Daniel Krause

thats great! Thank you!! Best, Daniel

Wow! Never heard of posthumous awards like that! Will check if I have anything more about him. I think it is possible, that the award was already done as he was still alive but the procedure took too long that that nice cross reached him in lifetime. BTW, 117 and 118 were both Hessen regiments and in the very same brigade, so a transfer was quite thinkable. Best, Daniel

Hi Gunnar, thanks a lot! Albrechts were indeed handed out during the end of the war without being properly published. All the best and stay safe! Daniel

@Gunnar, do You refer to Fischer or to Ammon? In my files I do not have an Albrecht for Ammon, but I have some "suspects" units for Mr. Fischer. Best, Daniel

Its Karl Will. He commanded 2nd Reiter Regiment in the early 30ies. 3rd Ribbon is the Hamburg Hanseatic cross. Plain red is the Franz Joseph knight. Best, Daniel

Claudio.... You need Liebeskind...not Loewenfeld... Best, Daniel

I will wait until it is sold to make it public. Might influence the price. Best, Daniel

Claudio, I would not care for the 70/71 stuff. His more interesting career path was in the colonies... :-) Best, Daniel

Good luck! You know to whom it belonged? ? best, Daniel

Thanks a lot! Its 288667 Best, Daniel

@ Paul R. would like to, but to research Soviet Awards - I have no sources at all... Best, Daniel

Its the brunswick officers cross. Not Württemberg.

@Mattyboy, thanks a lot! Esp. the Fichter article is very interesting. Best, Daniel

Not really. It is just "normal" to get the lower ranking EK1 before you could get a way more higher award like a Crown Order 1st class. For a higher ranking active duty guy in WW1, an EK1 was as normal as anything. To give you some numbers, in the 1925 German Army were 720 Officers in the rank of Major and upwards. Only ONE of them did not have an EK1. There have been some rare cases directly after the beginning of WW1, as people like Ludendorff or von der Linde got immediately a plm for a quite extraordinary marit before they even got an EK2. But not anymore in 1915-18 Best, Daniel

@1813, Nope. Only 3 high classes went to Austrians. Grand Commander Star with swords to Erzherzog Joseph Grand commanders with swords to Erzherzog Eugen und Friedrich. Thats the only 3 Hohenzollern with swords outside the German Empire. Best, Daniel

Thanks!!

Hello friends, Could you pls have a look at this OPW2? Quite early number IMO. Is that a genuine piece? best, Daniel

Reichsmilitärgerichtsrat August Mülberger, I would guess. Very nice bar!! Best, Daniel

Marine-Verordnungsblatt or Militär-Verordnungsblatt, published 22nd September 1915 Best, Daniel

He's got even a Crown Order 1st class with swords as "retirement present", so for sure he received EK2 and EK1 before. As Paul already said, most likely he did not upgrade his medal bar and decided to wear the EK2 separately in the buttonhole. Best, Daniel

plm with oaks RAO 1st cl. with oaks and swords KO 1st cl., DA XXV, Baden Zähringe rlion knight 1st cl. Bavarian Mil.merit order 3rd cl. Bremen and Lübeck Hanseatic crosses Meckl.Schwerin Mil.merit cross 2nd cl. Reuß honor cross 1st cl. Saxon Albert Commander Saxon Weimar White Falcon Commander with star Schwarzburg Honor Corss 1st cl. Württemberg Frederick Grand cross with swords and (peacetime Commander) Austrian Iron Grown 1st cl. with war decoration Romanian Star Commander Russian Stanislaus knight Best, Daniel

Nice! Thats the 70th birthday badge

Definetly him. The Award combination is quite unique for a Navy Officer. The Hohenzollern is a Komtur. Grosskomtur is a mistake in Wikipedia. Best, Daniel

Konteradmiral a.D. Theo Eschenburg, Generaladjutant of W2 in Exile. Around the neck the Hohenzollern Commander with swords on the ring. The mystery badge appears to be the 80th birthday badge of W2. Best, Daniel

Prussian Crown Order 4th class, Royal Hohenzollern knight with swords Princely Hohenzollern 3rd class with swords, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross 1st class Navy wound badge in black Finnish Cross of Liberty 2nd class with swords Best, Daniel