A Saxon Freikorp's Dude's Fashion Ribbons Assemblage

[Guest Rick Research]

Here is yet another soooooooooooooo close Saxon Short List group:

SV3bX, SA3aX, SA3bX, EK2, Silesian Eagle with Xs authorized in 1921—in every imaginable method of wear including French style rosettes! Note that all of the lapel ribbons only have one Albert (and no microscopic X devices)—but all these came together years ago.

As a trio—SV3bX (and there was not a single trio where it was a SV3aX), SA3aX, SA3bX—285 Saxon officers received this but virtually all of them had the “Saint Henry quartet.” Only 11 had no other ribboned German WW1 awards. The Silesian Eagles of 1919-1921 were, of course, “invisible” in official sources.

Of the 11, one may hopefully either be confirmed or excluded by his portrait photo in the sadly defunct Biblio Army Generals’ series—

BILHARZ, Eugen: Generalmajor (1886-1963)

The other 10 possible wearers were:

BRÜCKNER, Hans: Dr., Stabsarzt dR IR 139

HAUFFE, Martin: Hauptmann FAR 245

HELSIG, Kurt: Hauptmann dL RIR 102

HONECKER, Wolfgang: Dr., Stabsarzt dR IR 102

MAURER, Johannes: Hauptmann FAR 64

QUECK, Karl: Oberleutnant dL LIR 10

SCHREITERER, Max: Hauptmann dR Mun Kol 942

STELZNER, Albert: Hauptmann dR Staff of Art Kdr 137

ULBRICHT, Friedrich: Hauptmann Staff of GenKdo XIX. AK

And

WALTER, Erich: Hauptmann FAR 78

In this case, ABSENCE of OTHER awards actually narrowed down the list of potential recipients…

Thus far and no further! :banger:

[Guest Rick Research]

There was a 12th suspect, but I have this photo of later-Generalleutnant Konrad Haase circa 1934/35 and... noooo Silesian Eagle: