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    1. First name(s): Wilhelm Fritz Louis Oskar Kurt Allolio, born 1872 in Hannover. Lived in Pförten as OTL aD in 1928/30: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kreis_Sorau/Adressbuch_1928-30/Pförten His son Kurt-Ekhard Allolio was a Lw OTL.
    2. Olt dR Zachariae from FA is Werner Eduard Lebrecht Zachariae, born 24.1.1885 in Frankfurt/Oder, Regierungsrat im preußischen Finanzministerium after WW1, Regierungspräsident in Magdeburg 1932-33. Died 7 Apr 1952 in Köln. Data acc. to ancestry and here: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=4-1475393 http://www.territorial.de/magdebg/rbmagdeb.htm His son Claus was KIA as Olt dR in 1944. And according to the book "Der Faustische Pakt: Goethe und die Goethe-Gesellschaft im Dritten Reich" by W. Daniel Wilson, dtv 2018, Zachariae was Jewish.
    3. His HHOX was gazetted on 28.5.18 in the Staatsanzeiger, 20.6.18 in the Militär-Wochenblatt. So he must have had both EKs as well. He was a Leutnant in the Garde-Grenadier-Regiment 5.
    4. yes that is the link to Munzinger archive, behind paywall. There is more info on Konrad Mommsen here: https://books.google.de/books?id=beWPO7gtXy0C&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=konrad+mommsen+1896&source=bl&ots=OGH0_TfavZ&sig=ACfU3U1KEF--kK5JTPn-kCt5Yw0Sem6tnw&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9trO8u7v2AhXVlf0HHcfGDCIQ6AF6BAgWEAM#v=onepage&q=konrad mommsen 1896&f=false
    5. Hptm Kurt Moecke is Joseph Hugo Anton Curt Moecke, born 14.6.1880 in Korkwitz/Neisse, from FAR 21.
    6. More info on Lt Konrad Mommsen (1896-1973) from GGR 5, grandson of Theodor Mommsen: https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Konrad+Mommsen/0/2887.html
    7. Lt dR Cleppin from IR 149 is Friedrich/Fritz Cleppin/Cleppien, born 25.7.1893 in Berlin-Schöneberg, died 7.7.1982 in Gütersloh (acc. to Verlustlisten and certificate at ancestry). Name is Friedrich Emil Ernst Johannes Cleppien acc. to birth certificate
    8. Dr. phil. Johannes Heinrich Oscar Dunkhase, Oberstudienrat in Bremen, born 14.12.1880 in Leeste, died 1963, acc. to data from ancestry.
    9. Lt dL Eisenach from PB 28 should be Franz Eisenach, Fabrikbesitzer in Küstrin. Born 1.10.1883 in Cüstrin/Küstrin, KIA 20.10.1918 acc. to Verlustlisten.
    10. Johann Edler von Kiesling auf Kieslingstein, 1873-1948, died in Santiago de Chile. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Absolventen_der_Bayerischen_Kriegsakademie
    11. "Hans-Gerd Rabe" is the later art critic Hanns-Gerd Rabe, 1895-1986: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns-Gerd_Rabe The Cross & Cockade Journal 1983 mentions that he received his HHOX personally from the Kaiser.
    12. Fritz von Kietzell died on 26.06.1942 as Major in OKW, according to the "Deutsche Presse" 1942. It mentions he also had the KVK2.
    13. Wasmuht is Wilhelm Rudolf Hugo Wasmuht, born 18.1.1880 in Ems, died as Ministerialrat 24.3.1934 in Berlin (death certificate at ancestry). (also received Hamburg and more)
    14. We have him in the list only with KO2X so far, but according to "Deutsche Luftfahrt", vol. 22-23 (1918), Kapitän z See (later char. Konteradmiral) Hans Gygas also got the HHOX:
    15. more info: Prof. Dr. Oskar Niemczyk, 1886-1961 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Niemczyk His HHOX is confirmed in the Zeitschrift für das Berg-, Hütten- und Salinenwesen im Deutschen Reich 1918.
    16. The Hptm dR Maier from IR 169 should be Karl Maier, acc. to Verlustlisten. Born 26.6.1883 in Tiengen/Waldshut, died from his wounds 1.10.1918. No other officer Maier from IR 169 mentioned in Verlustlisten.
    17. Lt dR Woker is Franz Woker from Borgentreich: https://chronik-borgentreich.jimdofree.com/1931-1947/
    18. The "Richterzeitung" 1918 lists two Amtsgerichtsräte with HHOX: 1) Amtsgerichtsrat Brachwitz, Berlin -> this is Fritz Georg Richard Brachwitz, born 16.4.1875 in Berlin, 1912/13 Amtsrichter in Thorn, first name acc. to Adressbuch Thorn. He must be the HdR Brachwitz from RIR 6. 2) Amtsgerichtsrat Otto from Nienburg. I have not yet been able to find his first name, but he should be the Olt dR Otto from Nienburg/Weser in IR 82 in the 1910 Prussian ranklist. Probably would be found in the Adressbuch Nienburg. He might be the Hptm dL from LIR 31 without first name in our list. Acc. to the Richterzeitung, he also got Hamburg and Bremen Hanseatic Crosses.
    19. Another Jewish recipient: Olt dR Friedländer is Heinrich Friedländer, 1885-1959. He was a lawyer and published a lot about corporate law. Emigrated to the US in 1938, but came back after WW2. http://www.rathay-biographien.de/persoenlichkeiten/F/Friedlaender_Heinrich/friedlaender_heinrich.htm His HHOX is mentioned in "Vom Konzern zum Einheitsunternehmen: Aktuelle Entwicklungsperspektiven des deutschen und europäischen Konzernrechts", Alfred Bergmann et al., de Gruyter 2020 (it says that he stopped six British tanks)
    20. Olt Junge must be Heinz Junge, born 1893, formerly in FAR 24, during WW1 in FFA 38, later Direktor at Focke-Wulf and during WW2 Major and Deputy Cdr of a PoW Camp (tried for that after the war). His HHOX (and his Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1st cl) is mentioned in Stefan Geck, "Dulag Luft, Auswertestelle West: Vernehmungslager der Luftwaffe für westalliierte Kriegsgefangene im Zweiten Weltkrieg", Lang 2008
    21. Otto Mangold (1891-1962) was later Professor of zoology in Freiburg and Rektor of Freiburg Univ. from 1938-40. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mangold His HHOX is mentioned in "Die Kapitulation der Hohen Schulen, Bd 2" by Helmut Heiber, de Gruyter 2019
    22. Prof. Dr. Arthur Georg Sigismund Ungewitter, 1885-1955, was Präsident of the OLG Frankfurt during the Third Reich. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ungewitter Together with a lot about his career, his HHOX is mentioned in Arthur von Gruenewaldt, Die Richterschaft des Oberlandesgerichts Frankfurt am Main in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus: Die Personalpolitik und Personalentwicklung, Tübingen 2015 More info (including other awards) about Dr. jur. Lothar Rosenberg, 1895-1979: From BIOGRAPHISCHES LEXIKON ZUR GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN SOZIALPOLITIK 1871 BIS 1945: SOZIALPOLITIKER IN DER WEIMARER REPUBLIK UND IM NATIONALSOZIALISMUS 1919 BIS 1945, Band 2 Eckhard Hansen/Florian Tennstedt, Kassel 2018
    23. The same 1967 book also lists a "Ritterkreuz des Hausordens von Hohenzollern" for Prof. Dr. Jonathan Zenneck, 1871-1959, who was also Hptm dR in the Marineinfanterie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Zenneck The book includes the attached citation for action during the first Flandernschlacht in Nov 1914. I wonder if this is rather the Princely one?
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