GdI Constantin von Alvensleben

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, this is what I have for Reimar Constantin von Alvensleben, any additions or corrections very welcome:

 

27 July 1827 Seconde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)

14 August 1842 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant)

19 September 1848 Hauptmann (Captain)

18 June 1853 Major

22 May 1858 Oberst-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel)

1 July 1860 Oberst (Colonel)

25 June 1864 General-Major (Major General)

31 December 1866 General-Lieutenant (Lieutenant General) with Patent from 30 December 1866

22 March 1873 General der Infanterie (General of the Infantry)

 

Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class with Swords (RAO4⚔) in 1849

Saxon Military Order of St. Henry, Knight's Cross (SH3) for Dresden in 1849

Austrian Order of Leopold, Knight's Cross (ÖL3)

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

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

Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow (mit der Schleife) and Swords on Ring

Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Commander 1st Class (HSEH2a/HSH2a) in April 1859

Russian Order of Saint Anna (Sankt-Annen-Orden), 2nd Class with Diamonds (RA2mBr)

Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st Class (RSt1)

Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 2nd Class on 22 September 1863

Pour le Mérite on 20 September 1866

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

Belgian Order of Leopold, Grand Cordon (BelgL1/BL1)

Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on Ring

Russian Order of Saint Anna, I. Class (RA1)

Star to his Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on Ring on 3 July 1869

Iron Cross (1870), 2nd and 1st Class

... 2nd Class on 21 August 1870

... 1st Class on 18 October 1870

Russian Order of St. George, 3rd Class (RG3) on 27 December 1870, permission to accept and wear on 30 December 1870

Oak Leaves to his Pour le Mérite on 31 December 1870

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

Red Eagle Order, 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on 16 June 1871

Knight of the Russian Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (RAN)

Red Eagle Order, Grand Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords on Ring on 12 January 1892

Order of the Black Eagle on 12 January 1892

 

Honours

 

À la suite and uniform of the Leib-Grenadier-Regiment (1. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 8 on 16 June 1871 (special honour by the emperor)

Endowment of 150,000 Talers (a thaler or taler is a silver coin) on 22 June 1871

Fort de Plappeville near Metz was renamed Fort C. Alvensleben on 1 September 1873

Infanterie-Regiment „von Alvensleben“ (6. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 52 named in his honour by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 30 March 1892

General-von-Alvensleben-Kaserne (barracks) in Cottbus

Alvenslebenstraße (street) in Cottbus (until 1946)

Alvensleben monument (Alvensleben-Denkmal) in Cottbus, unveiled on 16 August 1913; destroyed by the Red Army in 1945.

 

Edited July 2 by Deutschritter