CDV with prussian non-combatant

[ixhs]

 Hello together

 

A few days ago i got this CDV of a prussian non-combatant.

On the back also his name: I think it means "Westphal"  and a date Metz (Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine)

Sept. 1904.

I think it`s a higher prussian official as for example a Regierungs or Rechnungsrat.

I had a look into the 1877 list and found for example a Westphal Albert

Polizeikommissar in Straßburg (also in A-L.) with IC on non-combatant ribbon for 1870.

On the CDV he`s wearing:

-IC 1870 n/c. with oaks

-??????? I believe an prussian GMVK, if i am right for 1866 no MEZ1 were awarded.

-RAO4 (red eagle 4)

-Kriegsdenkmünze 1870 for n./c. (war memorial medal for 1870 n./c.)

-Kreuz für 1866 (cross for 1866 with combatant`s ribbon)

-Centenarmedaille (Centenialmedal) 1897

 

The problem is, that i cannot find a Westphal with GMVK or MEZ1.

Or could it be another decoration on schwarz-weißen (black/white) "war ribbon" - as

for example a RAO4 without X?

Thanks for input /  help.

Just now, ixhs said:

 Hello together

 

A few days ago i got this CDV of a prussian non-combatant.

On the back also his name: I think it means "Westphal"  and a date Metz (Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine)

Sept. 1904.

I think it`s a higher prussian official as for example a Regierungs or Rechnungsrat.

I had a look into the 1877 list and found for example a Westphal Albert

Polizeikommissar in Straßburg (also in A-L.) with IC on non-combatant ribbon for 1870.

On the CDV he`s wearing:

-IC 1870 n/c. with "hanging" oaks; i believe it`s a IC Zweitstück/Spangenstück.

-??????? I believe an prussian GMVK, if i am right for 1866 no MEZ1 were awarded.

-RAO4 (red eagle 4)

-Kriegsdenkmünze 1870 for n./c. (war memorial medal for 1870 n./c.)

-Kreuz für 1866 (cross for 1866 with combatant`s ribbon)

-Centenarmedaille (Centenialmedal) 1897

 

The problem is, that i cannot find a Westphal with GMVK or MEZ1.

Or could it be another decoration on schwarz-weißen (black/white) "war ribbon" - as

for example a RAO4 without X?

Thanks for input /  help.

 

1 minute ago, ixhs said:

 Hello together

 

A few days ago i got this CDV of a prussian non-combatant.

On the back also his name: I think it means "Westphal"  and a date Metz (Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine)

Sept. 1904.

I think it`s a higher prussian official as for example a Regierungs or Rechnungsrat.

I had a look into the 1877 list and found for example a Westphal Albert

Polizeikommissar in Straßburg (also in A-L.) with IC on non-combatant ribbon for 1870.

On the CDV he`s wearing:

-IC 1870 n/c. with oaks

-??????? I believe an prussian GMVK, if i am right for 1866 no MEZ1 were awarded.

-RAO4 (red eagle 4)

-Kriegsdenkmünze 1870 for n./c. (war memorial medal for 1870 n./c.)

-Kreuz für 1866 (cross for 1866 with combatant`s ribbon)

-Centenarmedaille (Centenialmedal) 1897

 

The problem is, that i cannot find a Westphal with GMVK or MEZ1 also in RL or Hof und Staatshandbuch Preussen.

Or could it be another decoration on schwarz-weißen (black/white) "war ribbon" - as

for example a RAO4 without X?

Thanks for input /  help.

 

 

[Stogieman]

That’s a beautiful CDV! I have a small collection of these with the NC1870 EK2, but nothing quite like that one! Congratulations!

[ixhs]

Thanks for your reply. I have a few ones, too.

The following is definitely my best one:

Bavarian Prof. Julius von Michel, later president of

the Wuerzburg University Bavaria; dated 1900.

 

Does anybody know more about the 2nd decoration

of my first shown pic?

 

Edited March 30 by ixhs

[Glenn J]

On 27/03/2024 at 14:07, ixhs said:

The problem is, that i cannot find a Westphal with GMVK or MEZ1.

 

Polizerath Albert Westphal in Metz. He was awarded the Militär-Ehrenzeichen 1. Klasse as a Feldwebel in Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2 in 1866 for conduct during the engagement at Jitschin. 

 

Regards

Glenn

[ixhs]

Glenn, that`s g r e a t - thx one thousand times again. 🤚

 

Best !

[Deutschritter]

Deutscher Ordens-Almanach ... but sadly without birth date: 

 

 

[ixhs]

thank you, too.

A good idea - i forgot to take a look inside the Almanach.

[Glenn J]

23 hours ago, Deutschritter said:

Deutscher Ordens-Almanach ... but sadly without birth date: 

 

 

He was born on 22 March 1838 at Pasewalk.

 

Regards

Glenn