) of the National Order of Military Merit, on the ribbon of the Military Order "For Bravery", awarded to a German officer. However, the Bulgarian regulations say that only the IV, V and VI classes of the National Order of Military Merit could be awarded on the ribbon of the Military Order "For Bravery", and then in the case of the IV and V classes, the ring around the medallion would be in white enamel rather than green.

Thanks, Christophe. And thanks again to Rick for his tireless labor. Here is the list as it currently stands: http://home.att.net/~ordersandmedals/MMJO.htm I have added in most dates, though there are gaps. I put in links to sites with biographical information where known. I also started adding in the Commander's Crosses, though there are gaps. Dave

So no one has an answer to my trivia question? Here is the current status of the on-line list of recipients. Like the MKFVO list, I am still filling in information, including links to sites with biographical information where available. Recipients of the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden I will also add a glossary to explain the various abbreviations for ranks and units, as well as clean them up (to make clear, for example, that Bavarian regiments are the ones identified, not similarly numbered Prussian ones).

By the way, that guy Franz Jaff? has a much more interesting combination of awards than the others there: Prussia, Iron Cross 2nd ClassPrussia, Red Eagle 4th ClassPrussia, Crown Order 4th ClassLandwehr DA 1st ClassLippe, War Merit CrossLippe, Leopold Order 2nd Class Lippe, House Order of the Honor Cross 2nd Class with SwordsSaxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Grand CrossFrance, Palmes AcademiquesRomania, Order of the Romanian Crown, Commander's CrossMontenegro, Order of Danilo, Commander's CrossSaxe-Coburg-Gotha, Gold Medal of Merit in Arts and Sciences with CrownToo bad he didn't make it into too many more "Who's Who"s - he died in on July 13, 1937. By the way, he appears to have a Bacon number of at most 4: Jaff? was the set designer for Plague in Florence (1919), which was written by Fritz Lang.Fritz Lang directed American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950), which co-starred Robert Patten.Robert Patten was in Zigzag (1970) with Eli Wallach.Eli Wallach was in Mystic River (2003) with Kevin Bacon.

From the bio Rick provided: ? Professor ? Director of the Ambulatorium (outpatient clinic) for Constitutional Medicine at the Charit? Berlin (the Charit? still exists, but this clinic doesn't appear to). ? Docent (Lecturer) at the German University for Physical Exercise (Deutsche Hochschule f?r Leibes?bungen). ? After the war, from 1919 to 1929, he was an assistant to Prof. Dr. Gustav von Bergmann, a leading professor of internal medicine. ? In 1929 he was certified in internal medicine. ? In 1930 he began as a Lecturer at the German University for Physical Exercise. ? In 1932 he took the position of Director of the Ambulatorium for Constitutional Medicine. ? In 1933 he was a special lecturer for constitutional studies at the University of Berlin. ? He co-authored a clinical work on race hygiene and eugenics with Oskar Gundermann in 1934, and authored, co-authored or edited several other works on race, physiology and exercise. ? His specialties were internal and constitutional medical racial hygiene, personality research and biological psychology. ? His interests include boating, skiing, swimming and riding. ? He was a member of the Berlin Medical Society, the German Society for Psychology, the Nation Socialist German Doctor's League (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche ?rztebund) and the Assembly of Researchers and Physicians. ? Just the Iron Crosses and the Wound Badge are listed. Unlike others whose bios are on the page Rick shows, he had no awards from other states listed, nor a "u.a." indicating other awards.

The major in IR 97 whose first name is one of many I don't know is Glockner. Daniel's annotated list is in the WAF thread here: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...ead.php?t=28905 Also from that thread, and to complement the Knights' list, here are 1914-1918 recipients of the higher grades of the MKFVO: Grand Cross: Wilhelm II. Deutscher Kaiser, K?nig von Preussen - 6.11.14 Generaloberst Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Kronprinz von Bayern - 12.1.15 (plm 22.8.15, OL 20.12.16) Franz Josef I. Kaiser von ?sterreich - 5.7.15 Generaloberst Albrecht Herzog von W?rttemberg - 31.7.15 (plm 22.8.15) Ludwig III. K?nig von Bayern - 18.8.15 Generalfeldmarschall Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg - 5.9.15 (OL to plm 23.2.15) General der Infanterie Wilhelm Friedrich Kronprinz von Preussen und des Deutschen Reiches - 12.4.16 (plm 22.8.15, OL 8.9.16) Sultan Mehmet V of the Ottoman Empire - 24.4.16 Generaloberst/Grossadmiral Heinrich Albert Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen - 15.3.17 Commander with Star: Generalmajor Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Baden - 30.8.14 General der Infanterie Wilhelm F?rst von Hohenzollern - 28.12.14 Generalleutnant Theodor Freiherr von Watter - 13.3.15 (plm 1.9.16) General der Infanterie Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling - 31.7.15 (plm 28.8.16) Generalleutnant zur Disposition Albert Sch?pflin - 31.7.15 Generalleutnant Karl Heinrich von H?nisch - 16.8.16 Generalleutnant August Wolfgang Johann Isbert - 9.7.17 Generalleutnant Karl Julius Wilhelm Leo von Borries - 29.10.18 (plm 13.6.18) Commander: Oberstleutnant Oskar Prinz von Preussen - 22.4.16 Oberst Eitel-Friedrich Prinz von Preussen - 29.4.16 (plm 22.3.15, OL 14.5.15) Ranks are those held at the time of award. The dates are European style (day.month.year).

I have been working for some time on an annotated list, bringing together what information was available, but had to put it aside for a while. Most of the credit for the annotated information belongs to Daniel Krause. Here was the beginning of the project, through 1914: http://home.att.net/~ordersandmedals/MKFVO.htm I also have all of the 1915 and 1916 recipients organized, but not yet formatted. There are bound to be errors here too, so any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.

There are a few typos in the original list which will be reflected in the alphabetization.

Trivia: What Ritter of the MMJO is also a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire?

Notwithstanding Zeige, I would doubt that cross had anything to do with that bar. The late Eric Ludvigsen's research at the archives in Detmold and B?ckeburg found the following for awards of the Officer's Cross Lippe-Detmold: Officers' Cross - 1890-1913 (15), 1914-1918 (33) Officer's Cross with Swords - 1890-1913 (0), 1914-1918 (37) Schaumburg-Lippe: Officers' Cross - 1890-1913 (186), 1913-1918 (62) Officer's Cross with Swords - 1890-1913 (0), 1913-1918 (0) Officer's Cross with Swords on Ring - 1890-1913 (0), 1913-1918 (1) Officer's Cross with 50-Year Jubilee - 1890-1913 (2), 1913-1918 (0) As for the medal bar, the combination is a little questionable. The precedence indicates a Schaumburger, not a Detmolder. Lippe-Detmold's Milit?rverdienstmedaille was primarily (exclusively?) an enlisted award to its own citizens. Also, the Honor Cross is the pre-1911 version with white enamel. Perhaps it was a Schaumburger who received his state's Honor Cross as a civilian before 1911, then moved to Lippe-Detmold and served as an enlisted man during the war, but then put Schaumburg-Lippe first when he had the medals remounted after 1939. But if I had to guess, I would speculate that the second medal was originally a Lippe-Detmold Honor Cross 4th Class 2nd Division, received as a Leutnant, with which the Schaumburg-Lippe piece was replaced at some point. And the MVM would have been received as an officer candidate. Any thoughts?

Saxony was one of the south and central German states who sided with Austria in the conflict with Prussia in the middle of the 19th century. Until the 1860s, Austria probably had more influence on south German military developments than Prussia. W?rttemberg, BTW, also had a form of trifold at use in various times.

Thanks, Glenn. Oh well. So we're still stuck at Nerger (5), Graf Dohna (5), Hoffmann (3), Frhr v. Richthofen (3) and Weddigen (3)?

Thanks Christophe and Rick. For some reason, I thought there were a few "vons" who added a "Ritter" as well. Obviously, for a Freiherr or Prinz, Ritter would be a step down, though. There may be a couple on the list who were hereditary Ritters. Lacking the nice easy sources, for some I had to cross-reference the 1914 list to the Ehren-Rangliste, to see if they had Ritter before the war started. I suppose there might even be colonial MMJO knights who weren't hereditary, but had the title in 1914. I suppose rather than the date of award, more significant would be the date (and place) of the action. Unit too. Though it would be interesting to see what the pattern was, especially with post-war ones. Was there an attempt to fix things for people neglected because, say, they were serving under a non-Bavarian senior command and thus didn't get more timely recognition? As for conferring titles of nobility, this is Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution: A straightforward reading would be that noble titles were simply converted into parts of one's name (Joe, Duke of Wherever, just became Joe "Duke of Wherever"), and that noble titles could no longer be conferred. Titles could only be awarded for an office or occupation. Being a "Knight" wasn't exactly a job in 1920s Bavaria, though, so they probably just creatively interpreted it to mean that you just (i) happened to get an MMJO and (ii) happened to go to the local clerk's office to change you name by adding a "Ritter von". Of course, since this wouldn't be a title, but a legal name change, presumably unlike in the kingdom it would be heritable. Does anyone know if the children of any of these postwar recipients style themselves "Ritter von ___"?

Okay, so this is the list of the ones I know, which hopefully those with the references can flesh out. This has 187 names, but several of these were recipients of the Kommandeurkreuz or the Großkreuz. A few officers, such as Felix Graf von Bothmer and Karl Ritter von Fasbender, were recipients of more than one grade during the course of the war. Besides filling in the names that are missing, what would be the data points for a concise online reference? Name, date of award, rank at time of award, other known awards? Also, does anyone know why some Bavarian recipients, like Max von Kirschbaum, apparently weren't ennobled with the Ritterstand? 1. Hans Ritter von Adam 2. August Ritter von Ade 3. Franz Prinz von Bayern 4. Heinrich Prinz von Bayern 5. Leopold Prinz von Bayern 6. Albert Ritter von Beckh 7. Joseph Ritter von Bengl 8. Reinhold Ritter von Benz 9. Paul Ritter von Betzel 10. Friedrich Ritter von Bogendörfer 11. Felix Graf von Bothmer 12. Ludwig Graf von Bothmer 13. Robert Graf von Bothmer 14. Alfons Ritter von Bram 15. Julius Ritter von Braun 16. Maximilian Ritter von Braun 17. Ernst Ritter von Brunner 18. Hermann Ritter von Burkhardt 19. Eugen Ritter von Clauß 20. Jakob Ritter von Danner 21. Adolf Ritter von Denk 22. Friedrich Ritter von Deßloch 23. Martin Ritter von Dittelberger 24. August Ritter von Döderlein 25. Nikolaus Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien 26. Robert Ritter von Doser 27. Eduard Ritter von Dostler 28. Paul Ritter von Dreher 29. Anton Ritter von Dümlein 30. Heinrich Ritter von Düsel 31. Karl Ritter von Düwell 32. Wolfgang Ritter von Eder 33. Wilhelm Ritter von Eitzenberger 34. Nikolaus Ritter von Endres 35. Franz Ritter von Epp 36. Karl Ritter von Fasbender 37. Maximilian Christoph Ritter von Feil 38. Ludwig Ritter von Finsterlin 39. Karl Ritter von Fritsch 40. Heinrich Ritter von Füchtbauer 41. Otto Ritter von Füger 42. Wilhelm Ritter von Gademann 43. Eduard Ritter von Gartmayr 44. Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel 45. Kurt Ritter von Geitner 46. Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg 47. Hermann Ritter von Giehrl 48. Emerich Freiherr von Godin 49. Karl Ritter von Gonnermann 50. Alfred Ritter von Göringer 51. Franz Ritter von Goß 52. Robert Ritter von Greim 53. Eugen Ritter von Gries 54. Friedrich Ritter von Haack 55. Eugen Ritter von Halder 56. Karl Ritter von Halt 57. Johann Ritter von Häsele 58. Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild 59. Hubertus-Maria Ritter von Heigl 60. Otto Ritter von Heilingbrunner 61. Siegfried Ritter von Heindl 62. Franz Ritter von Held 63. Hans Ritter von Hemmer 64. Georg Ritter von Hengl 65. Theodor Ritter von Herrmann 66. Franz Ritter von Hipper 67. Jakob Ritter von Hitzler 68. Franz Ritter von Hofer 69. Konrad Ritter von Hofmann 70. Maximilian Hoffmann 71. Eduard Ritter von Hollidt 72. Kurt Ritter von Hopffer 73. Maximilian Ritter von Höhn 74. Franz Ritter von Hörauf 75. Eduard Ritter von Hörnle 76. Otto Ritter von Hübner 77. Hugo Ritter von Huller 78. Friedrich Ritter von Hurt 79. Otto Ritter von Jäger 80. Paul Ritter von Jahrei? 81. Gustav Ritter von Kahr 82. Lukas Ritter von Kaufmann 83. Friedrich Ritter von Kieffer 84. Christoph Ritter von Kiefhaber 85. Maximilian von Kirschbaum 86. Karl Ritter von Kleinhenz 87. Paul Ritter von Kneußl 88. Wilhelm Ritter von Knorr 89. Paul Ritter von Köberle 90. Hans Ritter von Kohlmüller 91. Wilhelm Ritter von Kollmann 92. Hugo Ritter von Kraemer 93. Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen 94. Friedrich Ritter von Kraußer 95. Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein 96. Friedrich Ritter von Kriebel 97. Maximilian Ritter von Kuchler 98. Friedrich Ritter von Kunzmann 99. Dr. Christian Ritter von Langheinrich 100. (Titus) Ritter von Lanz 101. Hermann Ritter von Lechner 102. Wilhelm Georg Ritter von Leeb 103. Hans Ritter von Lehnert 104. Hermann Ritter von Lenz 105. Hans Ritter von Lex 106. Rudolf Ritter von Leitenstorfer 107. Walter Ritter von Lichtenberger 108. Stuart Ritter von Linhardt 109. Anton Ritter von Löhr 110. Fritz von Loßberg 111. Joseph Ritter von Maußner 112. Wilhelm Ritter von Meng 113. Hans Ritter von Mieg 114. Hilmar Ritter von Mittelberger 115. Arnold Ritter von Möhl 116. Maximilian Ritter von Müller 117. Maximilian Ritter von Müller 118. Maximilian Ritter von Mulzer 119. Heinrich Ritter von Mußbach 120. Karl August Nerger 121. Lothar Ritter von Nerz 122. Hans Ritter von Neubert 123. Dr. Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer 124. G?nther Freiherr von Pechmann 125. Otto Freiherr von Pechmann 126. Hugo Ritter von Pflügel 127. Maximilian Ritter von Pohl 128. Christian Ritter von Popp 129. Otto Ritter von Pracher 130. Karl Ritter von Prager 131. Hans Freiherr von Pranckh 132. Sigmund Freiherr von Pranckh 133. Ludwig Ritter von Radlmaier 134. Otto Ritter von Rauchenberger 135. Josef Ritter von Reiß 136. Wilhelm Ritter von Reitzenstein 137. Karl Ritter von Riedl 138. Otto Ritter von Rizzi 139. August Ritter von Roser 140. Friedrich (Fritz) Ritter von Röth 141. Walter (Hans?) von Ruckteschell 142. Ludwig Ritter von Rudolph 143. Adolf Ritter von Ruith 144. Gustav Ritter von Sailer 145. Otto Ritter von Saur 146. Joseph Ritter von Schäffer 147. Reinhard Scheer 148. Dr. Baptist Ritter von Scheuring 149. Eduard Ritter von Schleich 150. Joseph Ritter von Schmauß 151. Hans Ritter von Schmidt 152. Joseph Ritter von Schmidt 153. Johann Ritter von Schmidtler 154. Christian Ritter von Schneider 155. Oskar Ritter von Schneider 156. Eugen Ritter von Schobert 157. Albert Ritter von Schoch 158. Karl Ritter von Schoch 159. Hermann Ritter von Schöpf 160. Wilhelm Ritter von Schramm 161. Theodor Ritter von Schredinger 162. Wilhelm Ritter von Schrenk 163. Ernst Ritter von Schrott 164. Johann (Hans) Ritter von Seißer 165. Hermann Ritter von Speck 166. Hans Freiherr von Speidel 167. Friedrich Ritter von Städtler 168. Anton Ritter von Staubwasser 169. Hermann Freiherr von Stein 170. Josef Ritter von Steiner 171. Lorenz Ritter von Stransky-Griffenfeld 172. Wolfgang Ritter von Strobel 173. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma 174. Friedrich Ritter von Tumma 175. Adolf Ritter von Tutschek 176. Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek 177. Karl Ritter von Weber 178. Otto Weddigen 179. Karl Ritter von Wenninger 180. Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Willisen 181. Ludwig Ritter von Wilm 182. Karl Ritter von Wucher 183. Ludwig Ritter von Würssel 184. Herbert Ritter von Wurm 185. Rudolf Ritter und Edler von Xylander 186. Eugen Ritter von Zoellner 187. Maximilian Ritter von Zottmann

Anyone know Frhr. v. Willisen's other awards? Given Württemberg's connections to the command and the operations, if he got a wMVO too we could add him to that select group of recipients of more than two top awards. Not counting nobles and generals and admirals with high grades of various awards, we have previously identified Nerger and Graf Dohna as the only ones with all five. Hoffmann (Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria), Frhr v. Richthofen (Prussia, Saxony and Württemberg) and Weddigen (Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria) each hit a trifecta.

I think it is both: Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Willisen. Do you know the date of award? His Pour le Merite came on November 1, 1917. That would seem to tie it to the Caporetto Offensive, but that would also be a rather quick award. Looking at other officers associated with this action, XIV. Armee commanding general Otto von Below already had the PlM with Oakleaves at this time. The Oakleaves to Eberhard von Hofacker's PlM came on November 24, 1917. I think Hasso von Wedel and Hermann Freiherr von Stein also received Oakleaves on the same date, but sources differ. Hans von Below's PlM was on the same date. Arnold Lequis' Oakleaves were later, on December 5, 1917. Ferdinand Schoerner's PlM was on the same date. Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek's PlM was awarded on December 8, 1917. Rommel's PlM came on December 10, 1917.

Considering one of my cousins was a recipient, it is of interest to me personally as well. Wouldn't it be nice for those of us without Bayerns Goldenes Ehrenbuch or similar references to have a nice, online-accessible list of recipients? hint.. hint... I only have a list compiled from various sources of my own, but it only has 183 or so names. BTW, Max Hoffmann is one of the missing general staff officers.

U-Boot commanders may have been media magnets and received more than their "fair share" of awards, but less than 30 received the PlM. And even in that context, Heino von Heimburg is a little different. Most U-Boot commanders were Kapit?nleutnante. Only four Oberleutnante received the PlM as U-Boot commanders, and von Heimburg was the first (on August 11, 1917). But as you can see by the photo, von Heimburg only received awards from two German states - Prussia and Oldenburg - so he wasn't really the homefront media sensation that aviators and raiders like Nerger and Graf Dohna were. Oldenburg's Friedrich August Cross, even in 1st Class, is not uncommon among navy officers. The Prussian awards are the PlM, the HHO3x and the EK1 and 2. He also supposedly had the Oldenburg House and Merit Order, Knight with Swords, awarded 7 October 1917, but it does not appear in the photo or the 1918 ranklist, so it may have been a later award that was backdated. The rest are foreign and are a more impressive combination than his German awards: from Bulgaria, the National Order of Military Merit; from the Ottoman Empire the War Medal, a silver Imtiyaz Medal and a golden Liyakat Medal; and, most unusual, from Austria-Hungary the Leopold Order and the Order of the Iron Crown. I don't know of too many PlM winners with the Leopold as well - the Military Merit Cross was the main Austrian award to foreigners, followed by the Iron Crown. Another would be Kapit?nleutnant Lothar von Arnauld de la Peri?re, the most successful U-Boot commander of the war. Von Heimburg and von Arnauld de la Peri?re both commanded U-Boots of the Austro-Hungarian Navy until Austrian crews could be trained to take over. The odd thing about von Heimburg is not that he won all these awards as an Oberleutnant, but that he was still an Oberleutnant. Plenty of members of his class (April 3, 1907) had already made Kapit?nleutnant by the time von Heimburg received the PlM, among them G?nther L?tjens and Otto Schniewind. Another U-Boot commander in von Heimburg's class, Ralph Wenninger, also beat him to Kapit?nleutnant, though von Heimburg beat Wenninger to the PlM. If this site is to be believed, von Heimburg took on a British submarine in a rowboat, so he gets "stud" props from me.

FWIW, the packet says "Nawt (sometimes rendered Nut) al-Jariih", which means, unsurprisingly, "Wounded Medal".