Hans Georg von Mackensen

[Phil Nix]

Could someone provide a list of awards for this member of the Foreign office, son of August von Mackensen, brother to Generaloberst Eberhard von Mackensen and son-in-law to Constantin Freiherr von Neurath
Phil Nix

[Georg_S]

Hello Phil,

Here is a photo of mentioned guy.

//Georg

[Max Williams]

Yet another photo from the Bavarian State Library, but not what Phil is asking for....

[Georg_S]

Excuse me very much....I will be more precise in the future and see excatly what people are asking for.

//Georg

[Max Williams]

Excuse me very much....I will be more precise in the future and see excatly what people are asking for.

//Georg

Georg,
It wasn't meant as a criticism. Photos of von Mackensen exist already on the forum...I just couldn't see the point of posting another photo when Phil was asking for specific award details.
Max.

[Michael Miller]

Well, it is a nice photo in any case, but always good to see it properly credited. On a side note regarding said institution, if anyone ever wants to use their photos in a publication, don't bother unless you have wealth on a par with that of the Almighty. Cost to use ONE (1) black & white photo in a book, based on a print run of 1,000- 67 euros!!! A terrible shame.

~ Mike

[Georg_S]

But I think it´s better if I publish it here....

Hello Max,

I am sorry I am in a terrible mood. Much because that our offices of our Gov. in Sweden have turned down our request for help to our youngest daughter, who suffers of Authism. Now I have to go through appeals of different courts, with the help of an layer. But what I really feel is that I will get my axe and make a "clear house" at the office who denied help to her.

So I beg for forgivness, being so tense at the moment.

Best regards,

Georg

[AlifRafikKhan]

What is the SS-Brif and Gruf promotion date for von Mackensen? And maybe the list of his awards (I couldn't found it anywhere)? Thank you in advance...

[AlifRafikKhan]

The new German ambassador in Rome Hans Georg von Mackensen (right). 10th April 1938. Photograph. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) Der neue deutsche Botschafter in Rom Hans Georg von Mackensen (rechts). 10. April 1938

Source: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news- ... /167493601

[Michael Miller]

I don't think the award list is complete, but here's what I presently have on him.

Dr. jur.
Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen
SS-Gruppenführer

Born: 26.01.1883 in Berlin.
Died: 28.09.1947 in hospital, Konstanz / Baden (lung cancer).

NSDAP-Nr.: 3 453 634 (Joined 01.05.1934)
SS-Nr.: 289 239 (Joined 09.11.1937)

Promotions:
01.10.1901 Fahnenjunker
00.00.1903 Leutnant d. R.
00.00.19__ Oberleutnant d. R.
00.10.1914 Hauptmann d. R.
15.04.1937-04.02.1938 Staatssekretär
09.11.1937 SS-Oberführer
30.01.1939 SS-Brigadeführer
30.01.1942 SS-Gruppenführer

Career:
00.00.1889-00.00.189_ Attended various schools in Bromberg, Berlin, and Danzig.
00.00.189_-00.00.1901 Attended the Kgl. Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in Berlin (Passed his Abitur, 00.00.1901).
01.10.1901-00.00.1919 Entered service as Fahnenjunker, assigned to 1.Garde Regiment zu Fuss (rose to Bataillons-Adjutant, holding that post until 00.11.1914).
00.00.1904-00.00.1910 Studied law and political science at the Universities of Lausanne, Bonn, Strassbourg, and Berlin.
10.12.1910 Passed his first state law examinations (Referendar-Examen) with grade of “good”.
00.01.1911 Received his doctorate (Dr. jur.) at the University of Greifswald.
00.00.1915-00.00.1919 Personal Adjutant to Prinz August Wilhelm von Preussen.
00.04.1918 Passed his second state law examinations (Assessor-Examen) with grade of “good”.
19.05.1919-00.01.1920 Assigned as an Attaché to the Aussenhandelsstelle (Foreign Trade Bureau) and to Referat Deutschland.
00.01.1920-00.12.1922 Attaché and Legationssekretär in Kopenhagen
00.12.1922-00.08.1923 Gesandtschaftsrat and personal secretary to Reich Foreign Minister Frédéric Hans von Rosenberg.
00.08.1923-00.08.1926 Gesandtschaftsrat assigned to German Embassy in Rome (Quirinal).
00.00.1926-00.00.1929 Gesandtschaftsrat in Brussels.
Summer 1929 Gesandtschaftsrat I. Klasse and Geschäftsträger in Tirana (Albania).
00.00.1930-00.00.1931 Assigned to the Abrüstungsrefent (disarmament bureau) of the Auswärtiges Amt.
00.07.1931-00.12.1933 Botschaftsrat in Madrid.
00.12.1933-15.04.1937 Gesandter in Budapest.
01.05.1934 Joined the NSDAP.
15.04.1937-04.02.1938 Staatssekretär in the Auswärtigen Amt. Succeeded the late Bernhard Wilhelm von Bülow. Forced to resign from this post due to a power struggle with Joachim von Ribbentrop.
09.11.1937-00.05.1945 Joined the SS, attached to the staff of the Reichsführer-SS.
10.03.1938-00.09.1943 Botschafter (Ambassador) in Rome. Succeeded Ulrich von Hassel. In a meeting at Führer headquarters on 02.08.1943, he was informed by Hitler that he was to be relieved of the post. He was succeeded by Rudolf Rahn. The following is a summary of his performance as Ambassador:

“Mackensen was the typical old-line diplomat, serving as the messenger of the regime at home and having little apparent effect upon the policies either of Germany or Italy. The real decisions were made by Hitler and Mussolini, and Mackensen was one of the ceremonial attendants and rapporteurs of the preparations for them and their aftermaths. It is apparent that he did not fully grasp the divisions in Italian politics under Mussolini nor the Italian resentment at German domination. Mussolini's major cabinet change the ‘changing of the guard’ in 1943, caught him by surprise, and the development of the anti-Mussolini movement in the months that followed found him failing to provide his government with adequate warnings. Although Roberto Farinacci conveyed to him some of the proposed plans of the conspirators against Mussolini on July 21, 1943, Mackensen concluded incorrectly that they planned only a reinvigoration of the war effort." (Philip V. Cannistraro, ed., Historical Dictionary of Fascist Italy)

Postwar Confinement:
In French captivity, 00.05.1945-00.06.1946. Prior to his death, it was planned that he would be called as a witness by the U.S. Military Tribunal, Nürnberg (in the “Wilhelmstrasse Case”) concerning German-Italian relations and the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.

Decorations & Awards:
26.12.1915 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse am Schwarz-weissen Bande
00.00.194_ Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse ohne Schwerter:
00.00.194_ Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse ohne Schwerter
ca. 1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
ca. 1938 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
21.01.1935 Ehrenkreuz fur Frontkämpfer
22.10.1918 Oldenburgisches Ehrenritterkreuz II. Klasse des Haus- und Verdienstordens Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig
01.03.1908 Preussiches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse
00.00.19__ Sächsische Herzogtümer, Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern in Gold
00.00.19__ Braunschweigisches Ernst-August-Kreuz II. Klasse 1914-18
00.00.19__ Reussisches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse
18.12.1915 Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des herzogl. Sachsen-Ernestinischen Hausordens mit Schwertern
06.09.1909 Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des herzogl. Sächsischen Albrechts-Ordens
22.10.1908 Preussischer Kronenorden IV. Klasse
Summer 1916 Braunschweigisches Kriegs-Verdienst-Kreuz
27.02.1906 Silberne Hochzeitsmedaille (Prussia)
01.04.1914 Landwehrdienstauszeichnung II. Klasse (Prussia)
14.02.1935 Ehrenritter des Johanniter-Ordens
00.00.19__ Goldenes Hitler-Jugend-Ehrenzeichen
00.00.19__ Treudienst Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe (25 years)
0.10.1936 Stern des Ehrenzeichens des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes
00.00.19__ Silbernes Ehrenzeichen der Deutschen Studentenschaft
00.00.19__ Silberne Ehrennadel der Deutschen Turnerschaft
[01.12.1938] Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
[01.12.1938] Totenkopfring der SS
00.12.1937 (?) Julleuchter der SS
00.00.191_ Österreichischer Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse
06.06.1908 Officer Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
24.09.137 Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
00.00.19__ Grand Cross of the Order of Mauritius and Lazarus (Italy)
00.00.19__ Grand Cross of the “Stella coloniale” (Italy)
07.05.1916 Knight’s Cross of the Military Service Order (Bulgaria)
15.10.1917 “War Decoration” to the Knight's Cross of the Military Service Order (Bulgaria)
10.02.1916 Officer’s Cross of the Order St. Alexander with Swords (Bulgaria)
05.04.1937 Order of Merit (Hungary) 1st Class
02.07.1908 Ottoman Order 4th Class (Turkey)
01.12.1916 War Medal ("Iron Crescent") (Turkey)
13.10.1937 Grand Cross of the Chinese Jade Order on Blue Ribbon
00.00.19__ Grand Cross of the White Rose of Finland
00.00.19__ Grand Cross of the Order of the Yugoslavian Crown
18.05.1908 Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Savior in Silver (Greece)
00.00.19__ Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
00.00.19__ Grand Cross of the Order of Skanderbeg (Albania)
26.10.1909 Silver Commemorative Medal 1909 (Luxembourg)
09.10.1933 Star of the Order of the Republic of Spain

Notes:
* Son of then Hauptmann (later Generalfeldmarschall) August Freiherr von [title of nobility conferred 27.01.1899] Mackensen (born 06.12.1849 in Haus Leibnitz bei Schmiedeberg / Kreis Wittenberg, died 08.11.1945 in Gut Burghorn bei Celle) and his wife Doris, née von Horn. As Oberbefehlshaber of 9.Armee on the Eastern Front, August Freiherr von Mackenson received the Pour le Merite on 27.11.1914; As Oberbefehlshaber of 11.Armee, also on the Eastern Front, he received the Oakleaves to that award on 14.06.1915. Hans-Georg's brother was Generaloberst Eberhard Freiherr von Mackensen (born 24.09.1889 in Bromberg / Provinz Posen / Westpreussen, died 19.05.1969 in Altmühlendorf-Nortorf / Schleswig-Holstein-19.05.1969). As commanding general of III.Armee-Korps (mot.), he received the Knight's Cross on 27.07.1941; while holding the same command, he became the 95th recipient of the Oakleaves.
* Religion: Protestant.
* Married in Leinfelden / Württemberg on 10.08.1926 to Winifred Freiin von Neurath (born in London, 23.09.1904, daughter of German Ambassador to Great Britain (and eventual Reich Foreign Minister / SS-Obergruppenführer Constantin Freiherr von Neurath). No children indicated in his SS file.
* Foreign language proficiency: English, French, and Spanish.

References:
Cannistraro, Philip V. (Editor-in-Chief):
Historical Dictionary of Fascist Italy. Greenwood Press, 1982
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland:
SS-Personalakte of Hans-Georg von Mackensen. Microfilm document collection A3343SS
SS-Personalkanzlei and SS-Personalhauptamt:
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1937
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1938
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 30. Januar 1942
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 20. April 1942
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 9. November 1944

Best wishes,
~ Mike

[Requin Marteau]

Bonjour,

Mackensen's ribbonbar and list.
- Ritterkreuz des Bulgarischen MVK (5 septembre 1905),
- Preussisches Erinnerungszeichen zur Silbernen Hochzeits-Medaille (27 février 1906),
- Zaristisch Russisches St. Georgs-Kreuz 3. Kl. (1er mars 1908),
- Fürstlich Reussisches Ehrenkreuz 3. Kl. (1er mars 1908),
- k.u.k. Österreichischer Orden der Eisernen Krone 3. Kl. (15 mai 1908),
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Griechischen Erlöser-Ordens (18 mai 1908),
- Offizierskreuz des Ordens der Krone von Italien (Cavaliere Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia) (5 juin 1908),
- Türkischer Osmanli Orden 4. Kl. (2 juillet 1908),
- Kgl. Preussischer Kronen-Orden 4. Kl. (22 octobre 1908),
- Großherzogl. Oldenburgischer Haus- u. Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig, Ritterkreuz 2. Kl. mit Krone (22 octobre 1908),
- Kgl. Sächsischer Albrechts-Orden Ritterkreuz 2. Kl. (6 septembre 1909),
- Großherzogl. Luxemburgische Silberne Medaille (26 octobre 1909),
- Kgl. Preussische Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung 2. Kl. (1er avril 1914),
- Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden, Ritterkreuz 1. Kl. mit Schwertern (18 décembre 1915),
- EK-II (26 décembre 1915),
- Offizierskreuz des Kgl. Bulgarischen St. Alexander-Ordens mit Schwertern (10 février 1916),
- Komturkreuz des Kgl. Bulgarischen MVO (7 mai 1916),
- Herzogl. Braunschweigisches MVK 2. Kl (1916),
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond (1er décembre 1916),
- Komturkreuz des Kgl. Bulgarischen MVO mit KD (15 octobre 1917),
- SS-Zivilabzeichen Nr. 154555,
- Großkreuz des Königlichen Spanischen Ordens Isabellas der Katholischen (9 octobre 1933),
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer(21 janvier 1935),
- Kreuz der Ehrenritter des Johanniter Ordens (14 février 1935),
- Stern des Ehrenzeichens des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes (2 octobre 1936),
- Kgl. Ungarischer VO 1. Kl. (5 avril 1937),
- Großkreuz des Ordens der Krone von Italien (Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia) (24 septembre 1937),
- Julleuchter d. SS (décembre 1937),
- Großkreuz des Chinesischen Jade-Ordens mit Blauem Band (13 octobre 1937),
- Großkreuz des Ordens der “Heiligen Mauritius und Lazarus“ (Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e. Lazzaro) (4 mai 1938),
- Deutscher Adlerorden 2. Kl.,
- KVK II ohne Schwerter,
- KVK I ohne Schwerter,
- Treudienst-Ehrenzeichen für 25 Jahre,
- Dienstauszeichnungen d. NSDAP in Bronze.


Crdl
Thierry

[AlifRafikKhan]

Thank you Mike and Thierry...