How Ribbon Bar Addicts Pass The Long, Dark Winter Hours

[bhholst]

Hello:
Mike's ribbon bar may have belonged to Gen.Maj. Eugen Bilharz, born 06.Aug.1886 and died 08.Dec. 1963.. In the Biblio series on German army generals he is pictured with four medals on his medalbar. the I.C. 2nd cl. in third position and three what appear to be Saxon medals.
Gen.Lt. Konrad Haase 's picture in the above mentioned series shows him with (by my count) eleven (11) ribbons on his ribbon bar.
Bernhard H. Holst

[Rick Research]

But what were they both doing from 1919-1921? Any mention of Freikorps, Grenzschütz, or the like?

Bilharz's WW1s match, but I doubt either General had any Freikorps service since Bilharz was in the "garrison army" and Haase was in the Police--unless their entries say otherwise?

[bhholst]

hello:
Neither Bilharz' nor Haase's bios give any indication of having been involved in eastern/slesian frontier defense activities.
Bilharz for a short time lead a "Sicherheits Batallion "Bilharz' in Zwickau/Saxony. But based on my recollection there were homegrown security concerns in Saxony at that time.
Bernhard H. Holst

[Rick Research]

Yeah, there was enough trouble at home on every street corner.

OK, the two Generals can be scratched from MY "Silesian" group. Thanks Bernhard!