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A little more info on Dr. Gerhard Kip. 30.6.1918 Born 2.6.1884 in Neuenhaus/Bentheim. Dr. phil. Univ. Halle 1910. I couldn't find his death year, but he got the Federal Merit Cross as Oberstudiendirektor a.D. in Wiesbaden in 1958: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Bundesverdienstkreuz/1958 And I suppose this is a Princely one? Thun (27.6.1918).
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Here is an interesting notice: several officers of IR 74 got the HHOX at the same time. It seems they were all listed in the Staatsanzeiger with date 28.05.1918. We have some of them already with full names, but not these (but now we know they must all be from IR 74): Hptm Fischer (couldn't find first name) Hptm dR Brandes (couldn't find first name) Lt Teichmann, should be Carl Otto (sometimes Karl), from Harderode, acc. to VL Lt dR Wendebourg, should be Gerhard acc. to VL, died from his wounds around July 1918 Hannoverscher Kurier, 16.5.1918
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And indeed, a few days later, several further recipients from the Hagen region were posted: Hermann Kracht - we had him already. Paul Noelle/Nölle - new first name, from 1. GzF. Erich Schmolinski - we had him, went into RAD. August Tempelmann - new first name. Hagener Zeitung, 12.7.1934 One of the Wolffs, Regierungsrat aD Paul Wolff, died 1945. Hagener Zeitung, 3.3.1945
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No new info here, but it looks like in the 1930s, people seemed to regionally collect names of HHOX recipients (we had an example here earlier from Halle). Those lists would have been interesting - from Hagen only one is named here, Rektor Franz Wurm (we have him already). Hagener Zeitung, 29.6.1934 New first name: OTL aD Otto Schmitz, died 1926. Hagener Zeitung, 2.8.1926
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Ok, digitization of the Hannoverscher Kurier has advanced to 1917. Not much new info so far, but here are some cases we already have, as a start: Hptm Günther Tidow was from Hannover, had the Hessen as well: 7.12.1917 Walther Wriede from Lüneburg, born 1894 (Matty had him already), KIA 1918: 2.12.1917
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I have had this bar for many years, but only now found out what the last ribbon is: It is not, as Rick thought long ago, a regimental medal. It is the Dutch 1901 Wedding Medal (Huwelijksmedaille, https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huwelijksmedaille_1901) for the Wedding of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Besser, then OTL, must have been a guest at the wedding, which makes additional sense since he had a connection to Mecklenburg and several of their awards.