Daniel Krause

Hi Friends, 5 of our volumes are at the publisher. - Princely Hohenzollern - Weimar - the 3 Ernestines - non-W?rttemberg Awards to W?rttemberg personnel in WW1 - heavily overworked Waldeck I?m WAAAITTING now to know what they will cost and when they will be available. It depends now how fast they can be printed. We will keep You posted for any progress. Just that You know, Better buy Your volumes as soon as they are available than to wait a year or so. This Volumes will have veery small editions of lets say 40 each. No more, because there are not so many guys interested in like in a novel by Tom Clancy. So if You wait iuntil they are sold out You may have to wait 5 to 10 years for a 2nd edition. Best regards Daniel

MY GOODNESS!!!!! Andreas, where do You have that treasure from?????? 18 times awarded..... Beste Gr??e Daniel

Yes, he can Krenzlin received a non-swords Waldeck officers cross IN WW1! There are some awards without swords to rear-area guys. Beste Gr??e Daniel

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not polish, Sachsen-Weimar. Best regards Daniel Krause BTW Krenzlins medal bar was sold at Graf Klenau many years ago.

Hi Friends, just great!!!! after just one day such a lot of answers!!! Thanks a lot and let them coming... Best regards Daniel

Hi Sascha, Generalleutnant Rudolf Keppler, born 1852, died 1940. Best regards and see You in SDA Daniel

Hi Friends, as Rick would say, one of my 47 parallel projects is an upgrade of the existing Roll for the House Order of Hohenzollern with swords. For that I need Your help to improve the list. From the old list done by Willi Geile I could already erase a lot of mistakes and add around 150 more recipients. But that is not enough. We want to be close to perfect. Please assist me and show me Your documents, bars, portraits from Your collections. Thanks a lot Daniel

yes, but even for this 1917 list, there are NO colonial medals mentioned. Unless a cross-check in the Orders Almanach brings a success.. Anyway, I do not think that there are that many of salesman examples. This small "navy style" trapezoids have more been a fashion than official. Big Trapezoids and the new M1915 were the official ones. Best regards Daniel

mini chain was requested... here it is. It is indeed highly unusual, that he received the RAO4 short before the outbreak of the war in 1914, he shows it at the big bar and the mini chain but it does NOT appear at the ribbon bar.... Best regards Daniel

Nooo. not Esmarch. GenArzt Prof.Dr.Bergmann!!!! here his entry from 1902, perfectly fitting Best regards Daniel

great pic!!!!!!!! here my small contribution. General Sacher Wydrigan wearing 3 George Crosses and all 4 George medals! Best regards Daniel

Hi Igor, born 1887, died 1972. At the outbreak of the war "Starshi Leitenant" aboard SMS Dresden, as Kapit?nleutnant he commanded U 63, went in retirement as characterized Korvettenkapit?n. Awards as I know are the plm, Hohenzollern House Order knight with swords, U-boat-badge and the Freikorps Loewenfeld cross. Best regards Daniel

short lesson in Ranklist speech: SF (normally in Imperial GSF) Gro?herzoglich S?chsischer Falkenorden. The G for Gro?herzoglich came out of use in the Reichsheer Ranklists from 1918 up. 1= Grand cross 2a= Commander with star 2b= Commander 3a= knight 1st cl. 3b= knight 2nd cl. X= swords Best regards Daniel

No chance for Anhalt rolls. The rolls for WW1 were destroyed in WW2. Thats why for all Anhalt awards You can just estimate some numbers. According to Dr.Scharffenberg the Friedrich Cross on the non-com ribbon was awarded around 600 times. So a rarity range of a plm!!!!! best regards Daniel

I would say NO. Feldwebelleutnants were Officers, and so not eligible for the MVK. If there are Feldwebelleutnants listed wiht a MVK I?m sure they received it for an action still done as NCO. There are even 4 (if I remember exactly) FwLt who received the Hohenzollern knights cross with swords. Best regards Daniel

My source? most of them are in the already published rolls (BMV, SA, BZ) HEK and WF are in the soon published rolls done by Rick, Uwe and me. Otherwise I collect info about German Generals since a lot of years. Beste Gr??e aus Potsdam Daniel

niiice pics, Christophe!!!!! BTW, I wonder if THIS v.Selle is related to him. Best regards Daniel

Hi, niiice bar!!!! I cannot 100% confirm that is IS Schoelers bar, but I have a good feeling. Problem is, there are no other ways to confirm it tham by a portrait with THIS bar in wear. All his known WW1 awards were around the neck: RAO 2nd class with Oakleaves, star and swords Princely Hohenzollern, Honorary Commanders Cross with swords Bavarian Military Merit Order 2nd class with swords Saxon Albert commander with star and swords W?rttemberg Frederick Commader with star and swords Baden Z?hringer L?we commander with star and swords Best regards Daniel

Hi Claudio, great new find!!!! BTW, the Italian Crown Order ribbon with the golden crown device on the bar indicates a Commander grade, awarded to Officers in LtCol- level. Best regards Daniel

Yes, no problem, but not before it is sold. ID?s are just driving the price - good for the seller, bad for the buyer - bad for me, I get nothing. Best regards Daniel

niiice pic!!! I have none in wear but accidently a Commanders Jacket laying around... Best regards Daniel

well done!!!!! Congratulations!! The Messina Medal on a Saxon Honor cross ribbon I have?nt seen until now..... Probably same as on the ribbon bar - they took something what looks at least a bit close to the correct ribbon. Best regards Daniel

Yes it is. The BL1 is the Belgian Order of Leopold Grand cross. BTW, Eulenburg was the MOST DECORATED German Officer ever. As a "court puke" of Willy 2 he received even more awards than for example Bismarck or Moltke.... Best regards Daniel