GdI Hans Emil Alexander Gaede

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, I know Gaede (his pre-war decorations are known) received the EK I and the Pour le Mérite in WWI, but anything else? Maybe the Red Eagle Order, 1st Class? Thanks! 

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by Deutschritter

[Daniel Krause]

No higher class with swords of the other Prussian Orders.

"Only" EK1 and plm.

 

but a lot of non-Prussian stuff too...

HEK1X, AK, BZ1X, BMV1X, BrK2, BH, LüH, LK, MMV2, WF1X, TI1X, TH

 

Best,

Daniel

[Dave Danner]

Gaede also received the Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz (HH).

[Deutschritter]

Thank you very much, Gentlemen! 

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, here is what I have put together for Gaede, any additions, corrections or dates, as always, very welcome:

 

1 April 1870 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)

12 September 1870 Portepéefähnrich (Officer Cadet)

18 November 1870 Secondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

11 June 1879 Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

23 December 1882 Hauptmann (Captain)

15 October 1888 Major

27 January 1894 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

22 March 1897 Oberst (Colonel)

18 April 1900 Generalmajor

24 April 1904 Generalleutnant

10 September 1908 Charakter als General der Infanterie

24 December 1914 Patent als General der Infanterie

 

Awards, decorations and honours

Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class

Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71

Order of the Redeemer, Knight of the Silver Cross (GE4)

Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class

Order of the Crown (Württemberg), Knight's Cross (WK3b; later reclassified as WK3c)

Saxon Albrechts-Orden, Officer's Cross (SA3)

Prussian Order of the Crown, 3rd Class

Mecklenburg Order of the Griffon (Großherzoglich Mecklenburgischer Greifenorden), Honour Cross (MGrO2c/MG2c)

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

Anniversary Oak Leaves (Jubiläums-Eichenlaub „25“ 1870/1895) to his Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class

Crown to his Red Eagle Order, 4th Class

Württemberg Order of the Crown (Ehrenkreuz des Ordens der Württembergischen Krone), Honour Cross (WK2c)

Order of the Iron Crown (Austria), 2nd Class (ÖEK2)

Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

Military Merit Order (Bavaria), Knight's Cross I. Class (BMV3a)

Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow

Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class

Orden vom Zähringer Löwen, Commander 1st Class (BZ2a)

Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class

Star to his Prussian Order of the Crown 2nd Class

Star to his Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class

Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 1st Class on 2 March 1907

 

WWI

Iron Cross, 2nd Class repetition clasp (1914) to the EKII (1870)

Iron Cross (1914), 1st Class

Anhalter Kreuz (AK)

Brunswick War Merit Cross (Herzoglich Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz), 2nd Class (BrK2)

Bremen Hanseatic Cross (Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz; BremH/BH)

Lübeck Hanseatic Cross (Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz; LübH/LüH)

Hamburg Hanseatic Cross (Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz; HH)

Lippe-Detmold War Merit Cross (Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz; LK)

Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross (Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Militärverdienstkreuz), 2nd Class (MMV2)

Pour le Mérite on 25 August 1915

Princely House Order of Hohenzollern (Fürstlich Hohenzollern'sches Ehrenzeichen), Cross of Honour 1st Class with Swords (HEK1⚔)

Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross with Swords (BZ1⚔)

Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 1st class with Swords (BMV1⚔)

Friedrichs-Orden, Grand Cross with Swords (WF1⚔)

Gallipoli Star (Eiserner Halbmond; TH)

Great Golden İmtiyaz Nişanı (Große Goldene Imtiyaz-Medaille mit Säbeln) with Swords/Saber (TJ1⚔/TI1⚔)

 

Honours

Honorary Doctorate: Dr. phil. h. c. of the Universität Freiburg im Breisgau in 1915

Edited June 17, 2023 by Deutschritter