Unidentified Feldspange awarded to Hauptmann Kaisenberg

[misiu]

Hello Gents,

am I right - was this Feldspange awarded to Kaisenberg, Ernst-Moritz v., Hptm., *16.8.1882; FinnFK2X (24.5.18)?

Can someone of you tell me his career? When did he die?

Regards

Detlef

[Paul C]

Agreed. he is in the 1925 Army RL.

[VtwinVince]

Very nice feldspange, he must have had quite the WW1 career.

[ixhs]

Hast Du die Schnalle auch erworben? und das gravierte EK1

Edited May 30, 2014 by ixhs

[Glenn J]

Detlef,

a portrait of Oberstleutnant v. Kaisenberg as Kommandeur I./IR 6 in 1931 .

Regards

Glenn

[Dave Danner]

I might have a copy of his personnel file, but I am away from my desktop and won't be able to check for a few days.

[Dave Danner]

Sorry. No file. He retired in 1931. He was recalled, but given the lack of a personnel file and Wehrmacht DA on the ribbon bar, perhaps as a z.V. officer. He was Feldkommandant in Belgrad. If you Google his name and Belgrad, you will find reference to some of the orders he signed relating to the treatment of locals, including Jews.

According to the 1972 Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, he was taken by the Soviets in 1945 in Naumburg an der Saale and disappeared. He either died in their hands or they handed him over to the Yugoslavs for disposition.

[Paul R]

So he served as a civilian during WW2?

[misiu]

Thanks Glenn and Dave for some input according to von Kaisenberg.

So it seems that after fighting Bolschewism in Finland and helping to free this country his career went into a wrong direction, thus to help to extinguish the Jews...poor and disappointing career end.

[lew]

Hi Detlef, congratulations on the finding. Did you also get the medal bar? The mini chain is still available out there.

[Claudio]

I looove these bars with the Finnish Freiheitskreuz and that class, it's even rarer.... I want it! ;-)

Great group would that be, if it was still all together.... :-(

C

[misiu]

Yeah, I know that the mini-chain is still available - but look at the price

For that price you will get - with a bit of luck - a "normal" medal bar of an Baltic veteran...

Maybe we should collect and each of us can "possess" the chain about 2 month / year

[Dave Danner]

So he served as a civilian during WW2?

He was an Oberst. I just can't find him in my resources which are mainly active officers. Given his age and date of retirement, I would guess he was an Oberst z.D. or z.V.