GdA Boje Friedrich Nikolaus von Scholtz (help needed)

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, some sources have only Pour le Mérite für von Scholtz (1915), others have also the Oak Leaves (1917). Can anyone report the facts with certainty? What about the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order with Oak Leaves and Swords? He should have received this award, or not? Thanks so much!

 

[Daniel Krause]

Hi,

 

yes to the plm-oaks,

no to the RAO Grand cross. 

"except" of the EK1 and 2 and the plm with oaks he did not get more from Prussia in WW1.

But he got some other blings from Anhalt, Bremen, Lübeck, Saxony and Austria

 

Best,

Daniel

[Deutschritter]

Thank you very much, Daniel! Maybe you could help me out with other decorations (by the way, which star is he wearing on this picture from 1924? Sorry about the quality.), here is what I have put together, any additions, corrections or exact dates would be great:

 

19.7.1870 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)

9.3.1871 Portepée-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)

9.3.1872 Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

22.3.1881 Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

22.3.1887 Hauptmann (Captain)

31.5.1892 Major

17.12.1898 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

18.4.1901 Oberst (Colonel)

27.1.1905 Generalmajor

27.1.1908 Generalleutnant

13.9.1912 General der Artillerie

 

Order of Albert the Bear, Knight 2nd Class with Swords (AAB3b⚔/AB3b⚔)

War Commemorative Medal of 1870-1871 (Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71; KD70/71)

Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz)

Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class

Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross I. Class (BZL3a/BZ3a)

Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 3rd Class

Crown to his Red Eagle Order, 4th Class (as of Rangliste 1900)

Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow

Order of Philip the Magnanimous (Verdienstordens Philipps des Großmüthigen), Cross of Honour (HP3)

Commander's Cross of the Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (JM3)

Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class

Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves

Order of Philip the Magnanimous (Verdienstordens Philipps des Großmüthigen), Commander 1st Class (HP2a)

Star to his Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class

Star to his Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves

Prussian Order of the Crown, 1st Class

Red Eagle Order, 1st Class with Oak Leaves

Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class

Pour le Mérite (military) with Oak Leaves

... Pour le Mérite on 3 September 1915

... Oak Leaves on 1 June 1917

 

Honours

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kaiser Wilhelm II's reign, Scholtz was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on 16 June 1913.

Honorary doctorate (Dr. phil. h. c.) of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena on 29 July 1918

The von Scholtz-Kaserne in Belgard, Pommern (Körliner Straße) was named after him

The former Scholtz barracks (Scholtz-Kaserne) in Neumünster (Schleswig-Holstein) were named after him:

... Wehrmacht (1937–1945)

... Bundeswehr (1957–1997)

 

 

[saschaw]

On 17/04/2023 at 16:39, Deutschritter said:

Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross I. Class (BZL3a/BZ3a)

He received the Zähringer Löwe as Major vom Generalstab des XIV. Armeekorps on Jan 15, 1895. Here are the respective entries from Baden's Staats-Anzeiger für das Großherzogthum Baden...

 

 

 

 

 

On 17/04/2023 at 16:39, Deutschritter said:

(by the way, which star is he wearing on this picture from 1924? Sorry about the quality.)

From the list you posted, I would assume it's one of his Prussian 1st class stars, but...

 

 

[Deutschritter]

5 minutes ago, saschaw said:

He received the Zähringer Löwe as Major vom Generalstab des XIV. Armeekorps on Jan 15, 1895. Here are the respective entries from Baden's Staats-Anzeiger für das Großherzogthum Baden...

 

Thank you!!!

[Deutschritter]

Thanks for the additions by Dave Danner:

 

Frederickscross of Anhalt (Friedrich-Kreuz) in July 1915

Order of Albert the Bear, Grand Cross with Swords (AAB1⚔/AB1⚔) in July 1915

Lübeck Hanseatic Cross (Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz; LüH) on 11 December 1915

Bremen Hanseatic Cross (Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz; BH) on 25 January 1916

Grand Cross of the Saxon Albert Order (Albrechts-Orden) with the Golden Star with Swords (SA1mgSt⚔) on 28 October 1916

Grand Cross of the Austrian-Hungarian Imperial Order of Leopold with War Decoration or Kriegsdekoration (ÖL1.KD)

Knight of the Austrian-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Class with War Decoration or Kriegsdekoration (ÖEK1.KD)