GM Georg Heinrich von Priem (1794–1870)

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, this is what I have for Generalmajor (Charakter) Georg Heinrich von Priem, any additions or corrections (especially promotions; Fähnrich???), as always, sincerely appreciated:

 

1 June 1813 (???) Secondlieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)

Mid-June (???) 1815 Premierlieutenant (1st Lieutenant)

28 November 1820 Capitän (Captain)

30 March 1834 Major

30 March 1844 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

27 March 1847 Oberst (Colonel)

6 April 1852 Charakter als Generalmajor (Honorary Major General)

 

Iron Cross (1813), 2nd Class

Prussian War Commemorative Medal for the Wars of Liberation (Kriegsdenkmünze für die Befreiungskriege)

Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (PRAO4/PrA4)

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

Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow

Commemorative War Medal for combatants of the campaigns of 1813, 1814, 1815 (Erinnerungs-Kriegs-Denkmünze für Combattanten der Feldzüge 1813, 1814, 1815) on 17 March 1863

Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves (neck order) on 17 September 1866

 

Honours

Honorary Citizen of the city of Sömmerda (Province of Saxony) on 5 November 1848

Raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on 23 June 1857

[Glenn J]

Andreas,

 

1 June 1813: Sekondelieutenant

10 June 1815: Premierlieutenant

 

Regards

Glenn

[Deutschritter]

Thanks so much, Glenn! 

[xxx]

priem is a key figure in prussian history

in 1828 he was a capitain in the 20. infantry regiment ( where most man in my neighborhood serve than) and meet dreyse in sömmerda after seeing one of his hunting rifles there and looking for the inventor. priem became than one of the driving forces behind the needle rifle and the closest ally of Nicolaus Dreyse. this is the reason for the honours you list.

he is mentioned many times in "Das Zündnadelgewehr" Katalog zur Ausstellung in der WTS Koblenz 1991

 

his papers are here https://gsta.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/index.html

Edited May 14 by xxx

[Deutschritter]

3 hours ago, xxx said:

priem is a key figure in prussian history

in 1828 he was a capitain in the 20. infantry regiment ( where most man in my neighborhood serve than) and meet dreyse in sömmerda after seeing one of his hunting rifles there and looking for the inventor. priem became than one of the driving forces behind the needle rifle and the closest ally of Nicolaus Dreyse. this is the reason for the honours you list.

he is mentioned many times in "Das Zündnadelgewehr" Katalog zur Ausstellung in der WTS Koblenz 1991

 

his papers are here https://gsta.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/index.html

You are absolutely right! He brought the Dreyse needle-gun to the attention of General Karl Ernst Job Wilhelm von Witzleben in Berlin and the Minister of War General Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake. Major Priem in 1838 at an audience with the Crown Prince, later King Friedrich Wilhelm IV:

 

"Your Royal Highness, 60,000 men armed with this rifle under the leadership of a talented general and His Majesty the King will be able to determine where Prussia's border should be."

 

He was the father of Georg Albert von Priem (1850–1920), German Colonel, Princely Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Chamberlain and Chief Court Marshal and grandfather of Georg Ernst Karl Ludwig von Priem (1883–1944), German officer, finally Major General of the Wehrmacht in WWII.