VtwinVince

Many thanks Sandro, that's a great write-up.

Apparently this unit was commanded by a Generallietenant Ochs, but biographical info is lacking. Can anyone add anything about this guy?

Yes, and thank you. I've been quite interested in the career of Kunth, a botanist and one-time roommate in Paris in 1815 of Alexander von Humboldt. My family connection to the Humboldt family runs even deeper, as my great-great-great grandfather, Gottlob Johann Christian Kunth, was the Erzieher of the brothers Humboldt, was the uncle of Carl and is today memorialised by a monument at Schloss Tegel in Berlin.

I don't like that one either. And I have little confidence in the 'expertise' of dealers.

I've posted this on other sites, nothing spectacular but it shows that a guy could fight the entire war and not receive the EK1.

I agree, for an actual VU for the RAO4 with this notification included, you should be paying around that. If you are interested in Imperial awards docs, drop me a line.

Again, a 'good from ten feet' copy which I would value at 25.00.

If real, that would be a bargain.

Yes, they are pretty paranoid about the disposition of the current PLM insignia. I am still trying to secure the remaining items from my uncle, including the Grosses Bundesverdienstkreuz and the French Legion of Honour.

As stated above, not an award document, but a notification of award from the orders chancellery.

I wish, my grandmother's younger brother, Professor Dr. Ludwig Finscher, died a couple of years ago, and I believe my aunt returned the insignia to the chancellery, but she still has the VU and the minis. The other holder of this grade, my ancestor Carl Sigismund Kunth, a close associate of Alexander von Humboldt, lived many years ago, so the insignia is long gone. I don't know what happened to the estate of Generalleutnant Georg von Heimburg on my dad's side of the family.

I'm not convinced by that NK Schnalle either.

The construction of that NC bar is pretty odd.

Yes, two out of three were for arts and sciences, on my mother's side of the family. On my dad's side one holder of the military version.

Yes, a famous photo, and always cool to see multiple holders in one family. My own family has three holders.