Paul C Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 A recent pick up. I can id all of the ribbon except for one.1. EK2. Saxon MVO w/swords3. Sax-Albert Knight w/swords4. Reuss5. Reuss6. Hindenburg w/sw7. ?8. ? (I always get confused on this one)The back is dark blue so maybe Navy???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Hi Paul,The "confusing" ribbons are:7. Austrian (1. Republik) WWI commemorative medal8. Hungary WWI commemorative medalCiao,Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 With the Reuss awards, almost certainly an officer from J?ger Battalion 13, and most likely a Leutnant/Leutnant dR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 2. Saxon MVO w/swords...The back is dark blue so maybe Navy????Just "VO".The Saxon Verdienstorden (Merit Order) was originally founded as a civil order, the Zivildienstorden (Civil Service Order) and is sometimes still called that, although civil fell out of the name in the 19th century and Dienst became Verdienst.Also, likely not navy as Reu? awards were exceedingly rare in the German navy. As Rick notes, the most common Saxon recipients of Reu? decorations were in Kgl. S?chs. 2. J?ger-Bataillon Nr. 13, to which the reigning prince of Reu? j?ngere Linie, Heinrich XXVII (who was also regent of Reu? ?ltere Linie) was ? la suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Sorting through list I find only 10 men in Sax Jager Reg. 13 who have the correct combination of Saxon awards. Unforunately they are all reserve officers who are not listed in the 1914 Saxon ranklist. There is no way to eliminate any as they are reserve officers and the Honor Ranklist does not list reserve officers to find out if any died. Even if the Reuss awards rolls are found I think I may have a hard time finding this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Becker Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Nice bar, Paul. Which classes of the Reuss Honorcross awards do the two ribbons represent? 3rd class with x and 4th class with x? Gerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 It is not possible to determine the class of the Reuss awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) The most typical, especially without long service or other awards, would be a 4th class or a merit medal as an officer candidate and a 3rd class as a lieutenant. I think this is why Rick suggested a Lt. or Lt.d.R. as a candidate. Of course, in this case, if a Saxon officer candidate, one might also expect a silver Friedrich-August-Medaille.Adolf Heusinger, who entered the Reu? regiment, IR 96, as a Fahnenjunker in June 1915, received the Silver Merit Medal with Swords in June 1916 while a F?hnrich. He was commissioned a Leutnant on July 4, 1916 and received the Honor Cross 3rd Class with Swords in June 1917. He wore both Reu? ribbons on his Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr uniforms. Edited February 27, 2007 by Dave Danner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Becker Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Thank you, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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