GO Felix Graf von Bothmer

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, this is what I have for Felix Ludwig Graf von Bothmer, any additions or corrections very welcome:

 

Officiers-Aspirant 1. Classe (Junker): 12 February 1871 (Officer Cadet)

Unterlieutenant: 28 November 1871 (2nd Lieutenant)

... renamed Second-Lieutenant in 1872

Premier-Lieutenant: 23 November 1882 (1st Lieutenant)

Hauptmann: 31 October 1888 (Captain) without Patent

... received Patent on 15 February 1889

Major: 22 September 1893 (Major)

Oberst-Lieutenant: 17 March 1897 (Lieutenant Colonel)

Oberst: 21 July 1900 (Colonel)

Generalmajor: 18 May 1903 (Major General)

Generalleutnant: 15 September 1905 (Lieutenant General)

General der Infanterie: 4 May 1910 (General of the Infantry)

Generaloberst: 9 April 1918 (Colonel General)

 

War Commemorative Medal of 1870–1871 (Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71; KD70/71) in Steel on the Ribbon for Combatants

Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 4th Class (PK4) on 9 November 1884

Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (DD3) on 5 May 1893

Bavarian Long Service Cross (Königlich Bayerisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz), II. Class for 24 years (BDK2/BD2)

Military Merit Order (Bavaria), Knight's Cross 2nd Class on 27 December 1895

Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

Military Merit Order (Bavaria), Knight's Cross 1st Class on 29 December 1899

Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan), Grand Officer's Cross (JpHS2/JpHS2a) on 27 October 1904

Military Merit Order (Bavaria), Commander's Cross (BMV2b) on 25 December 1904

... as of Rangliste 1906 declared as 2nd class (BMV2)

Jubilee Medal (Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille) in 1905

Star to his Military Merit Order (Bavaria) 2nd class (BMV2mSt/BMV2a) on 23 December 1906

Spanish Cross of Military Merit, 4th Class or Grand Cross (SpMV4/SMV4) on 10 December 1908

Prussian Order of the Crown, 1st Class (PK1) on 8 September 1909

Order of Saint Michael (Bavaria), 1st Class (BM1) on 17 November 1909

Bavarian Long Service Cross, I. Class for 40 years (BDK1/BD1) in 1911

Saxon Albert Order (Albrechts-Orden), Grand Cross (SA1)

Bavarian Military Merit Order, 1st Class (BMV1)

Württemberg Order of the Crown, Grand Cross (WK1)

Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 1st Class (PRAO1/PrA1) on 12 May 1914

Order of Henry the Lion (Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Löwen), Grand Cross (BrsL1)

Hesse Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous (Verdienstorden Philipps des Großmütigen), Grand Cross with the Crown (GHVP1mKr/HP1mKr)

 

WWI

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

Swords to his Bavarian Military Merit Order 1st Class (BMV1⚔)

Swords to his Saxon Albert Order (Albrechts-Orden) Grand Cross (SA1⚔)

Ducal Anhalt Friedrich Cross (Herzoglich Anhaltisches Friedrichkreuz; AF/AK)

Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden, Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross and Grand Cross

... Knight's Cross (BMJ3) on 9 April 1915 (Nr. 60)

... Commander's Cross on 21 September 1915

... Grand Cross on 5 November 1916

Princely House Order of Hohenzollern (Fürstlich Hohenzollern'sches Ehrenzeichen), Cross of Honour I. Class with Swords (HE1⚔/HEK1⚔)

Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves

... Pour le Mérite on 1 July 1915

... Oak Leaves on 25 July 1917

Lübeck Hanseatic Cross (Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz; LübH/LüH)

Bremen Hanseatic Cross (Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz; BremH/BH)

Bavarian Military Merit Order, Grand Cross with Swords (BMV.G.Kr⚔)

Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis) in Gold (Grand Military Merit Medal) on the Ribbon of the Medal for Bravery

Austrian-Hungarian Imperial Order of Leopold, 1st Class with the War Decoration (ÖL1aK)

Knight of the Austrian-Hungarian Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Class with the War Decoration (ÖEK1mKD/ÖE1K)

Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary), 1st Class with the War Decoration (ÖMV1mKD/ÖM1K)

Austro-Hungarian Decoration for Services to the Red Cross, 1st Class with the War Decoration (ÖR2K)

Imtiyaz Medal of the Ottoman Empire (de) in Gold with Swords/Sabers (TJ1⚔)

Ottoman Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class with Swords/Sabers (TM1⚔)

Ottoman Liakat Medal in Gold with Swords/Sabers (TL1⚔)

Gallipoli Star (Eiserner Halbmond; TH)

Saxon Military Order of St. Henry, Knight's Cross (SH3) and Commander 2nd Class (SH2b) on 30 August 1917

Bavarian Ludwigs-Orden, Honour Cross (BLE) for 50 years of service

 

Post-WWI

Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal 1918 (Goldene Hochzeits-Jubiläumsmedaille 1918)

Crown Prince Rupprecht Medal in Silver or Gold on 18 May 1925

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords

 

Honours

Royal Bavarian Chamberlain on 26 September 1901

In December 1918, he was appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Military Max Joseph Order.

The Ludwig Maximilians University made him an honorary citizen on 10 December 1927.

On his 75th birthday, the bronze plaque for the years 1914 to 1918 was unveiled at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich, on which his name was also engraved.

 

 

Edited August 15 by Deutschritter