GdI Hermann von François

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, this is what I have for Hermann Karl Bruno von François, any additions or corrections very welcome:

 

15.4.1875 Sekonde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)

14.10.1884 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant)

22.3.1889 Hauptmann (Captain)

18.10.1894 Major

18.4.1901 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

18.4.1903 Oberst (Colonel)

27.1.1908 Generalmajor (Major General)

20.3.1911 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General )

19.8.1914 General der Infanterie (General of the Infantry)

 

Saxe-Ernestine House Orden, Knight's Cross 2nd Class (HSEH3b/HSH3b/EH3b)

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

Reussian Cross of Honor, 2nd Class (REK2/REKj2)

Princely Schwarzburg Cross of Honor, 2nd Class (SEK2)

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

Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

Order of Albert the Bear, Commander 2nd Class (AAB2b/AB2b)

Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 3rd Class

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

China Commemorative Medal (China-Denkmünze) in Steel for non-combatants in 1901

Italian Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Commander (JM3)

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

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

Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class

Commemorative Badge for the Silver Wedding Anniversary in 1906 (Erinnerungszeichen zur Silbernen Hochzeit 1906)

Southwest Africa Commemorative Medal (Südwest-Afrika Denkmünze) in Steel for non-combatants in 1907

Princely House Order of Hohenzollern (Fürstlich Hohenzollern'sches Ehrenzeichen), Commander's Cross of Honour (HEK2a)

Bavarian Military Merit Order, II. Class (BMV2)

Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Commander 1st Class (BZ2a)

Order of Philip the Magnanimous (Verdienstorden Philipps des Großmüthigen), Commander 1st Class (HP2a)

Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and the Crown

Star to his Prussian Order of the Crown 2nd Class

Lippe House Order (Lippischer Hausorden), Cross of Honor 1st Class (LDH1/SLH1)

Star to his Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and the Crown (as of Rangliste 1913)

Chilean Order of Merit (Chilenischer Verdienstorden), 1st Class (CV1)

Prussian Order of the Crown, 1st Class

 

WWI

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

Swords to his Lippe House Order, Cross of Honor 1st Class (LDH1⚔/SLH1⚔)

Lippe War Honour Cross for Heroic Deeds (LKEK/LKEKr)

Red Eagle Order, 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords

Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves

... Pour le Mérite on 14 May 1915

... Oak Leaves on 27 July 1917

Hamburg Hanseatic Cross (Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz; HH)

Lübeck Hanseatic Cross (Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz; LübH/LüH)

Bremen Hanseatic Cross (Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz; BremH/BH)

Bavarian Military Merit Order, I. Class with Swords (BMV1⚔)

Princely Waldeck Cross of Merit (Fürstlich Waldeck’sches Verdienstkreuz), 1st Class with Swords (WVK1⚔)

Württemberg Order of the Crown, Grand Cross with Swords (WK1⚔)

Order of the Iron Crown (Austria), 1st Class with the War Decoration (ÖEK1K)

Black Eagle Order (not sure at all, could not find a date)

Red Eagle Order, Grand Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords on 14 October 1918

 

Honours

Honorary doctorate (Dr. phil. h.c.) from the University of Tübingen

 

 

 

Edited August 13 by Deutschritter