GreyC Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Good evening Gentlemen, I got this photo lately. It shows Mr and Mrs Kuhlgath of Bückeburg or thereabouts on the occasion of their silver jubilee. As Bückeburg was a city of the state of Schaumburg-Lippe I suppose he is wearing medals of this state. Could anybody please help identify the medals and maybe even the gentleman in question, Mr. Kuhlgath? Thanks a lot! GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Hi Top Neck decoration, Lippe-Detmold Cross of Honour Commander 3rd Class, Civil Lower Neck Cross, Saxe-Weimar, Order of the White Falcon Commander class Breast Medal as for top Neck decoration, difficult to determine class Hope this helps, others may elaborate regards Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komtur Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) Konsistorialrat Wilhelm Kuhlgatz got besides the Schaumburg-Lippe Ehrenkreuz 2. Klasse and the Sachsen-Weimar Falkenorden Komturkreuz the until 1890 from the principalities Lippe-Detmold and Schaumburg-Lippe (conjointly awarded) Ehrenkreuz 4. Klasse. Edited December 16, 2017 by Komtur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) Hi Alex K and Komtur, thank you very much for your help, much appreciated! I have done some digging and found out the following: Wilhelm Kuhlgatz was promoted to DD after his studies at the University of Jena in 1868 with his thesis on: Quid veteres literaeque sanctae de surdis mutisque existimaverint, disseritur. He was married to Klara, nee Sauerwein, * 21.2.1846, sister of Georg Sauerwein, the polyglot language exepert in Germany at that time. They had at least three sons: Wilhelm (Diss Kiel prob. MD, 1915); Ludwig Pastor *21.1.1887 and Oskar *7th Oct.1880 in Bückeburg, died 30th Oct. 1952 in Göttingen. He was a writer with a less than straight CV, as it seems. He was Oberleutnant in WW1 and participa ted in the fights in Kurland 1919 about which he wrote a book Fahrten und Fechten in Kurland 1919. He seems to have started out as Einjährig Freiwiliger in the Jägerbataillon 4. Funnily enough not at the Jägerbataillon 7 which was based in Bückeburg. His father was (Landes)Superintendent of Schaumburg-Lippe from 1895-1907 and therefore Konsistorialrat, a rank given to people in the highest church council on state level. Landes-Superintendent would roughly translate to protestant bishop of that diocese. As the photo was taken on their 25th wedding anniversary and he is wearing the Ehrenkreuz 4. Klasse I´d date the photo around 1895. Thanks again, GreyC Edited December 16, 2017 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Hmmm, strange guy...I can only find his SLH3, but in the Detmold rolls he is not listed at all... Kuhlgatz wears on the picture clearly Schaumburg-Lippe house-order 2nd class and Lippe-Detmold house-order 4th class. Regards Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Thanks, Roman! GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now