Saxony My Saxon collection

[Bayern]

On 24/05/2016 at 21:29, ccj said:

 

Appears to be a well worn tunic . but unusual are the Swedish cuffs and the absence of the breast pockets. apart from that the buttons looks bright as if they were those of the peacetime tunic for Saxon Generals. 

[graham]

Christophe,

Congratulations on a fantastic collection.

My Cross of honor with crown and swords (SKzXmK):

 

 

[chuck]

Very Nice!!

[graham]

Thanks Chuck,

To go with it, my Cross of honor with swords (SKzX):

[chuck]

Nice set they are on my wish list, and I know the crown is difficult to find.

[Deruelle]

Hi Graham, thanks for your kind word.

You have got two very nice crosses. Congrats. The most difficult will be to find boxes to go with them.

Christophe

[Komtur]

On 15/04/2020 at 17:38, Deruelle said:

Hello,

Here is Bernhard Karl Hermann Thedel Graf Kielmansegg

... and here is his medal bar:

[graham]

Beautiful Komtur.

Thanks Chuck and Christophe, yes the boxes are far more difficult to find.

Lastly my Cross of Honor:

 

 

[Deruelle]

@Graham : you have another nice medal, congrats.

@Komtur : You are lucky to have the Kielmansegg medal bar. It is strange that the SA3a he received on 24 May 1909 is not on his medal bar. I don't know why he never received the SH3 or SA2BX.

I like the old SV3aX

Christophe

Edited June 26, 2020 by Deruelle

[Komtur]

6 hours ago, Deruelle said:

... It is strange that the SA3a he received on 24 May 1909 is not on his medal bar. ...

He got the officer cross in 1917.

[Deruelle]

You are right, I forgot it. but no swords on his cross. Too bad

[David M]

18 hours ago, Komtur said:

... and here is his medal bar:

What that 3rd medal.with the white ribbon?

[jaba1914]

Saxony, life saving medal in  silver (SLM)

 

Kind regards

Alex

[BlackcowboyBS]

On 26/06/2020 at 18:54, Komtur said:

... and here is his medal bar:

 

 

Wow great medal bar! I wonder why it is arranged this way, shouldn't the iron cross be on the first place, than the saxonian and then the war merit cross from Brunswick be in the 3rd place? Bu a real beauty. Congratulations on this one!

[Deruelle]

Hi blackcowboys

Here is the rule of Saxony how to wear medals before 1933

Christophe

[Deruelle]

Hello

Recently I have bought this nice card. Here is Leutnant d. R. Walther Kleeberg from IR 134.

He received the

SH3 on 8 December 1916

SV3bX after May 1918 (not on the Roth's book)

SA3bX on 30 November 1915

HE3X on 2 May 1918

With that photos a new SV3bX is discovered. Now there is 1882 Saxon officers who received it.

you can see that Kleeberg choose to wear the HE3X ahead the iron cross 2nd class against the rule. The photo has been taken in 1921

Christophe

[laurentius]

6 hours ago, Deruelle said:

you can see that Kleeberg choose to wear the HE3X ahead the iron cross 2nd class against the rule.

Always those cheeky Saxons ?

Nice Addition Christophe

[Deruelle]

On 22/07/2020 at 23:05, laurentius said:

Always those cheeky Saxons

Thanks my friend.

Here is new addition. Photo of King of Saxony inspecting troops.

[Deruelle]

Officers from FAR 48

 

[Deruelle]

Hello everybody

Here some news from my collection

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2020 by Deruelle

[Deruelle]

Another one. Recently I have received the Cross 3rd class with X of Princely House of Hohenzollern.

A "Famous chest" Leutnant Fritz Richard from IR 134

 

 

[Deruelle]

An interesting photo of Leutnant d. L Otto Nicko from RIR 242

He has received

St Henry silver medal on 6 October 1915

Knight cross 2nd class with X of Albert of Saxe on le 6 October 1916

Cross 4th class with X of Albert of Saxe on 3 July 1915

both iron crosses and Brunswick cross of 2nd class.

The photo is from 1919.

[Deruelle]

Hi

Here is my new photo, one officer of IR 106 with his nice medal bar. For the occasion he wore his Feldbinde, gloves, swords with Portepee and his nice Pickelhaube.

Christophe

[Deruelle]

Another one

Hauptmann Rudolf Räßler from PB 22 (later Generalmajor during WW2)

Christophe

 

[laurentius]

2 hours ago, Deruelle said:

A very nice picture. I wonder if the EK1 was later added to the picture? Rässler stands at an angle to the camera but the EK1 seems to be photographed straight from the front.

Kind regards, Laurentius