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The Major at the center can probably not be identified, but he is wearing a number of 1920s unofficial awards like the Kyffhäuser Medal - and he also has the Hungarian War Remembrance Medal. This actually means that the photo must have been taken between 1929, when this Medal was first handed out, and 1934, when the Hindenburg Cross replaced all the unofficial awards. 

The one second from right is

Generalleutnant Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek (1864-1937)

At the neck, he is wearing the Max Joseph Commander grade above his Pour le Merite. He also has the Bavarian Military Merit Order 2nd class star with swords, and on his bar you see, in second-to-last position, a Swedish Order of the Sword (listed in the 1914 ranklist and in his DOA 1908/09 entry).

Can you post close-ups of the other officers and their awards too? I'm sure they can all be identified. 

Looks bad to me, sorry. 

10 hours ago, GdC26 said:

Thanks Chris. I was trying to find his face on the web - do you have a picture of hte Generalleuntant? You're right about the officers cross (introduced in 1905 if I'm not mistaken), but Lang was certainly not the only Bavarian general who got one.

 Regards,

 Sandro

 

 

Not the only one, no. But there are not too many with the Officer's Cross. After looking into the rank lists, I can rule out all the others. 

This general has surprisingly many plain-looking medals on his bar, for a general. Actually, that fits, because Lang held the Centenary and the China Medal, both unusual for a Bavarian. I'm pretty sure it is him. 

Just came across this thread. The Generalleutnant with the messed-up collar tabs is, I believe,

Generalleutnant Eduard Lang (1860-1935)

He is wearing the officer's cross (pin-back) to the Bavarian Military Merit Order, which was only introduced for a few years, not many got it. 

Nice! I agree with Dave that the DA was more likely a Prussian DA (9 or 15 years) for a career NCO than an LD2.

Very rare and very beautiful!

On 11.3.2017 at 22:10, JapanX said:

I think photo was made somewhere between 1906 and 1909  

You're right, he became Lt Col in 1906, so before his promotion to Colonel in 1909.

10 hours ago, JapanX said:

He died January 11, 1920

Looks like lieutenant-colonel.

Thanks! So probably, the photo was taken in 1905, after the Russo-Japanese war, when he got 3rd class Kite and Rising Sun.

Oh! Thanks for that! So the Who's Who spelt his name incorrectly. For some reason, I didn't check the Japanese Wikipedia. So he died in 1920.

I'm not too familiar with Japanese uniforms. What rank does he have in the Wikipedia picture?

Not sure if it is possible to find out more about Inouye, such as his death date. Anyone has access to Japanese sources?

The back says "Herrn Hauptmann Pophal zur freundlichen Erinnerung, 1896-99, Niro Inouye, Major in Japan".

Partly because of different spellings, it was not easy to find out anything about Major Inouye, but eventually I did. I consulted the "Who's Who in Japan" from 1913 and 1916, and there he is. This is a picture of the later

Lt. General Niro Inouye (in Japanese characters:  井上仁廊 )

born May 1864 in Ehime-ken, second son of Wataru Inouye and Yoshi

• 1885 graduated from the Military Academy 
• 1885 Sub-Lieutenant of the Engineers
• 1888 Lieutenant
• 1893 Captain
• 1895-99 Sent to Germany for Training
• 1900 Major
• 1902 Lieutenant-Colonel
• 1906 Colonel
• 1910 Major-General
• 1915 Lieutenant-General

In the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, the Who's Who says, he "rendered excellent services in the administrations of the Military railways, for which he was awarded the 3rd Order of the Rising Sun together with the 3rd Class of the Golden Kite." His address in 1913 was No. 14, Nakacho, Ushigome, Tokyo.

In 1916, he was commander of the Communication Brigade and Member of the Committee for the Study of Military Aeroplanes

Major Inouye's awards on his bar are:

Order of the Golden Kite 5th or 6th class
Order of the Sacred Treasure 5th or 6th class
1894-95 China War Medal
Imperial Constitution Promulgation Commemorative Medal (probably)

Here is the entry from Who's Who in Japan 1913:

The German officer the picture card was dedicated to is (thanks to Glenn for some of the info!)

Generalmajor Paul Pophal (27 Sep 1854 - 18 Jan 1924)

Sekonde-Lieutenant: 13.10.77
Premier-Lieutenant: 12.6.86 (served in Eisenbahn (Train)-Regiment Berlin)
From 1890 on, he taught at the Technische Hochschule (Technical University) Berlin (where he met Inouye)
Hauptmann: 19.9.91 (served in Eisenbahn-Regiment Nr. 3, Berlin)
22.5.1900 Major
In 1906, he was teacher at the military-technical academy in Berlin.
21.5.1906 Oberstleutnant
19.8.1909 Oberst

Direktor der Militär-Eisenbahn from 18 Oct 1909 - 18 Nov 1911 when he retired as an Oberst. He was recalled for service in WW1 and served as the Chef d. Bau-Direktion 10.

Awards as of 1911: Red Eagle 3rd class with bow, Crown Order 3rd class, Long Service Award, Austrian Military Merit Cross 3rd class.

This is an interesting photo I got from Detlev many years ago. Finally, I have been able to research some of its background story.

The picture was given by a Japanese officer, then Major, to a German officer, then Hauptmann, in Berlin in 1899. 

Nice lapel bow indeed! Interesting combination, similar to my bar but with Austria instead of Hessen. I would guess yours was not from 3rd Garde Ulanen. 

Might have been 22nd Infanterie-Division, they fought on the Russian front and were likely to have got Austrian awards:

The blue ribbons must be Wehrmacht Long Service decorations. You could not wear two Treudienst crosses together.

As he had WW1 service and also the Luitpold jubilee medal, I would guess it is 25 + 12 crosses.

Hello, 

could you please also show us the back of the bar?

Thanks

Chris

Great that you found the new pic of Zingler! 

Nice, thanks!

A very fine group. It also shows nicely the evolution of swords devices on ribbon bars, from the early (very detailed) one on top to the 1943 one with the standard end-of-WW2 (rather cheap looking) ones. I would be curious: could you show us the backs of the ribbon bars to see the progression here?

Congratulations!

Well it's not the wearer of my bar on top of this thread, but this photo shows a very similar Leutnant with Baltic Cross and many other similar Freikorps awards. There is a writing on the back from 1940, but the photo should be pre-1935 (no Hindenburg). 

Is this recognizable? The Regimentskommandeur of Landwehr-Inf.Reg 4.

Great work!

Let me add some more from the same museum:

Medal bar of Kurt Ritter von Scherf:

Ah Claudio, now I see you already posted everything in an older thread!