W McSwiggan Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Hamelman states that v. Bismarck was awarded the military PlM & Oakleaves at the same time (1 September 1884) and the civil PlM for Science & Arts (20 January 1896). Of interest, his was the only instance of a simultaneous award of the order and oakleaves during the reign of Wilhelm I. Not too bad!Anyone have a full list of his orders & decorations? I note that he wears a neck cross at the proclamation of the empire but that was before his award of the PlM. He is wearing the sash of the Black Eagle so I assume that is not also at his throat. Any ideas?There are at least three holders of both:Helmuth von Moltke - military class in 1839, civil class in 1874Otto von Bismarck - military class in 1884, civil class in 1896Hermann von Kuhl - military class in 1916, civil class in 1924The Elder Moltke also had the Oakleaves (1871), the Grand Cross (1879) and the Crown (with diamonds) (1889) of the military class. Generalleutnant von Kuhl also received the Oakleaves in December 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 (edited) Beautifull. Elias L?nnrot was awarded with PLM for sciences and arts in 1872 and Artturi Virtanen in 1971. Two finns so far.. Edited December 10, 2006 by Blitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Eagle Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Here a ribbon bar from my collection:Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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