Deutschritter Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Gentlemen, can anyone help out with a birthdate and first name(s) of said Bavarian Major Euler? Thank you! Edited January 26 by Deutschritter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Hi Andreas, Karl Ludwig Euler, born 20 July 1867 at Würzburg. Regards Glenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschritter Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 (edited) Thanks so much, Glenn! Many greetings, Andreas Edited January 27 by Deutschritter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschritter Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 (edited) This is what I have now been able to put togehther: Fahnenkadett (Kadetten-Korps) 22 July 1885 Portepee-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet) 7 March 1887 Second-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant) 24 March 1895 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant) 9 March 1902 Hauptmann (Captain) 20 September 1910 Major with Patent from 28 October 1909 (27 a) Royal Order of Francis I (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies), Knight's Cross 2nd Class (Sic.Fr.3b/ScF3b) on 18 August 1891 Jubiläumsmedaille für die Armee on 12 March 1905 Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 4th Class Bavarian Long Service Cross (Königlich Bayerisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz), II. Class for 24 years (BDK2/BD2) on 21 July 1909 Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (PrA4/RAO4), permission to accept and wear on 8 September 1909 Highest recognition expressed (Allerhöchste Anerkennung) by Prince Luitpold in the name of the King of Bavaria for the extraordinary achievements of Euler's company in shooting training on 27 October 1909 Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 4th Class with the Crown on 30 December 1913 Edited January 28 by Deutschritter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Vater: Ludwig Euler, Major a.D., †18.12.1886 Mutter: Aline, geb. von Stadler, †6.5.1903 Ehefrau: Adelheid, geb. Grotjan 1 Tochter 26.01.1902 Hauptmann, vorläufig ohne Patent 03.03.1902 Patent Nr. 10 erhalten 23.02.1910 Adjutant der 1. Division 07.03.1912 zum Bataillons-Kommandeur ernannt Not the Prinzregent-Luitpold-Medaille, but rather the Jubiläumsmedaille für die Armee (12.3.1905). The BDA2 was awarded on 21.7.1909 and the BMV4a on 30.12.1913. He was originally buried just outside Badonviller. Around 1924, his and a number of other German bodies in small cemeteries around the region were reinterred in a a mass grave (Kameradengrab) in the cemetery in Reillon (https://kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de/friedhof/reillon). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschritter Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 (edited) Phantastic additions, Dave, thank you! One question about Patent Nr. 10: I am reading 9 March, am I reading it wrong? Source: Verordnungs-Blatt des Königlich Bayerischen Kriegsministeriums, 1902, Beilage 2, p. 57 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015062987725&seq=533 Edited January 28 by Deutschritter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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