GdC26

Obverse detail

Reverse

BMV4X Rick is right, gold centred (and on rereading my notes, Andreas mentioend this in the original sales ad as well )

Makermark, again, S(charffenberg).

Reverse detail

Obverse, detail

Reverse

SA3bX

Makermark, "S" for Scharffenberg. Although Andreas kindly added a ribbon, it is not contemporary to the order, so if someone has a spare ribbon for the Saxon Verdienstorden knightscross on offer, please feel free to let me know.

Reverse, detail

Reverse

SV3bX

Maker mark.

Detail back.

Detail front.

Reverse

And then: pics of the star of the ensemble, the R(oesner) marked St. Heinrich knighscross. I have found a ribbon for it, and will hopefully receive that soon.

Next up: the Begr?ndung for the award of the St. Heinrich knightscross, originally posted by Andreas, and presumably taken from the Georg Richter book (which I don?t have, so I cannot confirm this).

I promised Rick some further pics of this grouping, so here it goes. First, a pic of the grouping showing how it will be displayed (I?m waiting to receive an A2 sized mount that will allow me to include the urkunden in the display). The maps shows the Arras area, where Gehrts won his St. Heinrich knightscross (see next post).

I know, I know, promise to get better pics up in the next few days. Cheers, Sandro

Many thanks, Rick, excellent info as always. I wil update the fact sheet to reflect this information, and will subject the MVO4 to closer inspecting in the next few days. In the meantime, here are the pics of the reverse of the set Andreas sent me. Regards, Sandro

Gents, Some time ago, I bought a very nice St. Heinrich knightscross grouping to Hauptmann Ernst Gehrts, Sachsisches Fussart. Regt. 12, from fellow forum member Andreas SI. I?m looking to complete the sketchy biographical and awards date gathered sofar. The info I have sofar is the following: Ernst-G?nther Gehrts from 1. S?chsischen Fu?artillerie-Regiment Nr. 12. His last rank was Hauptmann. Born 25.5.91 in Gl?ckstadt, Bezirk Schleswig. F?hnrich: 4.11.09 Leutnant: 24.8.10 (Patent of 15.8.08 J) Oberleutnant: 16.5.15 Hauptmann: 30.11.17 E Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Milit?r-St. Heinrichs-Orden on 2.6.17 as F?hrer of 5./Reserve-Fu?artillerie-Regiment Nr. 12 for action during the battle of Arras on 9.4.17. 1937 he rejoined the army. I?ve found some information indicating that a Ernst-G?nther Gehrts served in the SA as SA-Standartenf?hrer (and from 20.04.1935 SA-Oberstandartenf?hrer), but I don?t know whether that is the same man (one of hte Urkunden that came with the grouping does refer to th recipiet as Ernst G?nther Gehrts, however, so it may well be the same man). As to awards, I know from the grouping that Gehrts received the knightscross of St. Henry, the Saxon Verdienstorden Knight second class with swords, the Saxon Albrechtsorden, 2.nd class with swords, and the Bavarian MVO 4 with Swords. It seems likely he also received an EK II and EK I, but I have not been able to confirm this. Any information you may be able to provide in addition to the foregoing is much appreciated. And if someone has a pair of shoulderboards for a (Ober)leutnant in Saxon Fussart. Regt 12 on offer, I?ll be interested. Incidentally, I visited Berlin last week and too quite a number of pics of the Neil O' Connor exhibit at the Deutsche Technikmusuem. If anyone is interested in some of the (reconstructed) groupings on display, please let me know, and I will post some pics (haven?t checked how much of hte collection is already on show at GMiC. If it is all on the Forum, there is of course no need for me to duplicate). Best wishes for the new year, and thanks in advance for your help, Sandro

I'm sure most of you have seen this one. But since it is Chevauleger (and Bavarian Chevauleger, as well) it should be part of this thread. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2006...rt=#entry203048 Happy new year to all, Sandro

Thank you very much, Glenn, I will add this to the fact sheet for this pic. Regards, Sandro

Rick, Mike, Jens, Thank you very much for your help, really appreciated. Regards, Sandro