Awards entry in file

[Dave Danner]

OK, EK2 and MMV2 I can make out. Any Idea what the third item is? "Ehrenkreuz der Alten G___ vom 1923"? "Garde"? Anybody know what decoration this might be? He served in RIR 214 and IR 464.

[Bernhard H.Holst]

OK, EK2 and MMV2 I can make out. Any Idea what the third item is? "Ehrenkreuz der Alten G___ vom 1923"? "Garde"? Anybody know what decoration this might be? He served in RIR 214 and IR 464.

Hello Dan.

I believe you read that entry correctly "Ehrenkreuz der Alten Garde". Should you make a connection with any prior service with a Prussian guard unit I am rather inclined to associate it with a veteran association which as you know were very liberal in "awarding" medals and such sometimes with names which were fanciful ( example "Deutsche Ehrenlegion").

Bernhard H. Holst

[Dave Danner]

RIR 214 and IR 464 were considered Mecklenburg units, with a lot of soldiers from nearby regions (Schleswig-Holstein and the Hanseatic Cities). Actually, though IR 464's replacement formation was GR 89, most of the companies used to create it came from Schleswig-Holstein and Hanseatic regiments (RIR 31, IR 84, IR 85, FR 86, IR 162, IR 163). No Garde connection.

Googling, I find reference to an "Ehrenzeichen der Alten Garde" in connection with the Stahlhelmbund, but this wasn't a cross.

[Naxos]

The term: Alte Garde is in German often used to describe the ones that fought together and remain loyal to the cause.

Dave, I think this cross referred to as Ehrenkreuz der Alten Garde: http://www.antique-p...e-soldiers.html

Edited July 8, 2012 by Naxos

[Ulsterman]

Actually,I think it says meckl. V. II For mecklenburg verdeinst medal not mmvx.....

Edited October 4, 2012 by Ulsterman