webr55 Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Incredible! That photo seems to have been taken at the same time as the first. Thanks for posting!!Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) And here's another piece of Generalleutnant v. Besser's story, thanks to Dave's upload of Die Ritter des Eisernen Kreuzes in alphabetischer Reihenfolge Heft 2, Feb 1915 ( ). How v. Besser won the EK1 1914 is one of the longest citations in the entire book: Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 That would be an interesting book, what does it mention? All the EK1 and the reasons for award?And here's another piece of Generalleutnant v. Besser's story, thanks to Dave's upload of Die Ritter des Eisernen Kreuzes in alphabetischer Reihenfolge Heft 2, Feb 1915 ( ). How v. Besser won the EK1 1914 is one of the longest citations in the entire book: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 That would be an interesting book, what does it mention? All the EK1 and the reasons for award?Here is the original thread about the book:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19385 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 And another piece of Besser escapes oblivion - from the days of Victorian globalization: As a young Leutnant, he went or was sent to the US -- to the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Not only that - he wrote a book about it: "Sechs Wochen in Nord-Amerika", printed (presumably financed by himself) in Berlin in 1877. I managed to get a copy of the book - it is not particularly interesting, written in a plain and sober style, depicting where he went and what he did. This is the cover page: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 His signature on the following page (I bet he signed all copies): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Very, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 (edited) I think I've found another reason for his affection towards the Garde-Schützen-Bataillon: There was an Oberstleutnant von Besser commanding the GSB in 1866. Is it possible that this was his father? I don't have the relevant ranklists, could anyone check this? Edited December 16, 2022 by webr55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Liontas Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 WOW! I just saw this thread, Amazing items with great history!!! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 I have had this bar for many years, but only now found out what the last ribbon is: It is not, as Rick thought long ago, a regimental medal. It is the Dutch 1901 Wedding Medal (Huwelijksmedaille, https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huwelijksmedaille_1901) for the Wedding of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Besser, then OTL, must have been a guest at the wedding, which makes additional sense since he had a connection to Mecklenburg and several of their awards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 This one! But issued in silver to the general as he was a foreign guest. Regards Herman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Exactly, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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