GdI Fritz von Below

[Deutschritter]

Gentlemen, this is what I have for Fritz Theodor Carl/Karl von Below. Any additions or corrections welcome. Would he have received the Erinnerungszeichen zur Silbernen Hochzeit 1906? He did belong to the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß, but not the 2nd Company. I am sure I am missing several WWI decorations (swords to any of his pre-war decorations?), I would be thankful, if anyone could help. 

 

19.4.1873 Seconde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)

18.4.1882 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant)

22.3.1887 Hauptmann (Captain)

31.5.1892 Major

27.1.1899 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)

18.4.1901 Oberst (Colonel)

27.1.1905 Generalmajor (Major General)

18.2.1908 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General)

13.9.1912 General der Infanterie (General of the Infantry)

 

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

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

Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)

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

Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion (Orden vom Zähringer Löwen), Knight's Cross I. Class (BZL3a/BZ3a)

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

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

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

Imperial Persien Order of the Lion and the Sun, Grand Officer's Cross (PL2)

Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class

Order of the Redeemer (Greece), Grand Commander (GE2a)

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

Red Eagle Order, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves

Star to his Prussian Order of the Crown 2nd Class

Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburgischer Haus- und Verdienstorden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig), Grand Cross of Honour (Ehren-Großkreuz; OV1)

Royal Victorian Order, Honorary Grand Cross (GV1)

Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class (JZ1)

Swedish Order of the Sword (Schwertorden), Grand Cross (SS1)

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

Order of the Crown (Belgium), Grand Cross (BKO1)

Prussian Order of the Crown, 1st Class

Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, Cross of Honour 1st Class (HEK1)

Schaumburg Lippe House Order, Cross of Honour 1st Class (SLH.EK1/SLHK1/SLH1)

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

Bulgarian Order of Saint Alexander, Grand Cross (BA1)

Red Eagle Order, 1st Class with Oak Leaves

 

WWI (excerpt)

 

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

Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves

... Pour le Mérite on 14 March 1915

... Oak Leaves on 11 August 1916

Saxon Military Order of St. Henry, Knight's Cross (SH3) on 28 August 1916

 

Honours

 

The new Wehrmacht barracks, built in 1936/37 in the Saarbrücken city forest and occupied in November 1938, bore the name Below-Kaserne in honor of General Fritz von Below until the end of the Second World War.

 

Edited October 21 by Deutschritter

[JohanH]

He got the Swedish order of the Sword on 1908-06-06

[Deutschritter]

5 minutes ago, JohanH said:

He got the Swedish order of the Sword on 1908-06-06

That was fast, thanks so much! 

[speedytop]

"Would he have received the Erinnerungszeichen zur Silbernen Hochzeit 1906?"

I can't find this in the records.

 

I can find 22 decorations in WW I, but it is handwritten in the old german script and very hard to decipher.

 

Uwe

[Deutschritter]

22 minutes ago, speedytop said:

"Would he have received the Erinnerungszeichen zur Silbernen Hochzeit 1906?"

I can't find this in the records.

 

I can find 22 decorations in WW I, but it is handwritten in the old german script and very hard to decipher.

 

Uwe

 

Thank you, Uwe! 22 WWI decorations for Fritz? Wow, could you please upload a picture? I have the same problem with old German script, but maybe we can decipher a few of them. I also tried Daniel Krause's Verleihungen von Preußischen Kriegs-Orden und Ehrenzeichen im Ersten Weltkrieg ... but he had nothing for Fritz (mostly for Otto von Below). 

 

Greetings,

Andreas

 

Edited October 22 by Deutschritter