GL Hermann von Alvensleben

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Gentlemen, this is what I have for Hermann Karl Rudolf Gebhard von Alvensleben, any additions or corrections very welcome:

 

3 August 1827 Portepee-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)

15 May 1828 Seconde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)

23 April 1842 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant)

30 March 1844 Charakter als Rittmeister (Brevet Cavalry Captain)

22 March 1845 Rittmeister

18 June 1853 Major

9 April 1857 Oberst-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel)

31 May 1859 Oberst (Colonel) 1859

25 June 1864 General-Major (Major General)

20 September 1866 General-Lieutenant (Lieutenant General)

 

Imperial Russian Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, III. Class (RSt3)

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

Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Commander 2nd Class (HSEH2b/HSH2b)

Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (RAO4)

Imperial Russian Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, II. Class (RSt2)

Order of the White Falcon (Hausorden vom Weißen Falken), Commander's Cross 2nd Class (GSF2b)

Order of Henry the Lion (Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Löwen), Commander's Cross 2nd Class (BrHL2b/BrH2b)

Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow (mit der Schleife)

Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves

House Order of Hohenzollern, Commander's Cross (HOH2)

Russian Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd Class (RW3)

Swords to his House Order of Hohenzollern Commander's Cross (HOH2⚔) for the Battle of Königgrätz, where he also lost his oldest son

Commemorative Cross for the Campaign of 1866 (Erinnerungs-Kreuz für den Feldzug von 1866)

Russian Order of Saint Anna (St.-Annen-Orden), 1st Class (RA1)

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

Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav, Grand Cross (NO1)

Red Eagle Order, 1st Class with Oak Leaves

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

 

Honours

 

The Alvenslebenstraße in Hanover-Vahrenwald was named in his honour.