ArHo Posted May 1, 2021 Posted May 1, 2021 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
laurentius Posted May 1, 2021 Posted May 1, 2021 3 hours ago, ArHo said: 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
freiherr Posted May 1, 2021 Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) 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 Edited May 1, 2021 by freiherr 1
GdC26 Posted May 1, 2021 Posted May 1, 2021 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 1
GdC26 Posted May 2, 2021 Posted May 2, 2021 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 2
ArHo Posted May 2, 2021 Author Posted May 2, 2021 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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