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Dr. Nußbaums Orden from the 1885 Militär Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern: Bayerische: Milit. Verdienst Orden- Großcomthur Verdienst Orden des Bayer. Krone- Ritter Verdienst Orden von heiligen Michael- Ritter 1. Kl. KDM für 1870/71 (aus Bronce) Armee Denkzeichen 1866 Österreichische: ÖEK3 ÖFJ2mSt Preußische: EK2w Päpstliche: Orden Gregor des Großen- Ritter Königreich beider Sicilien: Orden Franz I- Ritter 1. Kl. Königliche Spanische: Orden Karls III.- Ritterkreuz As a side note, when I lived in Munich from 2003 until 2007 I lived at Nußbaumstraße 14, very near to Sendlinger Tor. This part of Munich is home to many clinics and hospitals. In a small park directly across from my apartment is a statue honoring the good doctor. Gone- but not totally forgotten.

Claudio, Thanks very much. That's the first one I've seen. Andy

Gents, I am not certan that there was only one person to whom that chain might have belonged. There are two infantry captains, Wilhelm Reuß (18. IR) and Julius Rohe (5. IR), who had the same combination in 1914. They both, unlike Dr. Hans Heim z.D., also had the 24 year long service cross. Both survived the war as well. What is the third medal from the left???? Andy

Vince, Heinrich von Fransecky (04.01.1842-04.06.1917) 17.06.1897-12.08.1898 Kom. d. 49. Inf. Brig. 16.06.1896-17.08.1897 Kom. d. IR 13 15.07.1893-16.06.1896 Insp. d. Marine Infanterie Andy

Vince, Thure von Kuylenstjerna (24.03.1829-23.03.1888) went on to command Ulan. R. 12 11.02.1873-12.03.1878 and then he became "Inspekteur der Train", retiring on 05.02.1887 as a Gen.Lt. Andy

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Vince, If you send me a PM with your e-mail address, I'll send along a scanned copy of his entry from the IR 78 Offiziers-Stammliste. In additon to the info in the scan, he died 14.06.1909. At the time of his retirement (as shown in the 1897 Rangliste) he had the following awards: PRAO3mSchl PKrO3 EK2 PStJO PDK BMV3a GHVP3amSchw ?FJ3 RA3 RSt2 Andy

Vince, I just sent you a PDF with M?ller's bio, to include a photograph. Andy

Paging through the Biblio series "Die Generale and admirale der Bundeswehr 1955-1999", volume three, the only General named M?ller who had any Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS)service was Alfred Johannes M?ller (20.08.1909 in Sperbitz bei Dresden-07.02.1997 in Kroberg/Taunus). The photo of him shows only part of his two-row ribbon bar. The odd thing is that the second ribbon on the lower bar appears to be "Frozen Meat Award" (Eastern Front). While it is conceivible he would have left this off his 1957 ribbon bar, it does present a question. For a moment let's assume this is the guy: He entered the Reichswehr 01.04.1929 in 10. Inf. R. (L?bau). After initial training he was promoted Leutn. on 01.05.1933 with a seniority date of 15.10.1932After serving with Inf. R. Potsdam and then IR 31, he attended the Kriegsakademie from 03.11.1938-25.08.1939. He served in General staff postions through 1944. For a brief period (13.01-13.03.45) he commanded Parachute Regiment 1. Highest Wehrmacht rank attained was Oberstlt. i.G. 01.05.1943. He was a POW from 02.05.1945-28.03.1947. Called to the BGS in 1951 as a Major, he served in various posItions (rising to the rank of Oberstlt. im BGS 24.06.1954) until being called up to the Bundeswehr on 30.06.1956, and promoted Oberst the following day. From then until his retirement on 31.03.1968, he served in staff positions with no troop time or commands. Highest rank attained was Generalmajor- 20.12.1965. As I am still a scanning novice and am not eligible to post larger files to the forums, I am not able to post his photo here. Andy

There is another point that should be mentioned regarding the numbers Eric listed and sourced to the Ordens-Listen. Those numbers are for individuals who had received the Orders AND who were still alive as of the date of that particular Ordens-Liste. This became clear to me as I was working through the recipients of awards for the 1866 War (as given in an excerpt from the 1867 Milit?r Wochenblatt Nr. 91 which provides a summarized list of award recipients) and then cross-checking his listings. Before anyone suggests that I am impugning Eric's work, I am not. I am merely drawing attention to the fact that he provides totals as reflected in the Ordens-Listen, not necessarily totals awarded that year. And, as Werner correctly points out, who can be certain of absolute numbers so long after the award dates absent primary sources? Heck, even the Milit?r Wochenbl?tter contain errors and omissions. That said, Eric's work certainly deserves the respect and admiration found here on GMIC. Andy

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Now that would have been something to see!!

The number and variety of the Ranglisten is simply astounding. Just when I think I've seen the last one another type pops up. My most recent pick up was the "Allgemeine Rang- und Quartierliste f?r das VIII., IX. und X. Armeecorps und die Reserve Infanterie Division des Deutschen Bundesheeres f?r 1860" This little beauty, a privately created work of an LT in the 1. Infanterie Bataillon L?beck, provides a level of detail I have not seen anywhere else on the Bundesheer. I'd just love to get an 1866 edition, if one was even prepared.

Just to add additonal sources to strengthen the id of Rudolf Sass: On page 27 of the "Rangliste der Intendanturbeamten des Deutschen Reicheeres, der Kaiserlichen Marine und des Reichs Kolonioal Amts f?r 1914 (abgeschlossen am 10. Juni 1914), E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin, 1914, there is listed Rechn. Rat Sass. He was assigend to XIV AK and is listed as having the PKrO4 and MD2 (Milit?rdienstkreuz f?r 15 j?hrige Dienstzeit). Further confirmation can be found in the 5th Supplement to the 1905 Ordensliste on page 244, which announces the awarding of the PKrO4 and povides his given name as Rudolf. Andy

Terry, What level of detail of information are you looking for? For starters, Gen.Lt. Louis Hahn was, as evidenced by this award document, commander of the 9. Division (21.04.1898-18.05.1901). Prior to that, he commanded the 3rd Field artillery brigade (17.03.94-21.03.98) and Field Artillery Regiment 16 (24.03.1890-17.03.1894). He was born 27.10.1842. None of my sources list his date of death, to include Reinhard Montag's list of Generals. Odd for a Gen.Lt. that no one knows when he was called to the Grand Army! I'd be quite interested to see the remainder of the documents- always nice to have several to an individual. Andy

Gentlemen, LIR equates to Lehr Infanterie Regiment. Hans von Tippelskirch (1863-1945) was commadner of that regiment from 18.07.1916 until 18.01.1917, when he became commander of the 11. Landw. Brigade. Andy

Walter Frhr. von Esebeck was born 17. July 1853 in Berlin to Karl, retired Major from the Garde F?s. R. He was commissioned a Sek.Lt. on 16.10.1873 in the 3. Garde Ulanen R. He served as a squadron officer in the 3rd squadron from 1873-1879. After a year as the regimental adjutant (1880), he was seconded to the Embassy in Vienna for a year. Back to the regiment in 1882 (2. Esk.), then then spent two years (1883-1884) at the Milit. Reit Institute. Two more years of squardon duty awaited him upon his return. On 19.09.1888 he was promoted Rittmeister and given the 4th squardon, which he commanded until 1896 when he was attached to the Meldereiter Detachment d. Garde Korps. From 1897-1898 he was the personal adjutant of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia. 1899 and 1900 he was on the staff of Drag. R. 24. In 1901 he was placed "zur Disposition behufs ?bertritt i.d. Kgl. Hofdienst m. Pension und der Uniform d. 3. Garde Ulanen R." In 1903 he was the Vize-Ober-Stallmister. Oberst 16.06.10* Oberstlt. 24-12.03* Major 01-09-96 Rittm. 19-09-88 Prem.Lt. 03-03-83 Sek.Lt. 16-10-73 *charakterisiert Andy

Friedrich M?ller (21.09.1864-16.02.1921) was commander of IR 68 from 17.03.1915-30.07.1917. He went on to be the commadner of Landwehr Bezirk C?ln. Andy

I believe that to be the signature of G.d.I. Moritz Frhr. von Lyncker, Vortr. Gen. Adj. Sr. Majest?t, Chef d. Milit. Kab., ? l.s. 1. GRzF Andy

Chris, His pre-war career. Not sure of his dates as Gouv. of Metz during the war. Walter Pelkmann (1859-1919) xx.xx.xx-xx.xx.xx Gouv. v. Metz 01.04.13 mit Pension zur Disposition gestellt 19.12.11-01.04.13 Insp. d. 1. Fu?art. Insp. (Berlin) 14.04.07-19.12.11 Kom. d. 3. Fu?art. Brig. (Metz) 22.03.02-14.04.07 Chef d. St. d. Gen. Insp. d. Fu?art. (Berlin), U.d. Fu?art. R. 11 18.08.00-22.03.02 Kom. d. Fu?art. R. 11 (Thorn) 18.03.99-18.08.00 1. Art. Offiz. v. Platz in Stra?burg 17.04.97-18.03.99 Kom. d. Fu?art. Batl. 14 (Ulm) 19.12.93-17.04.97 in Fu?art. Abtl. (A5) im Kr. Min. 25.03.93-19.12.93 Adj. d. Dir. d. Allg. Kr. Deptmt., k.z. Dienstl. b. Fu?art. Abtl. im Kr. Min., ? l.s. Fu?art. R. 2 14.02.91-25.03.93 Chef 5./Fu?art. R. 2 (Danzig) 1888-14.02.91 Adj. d. 2. Fu?art. Insp. (Berlin), ? l.s. Fu?art. R. 1 1885-1887 Adj. d. Fu?art. R. 2 (Swinem?nde) 1884 ?berzahliger Oberlt. b. Fu?art. Batl. 9 (Bremerhaven) 1881-1883 Adj. I./Fu?art. R. 2 (Swinem?nde) 1879-1880 k.z. Art. u. Ing. Sch. v. Fu?art. R. 2 1878 in 1./Fu?art. R. 2 (Swinem?nde) Gen.Lt. 10-09-10 - Gen.Maj. 18-05-07 A Oberst 22-03-03 Bb Oberstlt. 15-12-00 E Major 24-07-94 O Hptm. 13-11-88 Oblt. 13-12-83 Leutn. 12-02-76

Volume 4 of Georg Tessin's series "Verb?nde und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS 1939-1945" shows that this unit was raised on 08.05.1842 in Wehrkreis XIII (N?rnberg). It was an army level level, that in 1944, found itself in Serbia assigned to Feldeisenb. Kdo I. October 1944 moved to Belgrade and 1945 to Slavonsky Brod under Feldeisenb. Kdo 7. Not much, but perhaps a start. Andy

Volume three is the one with many names that you will find of interest now that you are on the hunt for the E-Offiziere. Don''t forget the addenda in volumes one and two (another reason why I prefer real books instead of scans- you can write in them!) Andy

As Rick and others have pointed out countless times on this forum and others, one can never have too many sources. One of my first "modern" pick ups when I began this trek many years ago, was the four volume set (book by book as they slowly made their way on to the market) " Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939", published by Biblio Verlag in the early 1990's. These are a wealth of information, to include first names and dates of birth and death. It is a great source and one that should not be overlooked by those serious about this hobby. Andy

Hans Gebauer (10.05.1898-13.12.1973) Commander of Pz. Abtl. Abtl. 28 from 06.10.1936- at least the beginning of the war. The 1919 Seniority list gives two Lts., one in Fu?art. R. 17 and the other in IR 46. There is also Zeug Lt. at the artilllery depot in Brandenburg. Based on this man's date of birth and the date of rank inthe seniority list I would say the Lt. in Fu?art. R. 17 is a better bet. This Lt. is also to be found in the 1923-28 Army lists in the 1. Sanit?ts Abtl. His 1924 awards are the EK2 and the wound badge in black. Andy

Ingo, Yes, he was a field artillery officer. Andy