During the “War of the Fifth Coalition” in 1809, Frankfurt was ordered to aid the french troops to fight against Britain and Austria. The embarkation order to set out for Spain was issued on August 10. 1808. Initially 868 men, called the „1. Bataillon des Regiments von Zweyer“,
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This interesting Orden der bayerischen Tapferkeitsmedaille membership booklet was located in Montevideo, Uruguay. On the back of the booklet is a translation of the contents of the booklet into Spanish. At the bottom is written the following: “Tarjeta de socio 830 DON HERMANN HEIMANN Comerciante es
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Heinrich Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg is one of those that leaves us with his life story, as he wrote “Erinnerungen aus kaiserlicher Zeit”, published in 1929. Born in Droyssig on June 08, 1863, he lived an interesting life through turbulent times and the change of a century. The
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Walter Kinast: Der Tapferkeit. Die Königlich-Bayerische Militär-Verdienst-Medaille im deutsch-französischen Krieg 1870/71. Taten-und Ehrenbuch. Dekorierte der nach Frankreich ausmarschierten bayerischen Armee. (For Bravery. The Royal Bavarian Military Merit Medal in the German-French War 1870/71. Deeds and Honor Book. The Decorated of the Bavarian Army who Marched to
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Not much has been published in conjunction with the German Eagle Order. Especially the fist type and design has not received too much attention. Authors trying to tackle this very interesting topic have speculated on who the manufacturer of the very first type was. Joerg Nimmergut writes
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The type of Bavarian Bravery Medal citation shown below detailed the actions of a soldier who was awarded the Gold Bavarian Bravery Medal. This type of document was issued as a companion document to the official award document (Verleihungs-Urkunde). The document was a pre-printed single page and the particulars
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Crafting order decorations started on a larger scale with the end of the 18th century. Jewelers were appointed to manufacture decorations for the various countries and states while perfecting their techniques in doing so. The famous Prussian jeweler Georg Hossauer was certainly one of them, but others
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This is an interesting photo of a Bavarian Air Service pilot. He is wearing a large medal bar with the Military Max Joseph Order Knight’s Cross, a Bavarian Military Merit Order IV Class with Swords, and a Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class. These awards appeared to have been artistically “added” to the
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Adolf Hitler created the German Eagle Order on May 1, 1937, based on a personal request of Foreign Minister Dr. Meissner1). The creation of the order finally enabled the German Reich to honor foreigners. The order would be awarded through the Fuehrer through proposal of the foreign
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Joseph Steiner was born on November 24, 1895 at Langenreichen, Schwaben to master-cooper, farmer, and Mayor of Langenreichen Josef and his wife Josefa. He was one of ten (10) children. He later completed his studies to become a teacher at the Teacher Education Institution at Lauingen/Donau, and then on
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