Chris Boonzaier Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hyazinth Lieber was a Lawyer, a reserve Officer he was wounded in august 1914, then again on the 6th of November. He died in Hospital on the 26th of November 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 While he was wounded... they fell over themselves to get him his medals before he died..... Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Bavarian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Baden... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 The Baden Zähringer Löwen document was evidently sent to the family some time after the award.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Doktor Lieber's all too brief entry in the 1914 Prussian Court and State Handbook which shows him as a Rechtsanwalt practicing in the town of Rüdesheim. Although a Bavarian reserve officer, Dr. Lieber was a Prussian citizen born in the province of Hessen-Nassau. A Leutnant der Reserve since 11.2.08, the Court and State does not show his Bavarian Landwehr 2nd Class Long Service Decoration or the Prinz-Regent Luitpold Jubilee Medal seen in the photograph. Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) His full name was the opposite of brief: Hyazinth Maximilian Telesphor Maria Josef Lieber. He was the son of Ernst Lieber (1838-1902), a politician and member of the Reichstag, and Josefine Arnold (1853–1932). He was also the nephew of Dr. med. August Lieber, a doctor and poet in Innsbruck, who had moved to Austria from Nassau during his medical studies. According to the Jahresverzeichnis der deutschen Hochschulschriften, although a Prussian citizen and Bavarian reservist, Hyazinth received his Dr. jur. in Saxony, from the University of Leipzig on 4 August 1909. His legal studies had taken him to Munich and Würzburg, among other schools, which is presumably why he did his military service in Bavaria. He entered service on 1 April 1902 (I presume as a one-year volunteer) and was commissioned a Lt.d.R. on 11 February 1908. The first wound in August 1914 was a bullet to the gut (Bauchschuß G.G.) in fighting by Bertrimoutier, near St. Dié. The second, fatal, wound, was a bullet to the lower jaw (Unterkiefer G.G.) by Senones. He was at the time Kompanie-Führer of the 4.Komp., bayer. Brigade-Ersatz-Bataillon Nr. 8, bayer. Ersatz-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2. Edited September 21, 2013 by Dave Danner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hi Dave, Muchos Grazias.... That provides a few new pieces to the puzzle.... So we can conclude, 2 wounds in as many months... the french dont like Lawyers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Thanks for showing this really interesting group! He had an impressive array of medals for this tragically short term of service! .... makes one wonder, what he would have also gotten, if he had survived the war and further rendered such extraordinary service?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Thanks for showing this really interesting group! He had an impressive array of medals for this tragically short term of service! .... makes one wonder, what he would have also gotten, if he had survived the war and further rendered such extraordinary service?!? HI, Maybe an EK1 muuuch later.. back in 1914, when everyone thought the war would be over pretty soon, there seems to have been a major rush to decorate badly wounded officers before they died.... This is the 3rd Group I have that pooints to that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Liontas Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I'm stunned he survived the first wound. Knowing that trauma surgery and the understanding of sepsis was at its real infancy. Amazing early group Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Not only survived, but returned to duty after only a few weeks. Perhaps, though listed as a stomach wound, the bullet didn't actually penetrate the peritoneum, in which case no real risk of sepsis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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