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    ID Bavarian general ww1 - please help!


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    Hi all! I just got a highly interesting little group of pictures all showing the same man of generals rank. Unfortunately there is no indication to his name. They came as part of a larger group of post cards, presumably in part belonging to a bavarian officer of lower rank, but I am trying to figure that out at the moment. So I hope that the name of this general may help me finding "the man" while digging through all those post cards, names, dates...

    Pictures 1 and 5-6 were taken during a visit of the emperor in the Bukovina (Romania / Ukraine)

    In picture 2 he is seen walking behind - I guess - King Ludwig III. of Bavaria

    Nr. 4 seems to show him at the front getting reports

    Oh, Nr. 56 seem to show a small cross of an order on his breast - perhaps the Militär Max Joseph Orden? And he seems to have been very tall.

    I really appreciate your help!

    Cheers ArHo

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    3 hours ago, ArHo said:

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    I don't believe the cross in this picture to be the MMJO. It is too big and it doesn't have the maltese cross-shape of the MMJO. Maybe a RAO3 given the white enamel? Could be some kind of commander-grade decoration.

     

    Kind regards, Laurentius

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    A bit too blurry to make any more constructive comment. But it was Jehlin and I have seen this event being dated as taking place in 1917 with Bavarian 8th Res Div parade.

     

    2nd pic on extreme left  was Walter v Walderstötten, Gen Adj of König Ludwig III

    5th pic second left next to v Jehlin was v Conta Kmdr of Karpathen Korps. Second right next to Kaiser Wilhelm was Austrain FM Kövess

     

    Thanks

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    12 minutes ago, freiherr said:

    A bit too blurry to make any more constructive comment. But it was Jehlin and I have seen this event being dated as taking place in 1917 with Bavarian 8th Res Div parade.

     

    2nd pic on extreme left  was Walter v Walderstötten, Gen Adj of König Ludwig III

    5th pic second left next to v Jehlin was v Conta Kmdr of Karpathen Korps. Second right next to Kaiser Wilhelm was Austrain FM Kövess

     

    Thanks

    Freiherr’s ID looks to be correct: http://prussianmachine.com/diva/jehlin.htm 

     

    Kind regards,

    Sandro

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    Hi Simi, 

    That occurred to me, too, but he is not listed as a recipient in Die Theresienritter im Weltkriege, nor on the web. I'll have a look at other resources as time permits.

    Kind rergards, 

    Sandro

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    Hi to all and thank you very much for all your input - I really appreciate that!

    This will help me a lot with my further search...

    Best regards, ArHo

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