Glenn J Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Check out this offering on ebay.de: http://www.ebay.de/itm/181180855432?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648 Generalleutnant Rudolf v. Wartenberg 1816-1898 it is most certainly not!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Remarkably pretty though. Always nice to see a Brunswick long service cross. Do save the image if--as seems often sadly the case--the price goes into orbit. Who ARE the secretly skulking people who pay vast fortunes for things and never share them? Research Gnomes they are not! PS Best not to correct anything here publicly. eller doesn't know and why give away freebies to SSP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Always nice to see a Brunswick long service cross Its a pretty rare thing. By 1895 they were just seven officers in the Prussian Army who held it. Of these, three were already "zur Disposition". By 1900 that had reduced to two. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Well, Herr General went for some 56 Euros! he was, in fact the then Generalmajor Arthur v. Bernewitz, General Officer commanding the 31.Kavallerie-Brigade in Straßburg. General v. Bernewitz (1842-1920), commanded the brigade, initially as an Oberst from 17 February 1894 to 20 July 1897. This from the 1896 Rangliste. A former Braunschweig Hussar Officer, he had already earned his Brunswick 25 year long service cross before the 1886 convention incorporating the Braunschweig contingent into the Prussian Army proper. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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