Austria-Hungary Knights Cross of the Franz Joseph Order Award Document

[Naxos]

Not my area - any thoughts are appreciated

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Regards, Hardy

Edited April 26, 2007 by Naxos

[Guest Rick Research]

That is the cover letter accompanying the actual decoration and award document itself. This is the personal congratulations and oh BTW send back the enclosed signed receipt letter that came in the set originally.

[Naxos]

Thanks Rick,

is there any way to research the good Doktor Lurtz?

Hardy

[Christian Zulus]

Thanks Rick,

is there any way to research the good Doktor Lurtz?

Hardy

Dear Hardy,

I found in the Hungarian newspaper "Orszgos Hirlap" of the very late 19th century 2 times a "Dr. Lurtz" mentionend, but I don't understand the Hungarian language :

http://epa.oszk.hu/00200/00242/00073/pdf/00073.pdf

http://epa.oszk.hu/00200/00242/00040/pdf/00040.pdf

There are 5 "Lurtz" registered in the Austrian phonebook:

http://www.herold.at/servlet/at.herold.sp....776322580180106

You might get some valid information about Doctor Lurtz at the "Wiener ?rztekammer" (Chamber of MDs in Vienna), at the department "Standesf?hrung", if they still have their k.u.k. archives (they might have been transfered to the STAATSARCHIV ?):

http://www.aekwien.or.at/131.html (you might contact via e-mail one of the 2 listed ladies)

You might find also some some article about Dr. Lurtz and his order in the archives of the WIENER ZEITUNG:

http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault...2&Alias=wzo

Best regards

Christian

[Naxos]

Thank you Christian

Hardy

[Christian Zulus]

Thank you Christian

Hardy

Dear Hardy,

some of our GMIC-members speak Hungarian - maybe they can tell you, what's written in the newspapers ?

When you get some results of the research, it would be great, if you might show them at GMIC .

High ranking Austrian Imperial decorations to medical doctors are rather rare - more common to military people or civil servants .

Best regards from Vienna

Christian

[Guest Rick Research]

Almanach der Mitglieder des Kaiserlich-?sterreichischen Franz Joseph-Orden herausgegeben anl?sslich seiner sechszigj?hrigen Gr?ndungsfeier (1909) p. 102:

"Lurtz, Wilhelm M.Dr., Primararzt i. Krankenhause d. Wiener Kaufmannsch., Oberarzt d. Staatseisenb.-Gesellsch. ?FJ (Off 908) (Wien I., Stefanplatz 6)."

So-- he got an OFFICER pinback grade Order in 1908, and was both a Vienna city hospital and State Railways physician.

[Naxos]

Thank you for the interesting details Rick!

Hardy

[Josef Rietveld]

He was Primararzt, not an ordinary doctor, but the head of a hospitals departement.

lg

josef

[Ulsterman]

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