Daniel Krause

Thats the long service cross on 1st position.

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Daniel 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_IV,_Prince_of_Lippe

Yes, thanks, Rick. 

I am very happy to have it.

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Daniel 

Its quite nice that this thread, started in 2006, is still alive and active.

Here my latest Lippe aquisition.

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Daniel

Crap. No chance.

Yes he did.

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Daniel

Alfred von Gustorf, 1860-1925,

recalled in WW1 as LtCol in Train Ersatz Abteilung 5

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Daniel

Chris,

fully agreed!

I think we put a deadline in spring and I think we can go public by mid 2024.

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Daniel

Hello Friends,

thanks a LOT for the additional Info.

This thread started in 2007 and still, we are not ready.

I THINK we are less than 50 people short of being complete.

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Daniel

@Uwe,

I have pics, where he is wearing a RAO Grand Cross with swords

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Daniel

Sure.

Kessel was a Flügeladjutant of F III. and received his FR-Badge in 1888 according to 

GStA Rep. 168 Abt. A Sect. IV (Acta generalia der General-Ordens-Kommission über das militärische Gefolge Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und über die Anlegung der Namenszüge der hochseligen Kaiser Wilhelm und Friedrich seitens der Königlichen Prinzen pp. 1888-1893) as mentioned.

Kessel continued to serve as Diensttuender Flügeladjutant of W II. 15.06.1888 - 09.02.1893,

as he became CO of 1st Foot Guards - he remained Flügeladjutant, but not anymore "Diensttuend".

With his promotion to Generalmajor he became Diensttuender General á la Suite, 21.03.1896 - 27.01.1897,

as he became Cdr 1st Guards InfBrig he remained General á la suite  - again not anymore "Diensttuend",

following his promotion to LtGen, he was elevated to Generaladjutant 25.03.1899 and remained a Generaladjutant until his death in 1918.

So he was qualified for the FR-badge, but even if he remained in every possible Adjutants Position on W II - service, he did not qualify for another badge because he never LEFT Adjutants service.

IF he would have survived the years after WW1, he would have gotten his golden WR- Generaladjutant badge on the 26.08.1919.

Ilsemann, another case.

poor old Sigurd was Diensttuender Flügeladjutant until the death of W II.

Even as he never left service, W II. awarded him the Badge extraorinary as Ilsemann did mention it in his memoirs.

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I quote: "... Although qualified to wear the commemorative plaque of Wilhelm II, he chose to honour Friedrich III, whose personal adjutant (when Friedrich was Crown Prince) he became in 1883 and whose wing aide (Flügeladjutant) he became in 1888 on the day he was crowned Emperor and King, by wearing his first and original badge..."

where do you have it from?

Quite common misunderstanding.

Adjutants did not wear the badge as long as they are serving.

see GStA I. HA Rep. 168 Abt. A Sect. IV (Acta generalia der General-Ordens-Kommission über das militärische Gefolge Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und über die Anlegung der Namenszüge der hochseligen Kaiser Wilhelm und Friedrich seitens der Königlichen Prinzen pp.

Flügeladjutanten get the badge when leaving service as Flügeladjutant more or less automatically, Generale a la Suite and Generaladjutanten get the badge by personal decision of Willy 2 himself - when leaving service. As long as they are in service, they wear the special Epaulettes and the Aguilettes.

As a Generaladjutant never left service, they were all in the Ranklist until their death, NO Generaladjutant of Willy 2 got the Generaladjutant-Badge before 1918.

26th of August  1919, after the abdication, the living former Adjus of Willy 2 got their badges.

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Daniel

Yes, von Kessel remained OB in den Marken until his death.

WW1 awards - sure, EK1 14, VK, HEK1X, BMVGKX, LK, WK1X

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Daniel

Not much to add..

EK1, HEK1X, BZ1X, maybe AK.

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Daniel

Hello,

the title "Excellency" came already with the Rank of a LtGen.

HEK1X, BBI1X, BMV1X, HH, LKEK, LK, SA1gStX, SLK, WK1X

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Daniel

The Bulgarian one is amazing!!!

As far as my crystal ball tells me, a General Staff Major Radeff got the Bremen Hanseatic and the Prussian Crown Order 3 with swords.

He was in the Staff of the Mountain Division.

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Daniel

The ribbon bar and the medal bar do NOT belong to the same guy.

The ribbon bar belongs to Korvettenkapitän Edmund Wachtel.

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Daniel

No higher class with swords of the other Prussian Orders.

"Only" EK1 and plm.

but a lot of non-Prussian stuff too...

HEK1X, AK, BZ1X, BMV1X, BrK2, BH, LüH, LK, MMV2, WF1X, TI1X, TH

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Daniel

Sorry to say so, but I do not belive, that this is an original contemporary bar.

A bit too much of everything and as far as I see  - a flat bottom bar, 99,5 percent of this style are reproductions.

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Daniel 

I think no.

The SS long service award was only given to Verfügungstruppe and Totenkopfverbände guys, not members of the general SS.

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Daniel

Bulgaria, Bravery Order 2nd class

I have EKRK, DKiG, SH3, SV3bX, SA3bX, EK1Sp, BMV4X, VAs, ISA for him in my files.

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Daniel

The 1906 wedding badge is well confirmed as he is wearing it and he is on the invitation list of the party. 🙂

For the Hansa crosses - yes for all 3.

Bremen 16.11.1915

Lübeck 11.12.1915

Hamburg - date unknown

...and you may add:

BMVGKX, HT, LK, MMV1, MStMV1, MStMV2T, REKj1X, SA1gStX, SMK, WVK1X, WK1X, BT2, ÖEK1K, ÖM1K, TH 🙂

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Daniel

webr55 is right, definetly v.Cappeln.

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Daniel

Hi,

yes to the plm-oaks,

no to the RAO Grand cross. 

"except" of the EK1 and 2 and the plm with oaks he did not get more from Prussia in WW1.

But he got some other blings from Anhalt, Bremen, Lübeck, Saxony and Austria

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Daniel

He served only in the Prussian Army. 

Infantry regiment 115, General Staff and ADC to Willy2

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Daniel