Members of the Johanniter Order
- Dieter Zinke
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- Stauffenberg II
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Spot on friend Oberstab!
You are right ... Knight´s of Honor Cross of the Johanniter Orden (with the breast attachment). That means he must have been of evangelical nobility.
Regards!
You are right ... Knight´s of Honor Cross of the Johanniter Orden (with the breast attachment). That means he must have been of evangelical nobility.
Regards!
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Superb shot of Walther von Brauchitsch! A member of the Johanniter Order just like his older brother Charakter als Generalmajor Adolf von Brauchitsch! Of interest, Walther is not listed as member of the order in the 1926 Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres...either a misprint or he joined after the fact.
Here’s a photo of Walther von B. taken sometime after the previously posted photo. Note the same lineup of his medals:
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
• Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
• Württemberg Friedrich Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords
• Saxe-Meiningen Cross for Merit in War
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class
Best regards,
Shawn
Here’s a photo of Walther von B. taken sometime after the previously posted photo. Note the same lineup of his medals:
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
• Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
• Württemberg Friedrich Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords
• Saxe-Meiningen Cross for Merit in War
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class
Best regards,
Shawn
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- Michael Miller
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SS-Gruppenführer Paul Moder was a recipient- photo of him wearing the award appears in Angolia's Cloth Insignia of the SS.
~ Mike
~ Mike
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Freiherr:
Thanks for discovering the membership of Walter von Brauchitsch. A great biographical milestone.
Mike & Shawn:
The "Moder matter" seems to be a little bit strange, doesn´t it? Can anybody offer that pic maybe?
Regards to all!
Thanks for discovering the membership of Walter von Brauchitsch. A great biographical milestone.
Mike & Shawn:
The "Moder matter" seems to be a little bit strange, doesn´t it? Can anybody offer that pic maybe?
Regards to all!
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Hi!
If related ... not very close. I can offer the following:
16th Generation: Julius von Kleist
17th Generation: Dr. Christoph Albrecht August Hugo von Kleist (1848-1923) (4th son)
18th Generation: GFM Ewald von Kleist (one and only son)
16th Generation: Hugo Ewald von Kleist
17th Generation: Generalleutnant Paul von Kleist (1846-1926) (one and only son)
18th Generation: Generalleutnant Adolf von Kleist (2nd son)
See:
http://www.v-kleist.com/Soldaten/generale.htm
Regards!
If related ... not very close. I can offer the following:
16th Generation: Julius von Kleist
17th Generation: Dr. Christoph Albrecht August Hugo von Kleist (1848-1923) (4th son)
18th Generation: GFM Ewald von Kleist (one and only son)
16th Generation: Hugo Ewald von Kleist
17th Generation: Generalleutnant Paul von Kleist (1846-1926) (one and only son)
18th Generation: Generalleutnant Adolf von Kleist (2nd son)
See:
http://www.v-kleist.com/Soldaten/generale.htm
Regards!
I wonder if Moder served in the Baltic fighting of 1919. If so, a possible explanation might be the Johanniter Order breast badge “look alike” described below.
Here is World War I fighter pilot Leutnant August Raben in Russian staff uniform as a member of the Kommandeur der Flieger of Colonel Prince Pavel Mikhailovitch Avalov-Bermondt’s Russian Army of the West during the 1919 fighting in the Baltic. Note the Maltese cross below his ribbons: the German-Russian Army of the West Volunteer Avalov Cross. Here’s a photo of Colonel Prince Avalov-Bermondt also wearing the badge.
Truthfully, I don't know if any former German members of the Russian Army of the West continued to wear the volunteer cross after the campaign, even if unofficially.
Of interest, Raben is displaying the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd Class (without Swords) at his neck. On his breast, he displays the following: the Prussian Iron Cross 1st Class, the Baltic Cross, the German Army Pilot’s Badge, and Wound Badge in Silver. He was also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Royal Hohenzollern House Order.
Raben was credited with four aerial victories while flying with Jasta 39 and Jasta 18 during World War I.
Best regards,
Shawn
SOURCES:
• Jurado, Carlos Caballero & Bujeiro, Ramiro (illustrator). Osprey Elite 76: The German Freikorps, 1918-23. Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom, 2001.
• O’Connor, Neal W. Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the Men Who Earned Them – Volume V: Aviation Awards of the Eight Thuringian States and the Duchy of Anhalt. Foundation of Aviation World War I, Princeton, New Jersey & Flying Machines Press, Stratford, Connecticut, 1998.
Here is World War I fighter pilot Leutnant August Raben in Russian staff uniform as a member of the Kommandeur der Flieger of Colonel Prince Pavel Mikhailovitch Avalov-Bermondt’s Russian Army of the West during the 1919 fighting in the Baltic. Note the Maltese cross below his ribbons: the German-Russian Army of the West Volunteer Avalov Cross. Here’s a photo of Colonel Prince Avalov-Bermondt also wearing the badge.
Truthfully, I don't know if any former German members of the Russian Army of the West continued to wear the volunteer cross after the campaign, even if unofficially.
Of interest, Raben is displaying the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd Class (without Swords) at his neck. On his breast, he displays the following: the Prussian Iron Cross 1st Class, the Baltic Cross, the German Army Pilot’s Badge, and Wound Badge in Silver. He was also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Royal Hohenzollern House Order.
Raben was credited with four aerial victories while flying with Jasta 39 and Jasta 18 during World War I.
Best regards,
Shawn
SOURCES:
• Jurado, Carlos Caballero & Bujeiro, Ramiro (illustrator). Osprey Elite 76: The German Freikorps, 1918-23. Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom, 2001.
• O’Connor, Neal W. Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the Men Who Earned Them – Volume V: Aviation Awards of the Eight Thuringian States and the Duchy of Anhalt. Foundation of Aviation World War I, Princeton, New Jersey & Flying Machines Press, Stratford, Connecticut, 1998.
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