Deruelle Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Here is a new photo I have received recently. The photo has been taken in 1911.This officer at this time has in his medal bar the following medals : Knight cross 1st class of Albert Orden of Saxe : 23 May 1905 Long service medal for 25 years : 1906 Red Eagle Order 4th class of Prussia 23 September 1908 Centenary medal : 22 March 1897 Knight cross of the Orden of the Crown of Wurttemberg : 23 September 1908. He received more medals after. Knight cross 1st class of Merit Order : 23 May 1912 During the war he received : Knight cross of St Henry : 14 January 1916 Officer cross with X of Albert Order : 10 February 1915 And both iron crosses. His promotion Leutnant : 13 October 1882 Oberleutnant : 20 November 1888 Hauptmann : 18 September 1893 Major : 23 April 1904 Oberstleutnant : 11 July 1910 Char. Oberst : 20 March 1912 Oberst : 22 February 1915 z.D. : 20 March 1912 Generalmajor : 27 April 1918 a. D. : 31 March 1920. During the war, he served in the R.I.R Nr. 245 and in Ersatz Infanterie Regiment Nr. 24 I like the saxon medal bar with Wurttemberg knight cross of Order of the Crown. I hope you will like it. Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Another information, for the moment I have found only 13 Saxon officiers who received peacetime WK3. Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komtur Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Nice picture! But isn´t it him more possibly as Oberstleutnant then as Oberst? As you noticed, he got the knight 1st class of the Merit Order with his dismission in May 1912. Therefore the picture must be before his promotion to Char. Oberst. Regards, Komtur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hunter Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Great photo Christophe. Best wishes Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Thanks for your comments. To Komtur, you are right, at the time the photo has been taken, in 1911 (I have said it in the first post) Hesse was only Oberstleutnant, sorry for my mistake Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Outstanding photo, but who is this officer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Hi, Oberstleutnant (at the time the photo was taken), then Generalmajor Richard Hesse Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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