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    Posted (edited)
    3 hours ago, Deruelle said:

    Hi

     

    Dresdner Nachrichten 6 August 1918

     

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    Leutnant d.R. Tauchnitz received the HOH3X on 24.6.1918 while serving in Fliegerabteilung 270 Lb. Unfortunately, there were three Saxon Leutnants d.R. Tauchnitz who served with the Fliegertruppe: Bernhard, Christian (*6.9.1890 in Leipzig-Lößnig) and Stephan (*11.10.1889 in Leipzig, †23.12.1962 in Bad Homburg v.d.H.). I've no idea which one was in FA 270 Lb.  Maybe Gunnar can help.

     

    Bernhard seems most likely, since he had the SH3.

     

    2 hours ago, Deruelle said:

    Dresdner Nachrichten 8 August 1918

     

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    Hptm.a.D. Friedrich Römer in FußAR 12 received the HOH3X on 17.6.1918.

    Edited by Dave Danner
    Posted
    38 minutes ago, Deruelle said:

    Dredsner Nachrichten 28 August 1918

     

     

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    Kiehl, Kurt
    *4.8.1893 in Dresden, auf dem 30.6.1947 für † erklärt durch Beschluß des Amtsgerichts Heidelberg vom 4.5.1951.

     

    24.09.1914 Kriegsfreiwilliger, Luftschiffer-Ersatz-Abteilung 2
    21.11.1914 zum Luftschiffertrupp 14 versetzt
    28.04.1915 Gefreiter
    18.06.1915 Unteroffizier
    30.03.1916 in die Luftschiffer-Ersatz-Abteilung 2 versetzt
    08.05.1916 zur Felduftschifferschule Jüterbog
    29.07.1916 zum Reserve-Offizier-Aspirant ernannt
    23.09.1916 in die Felduftschiffer-Abteilung 43 versetzt
    10.12.1916 Vizefeldwebel
    31.03.1917 Leutnant der Reserve (I Dresden) der Luftschiffertruppen
    29.03.1917 infolge Neugliederung der Abteilung zum Ballonzug 106 versetzt
    23.12.1917 mit der Führung des Ballonzugs 106 beauftragt
    06.02.1918 verwundet
    17.03.1918 aus Lazarett zurück

     

    17.03.1917 EK2
    23.11.1917 EK1
    07.08.1918 HOH3X

    Posted

    Hi Dave,

     

    Regarding the Lt dR Tauchnitz in FAA 270, I am also rather convinced that Bernhard is the wanted man. He like many Saxons flyers do not have any BAMA or BA file. 

    He got an "anerkennung" on 21.05.1918 published in the weekly Kofl 3. An anerkennung nearly always lead to an "higher" award for flying officers. For non-officers it nearly always lead to an extra higher promotion.

    For example Johannes Ziegler also from FAA 270 received an anerkennung in 02.1918 which lead to that he received the Hohx on 09.04.1918. Later on Johannes received at least one more anerkennung which meant that he was vorgeschlagen for the PLM.

     

    Gunnar

    Posted

    Berlin, Julius Adolf Lothar
    *01.06.1880 in Weferlingen, Gardelegen
    †20.01.1955 in Berlin-Schöneberg

     

    xx.xx.1901 in das Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 8 eingetreten
    18.10.1901 Fähnrich
    14.08.1902 Leutnant mit Patent vom 19.08.1901 (B3b)
    19.08.1910 Oberleutnant (Y11y)
    01.10.1912 in das Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 16 versetzt
    08.10.1914 Hauptmann (O11o)
    xx.xx.19xx in das Reichsheer übernommen (3. Artillerie-Regiment)
    xx.xx.1922 RDA als Hauptmann vom 08.10.1914 (40)
    01.08.1924 Major (2)
    31.03.1926 ausgeschieden

     

    HOH3X, EK1, FEK, VAs

    Posted

    The RFAR 20 officer was likely Gerhard Becker from the reserve of FAR 10, one of RFAR 20's parent regiments. The other Becker from FAR 10, Leo, was killed in action in 1915 as a Hptm.d.R.

    Posted

    According to the Generals' Bios Series, GM Arthur von Briesen got the HHOX as well, not just GdI Kurt von Briesen. 

     

     

    Posted (edited)
    5 hours ago, webr55 said:

    According to the Generals' Bios Series, GM Arthur von Briesen got the HHOX as well, not just GdI Kurt von Briesen.

     

    Their information is incorrect. I have reviewed Arthur-Hemann v. Briesen's HPA file. No Hohenzollern.

     

    On the other hand, here is a Wehrmacht general whom we can confirm did have the HOH3X:

     

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    Siegfried von Rekowski's WW1 decorations, including the HOH3X, are undated in his HPA file. Here are his later awards:

     

    02.10.1936 Wehrmacht (Heer) Dienstauszeichnung 2. bis 4. Klasse
    xx.xx.1940 Wehrmacht (Heer) Dienstauszeichnung 1. Klasse
    xx.xx.1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
    02.10.1939 Spange zum EK2
    09.10.1939 Spange zum EK1
    15.09.1942 Ostmedaille
    02.02.1943 Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber
    26.02.1943/05.03.1943 Nennung im Ehrenblatt des Deutschen Heeres
    19.06.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    24.12.1943 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

    Edited by Dave Danner
    Posted

    Siegfried von Rekowski, 1896-1990 

     

    Luftwaffe sources and Generals' Bios Series credit GL Hilmer Freiherr von Bülow with HHOX, hard to tell in the picture: 

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    Posted
    2 hours ago, webr55 said:

    Luftwaffe sources and Generals' Bios Series credit GL Hilmer Freiherr von Bülow with HHOX, hard to tell in the picture: 

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    No HOH3X in his Luftwaffe Personalakte:

     

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    Posted

    A late-war recipient:

     

    Knoben, Ferdinand Joseph
    *17.4.1886 in Heinsberg, Bankbeamter in Berlin
    10.09.1915 Leutnant d.R. (II Berlin) im Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 1, 2-mal verwundet.
    HOH3X am 21.10.1918.

    Posted

    Mertin, Fritz Walter Alexander
    *3.10.1893 in Hirschberg im Riesengebirge
    stud.jur., nach dem 1.WK Rechtsanwalt und Notar ebenda
    Leutnant d.R., 1915-1918 im Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 50, Oberleutnant d.R. a.D.
    HOH3X am 20.1.1918

    Posted

    Pracht, Paul Wolfgang
    *11.9.1880 in Warmbrunn, Hirschberg
     - Dr.jur. (25.7.1907, Leipzig), Rechtsanwalt in Berlin, Landgerichtsrat, Amtsgerichtsrat, 1927 Landgerichtsdirektor, Vorsitzender des Landesarbeitsgerichts Berlin, Vorsitzender des Preußischen Richtervereins.
     - He was still listed as a Landgerichtsdirektor in the 1941 Berlin Adreßbuch, and was still living as a Rechtsanwalt in Berlin after the Second World War.
     - 17.12.1908 Leutnant d.R. des Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 98, ins Feld mit Regiment, dreimal verwundet (1914, 1915, 1916), 22.05.1915 Oberleutnant d.R., 21.04.1918 Hauptmann d.R., Hauptmann d.R.a.D.
     - HOH3X am 4.9.1918

     - no other known decorations, although presumably the Verwundetenabzeichen in mattweiß. As a Justizbeamter through at least 1941, he probably also had the Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen.

     

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