Deruelle Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Hi everybody, I would like to show you what my wife has bought for me for my birthday. She has bought this nice ribbon bar. She outbid me (without my permission of course) but it's not important, like I have it now in my collection. Franz Richard Georg Amadeus Blohm served till the beginning of the war with the Jäger Bataillon Nr. 13 (whose Chief was the Prince of Reuß). His carreer : Fähnrich : 24.02.1903 Leutnant : 23.10.1903 Oberleutnant : 13.09.1912 Hauptmann : 17.03.1915 Hauptmann a. D. : 15.04.1919 Before the war he's received the following medals : The first one was the cross first class for general service of the Military Order of Merit of Spain on 13.10.1908 The second one was the Bronze Life Saving Medal on 15.03.1910 The third one was the Reuß Ehrenkreuz 4th cl with crown on 15.01.1914. During the War he has received the others orders and medals Sa3aX : 6.02.1916 SA3bX : 31.10.1914 RE3XKr : 6.04.1916 EK2 : 1.10.1914 BrKVK2a : date unknown After the WW1 he received the others medals Marine corps Flandern (not sure about the ribbon) : date unknown Hindenburg cross : date unknown Hungarian commemorative medal for WW1 service : date unknown Hauptmann Blohm was in the Reserve Jäger Btn from the beginning of the war till december 1916 and after that he was in the Feldeisenbahn 3. Armee Christophe Edited April 9, 2012 by Deruelle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 The back of the ribbon bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Close up of the Reuß medals First the RE3XKr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 The RE4Kr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Cross for general service of the Military Order of Merit of Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Hi Christoph! Your wife is very kind to you... ;-) Great combination of decorations, impressive! Especially with the foreign awards (Spanish order) in the end... strange that Flandernkreuz ribbon with swords paired with the FEK (Hindenburg cross)... I thought it wasn't allowed to be worn after 34. ciao, Claudio Edited January 14, 2012 by Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Thanks Claudio, My wife is the best, my son says that she is the best mom of the world, of the universe Thanks for your comment. This bar is very interresting indeed. I like the fact that he's worn peace and war Reuß ribbons. The only problem is the fact that I have no data about Reuß awards. In the Nimmergut's book he does not give us data for Reuß, so I don't know if it is rare or not. But I like. Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hunter Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 :love: What an impressive ribbon bar which should feel right at home in your excellent collection Christophe. Well done to your good lady wife! She has exquisite taste. I believe I am right in saying Hptm Blohm would have been a comrade of Lt d.R. Hederich & Oblt d. R von Eckstädt. Best wishes Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Ohhhhh I love the bars with Life saving medals on them ! And it must be rare with Braunschweig "horse" for frontline service to a Saxon officer or ? Just Super ! Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 New information about Blohm. He received the RE3KrX on 6 April 1916 Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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