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    Gentlemen, does anyone have a picture of Generalmajor Johannes Heinrich Maximilian von Mutius (1865-1942) from the Schloßgarde-Kompanie? Thanks! Does anyone have a list of his decorations in WWI? 

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    This is what I have put together, although I am surely missing some WWI decorations:

     

    22 March 1884 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)

    14 October 1884 (Officer Cadet)

    16 September 1885 Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

    14 September 1893 Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

    25 March 1899 Hauptmann (Captain)

    19 October 1905 Major without Patent

    ... 27 January 1906 Patent received

    13 September 1911 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

    22 March 1914 Oberst (Colonel)

    20 May 1917 Generalmajor (Major General)

     

    Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

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

    Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Knight Cross 1st Class (HSEH3a/HSH3a)

    Order of the Star of Romania, Officer's Cross (RumSt4)

    Officer of the French Legion of Honour (FEL4/FE4)

    Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), III. Class

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

    Crown to his Red Eagle Order 4th Class (PRAO4mKr/PrA4mKr)

    Order of Henry the Lion (Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Löwen), Officer's Cross (BrHL2c/BrH2c)

    Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 3rd Class (BMV3)

    Order of Philip the Magnanimous (Verdienstorden Philipps des Großmüthigen), Cross of Honour (HP3)

    Mecklenburg Order of the Griffon (Großherzoglich Mecklenburgischer Greifenorden), Honour Cross (MG2c)

    Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburgischer Haus- und Verdienstorden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig), Commander's Cross of Honour (Ehren-Komturkreuz; OV3)

    Saxon Albrechts-Orden, Officer's Cross (SA3)

    Schaumburg Lippe House Order, Cross of Honour 2nd Class (SLH.EK2/SLH2)

    Ottoman Osmanie-Orden (Osmanije), 3rd Class (TO3)

    House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross (HOH3)

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

    Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross 1st Class (BZ3a)

    Bulgarian Order of Saint Alexander, Commander (BA3)

    Danish Order of Dannebrog, Commander 2nd Class (DD2b)

    Royal Victorian Order, Commander (GV3)

    Order of the Star of Romania, Commander (RumSt3)

    Order of the Redeemer (Greece), Commander (GE2b)

    Order of the Iron Crown (Austria), 2nd Class (ÖEK2)

     

    WWI (excerpt)

     

    Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class

    Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Swords in October 1916

    Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords in August 1917

    Star to his Prussian Order of the Crown 2nd Class with Swords in May 1918

    House Order of Hohenzollern, Commander's Cross with Swords (HOH2⚔) in July 1918

    Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords

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    This is what I have for Albert von Mutius, although I am missing two promotion dates and surely some WWI decorations:

     

    30 March 1882 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)

    ???????? Fähnrich 

    13 February 1883 Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 14 September 1882

    ???????? Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

    19 March 1896 Rittmeister

    12 September 1902 Major

    22 May 1909 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

    22 April 1912 Oberst (Colonel)

    24 December 1914 Generalmajor (Major General)

    15 July 1918 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General)

     

    Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

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

    Order of the White Falcon (Hausorden vom Weißen Falken), Knight's Cross 2nd Class (GSF3b)

    Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion, Knight's Cross I. Class (BZL3a/BZ3a) in 1906

    Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), III. Class

    Order of Berthold the First, Knight's Cross (BBI.3/BdB3)

    Knight of Honour (Ehrenritter) of the Johanniter-Orden on 11 March 1907

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

    Württemberg Order of the Crown (Ehrenkreuz), Honour Cross (WK2c)

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

    Friedrichs-Orden, Commander's Cross (Kommenturkreuz) 2nd Class (WF2b)

     

    WWI

     

    Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class

    Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords in June 1915

    Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Star and Swords in December 1916

    Lübeck Hanseatic Cross (Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz; LübH/LüH) on 2 June 1917

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

    Pour le Mérite on 4 September 1918

    Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords

     

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