Officer photo, with Order of the White Falcon

[John Skandalis]

Yesterday, I received this photo, of an officer with two awards:

Prussian Crown Order 4th class, and
Saxe-Weimar Order of the White Falcon, Knight's Cross 2nd class.

[Mike Dwyer]

Yesterday, I received this photo, of an officer with two awards:

Prussian Crown Order 4th class, and
Saxe-Weimar Order of the White Falcon, Knight's Cross 2nd class.

Wow! Extremely nice photo!!!!!

[Dave Mosher]

John

Your officer appears to be wearing the pre-war uniform of a pioneer or other verkehrstruppen prior to 1914 (mobilization). Inf. Regt. Nr. 94 from Sachsen-Weimar was part of the XI Armee Korps. I don't know if this is too much of a stretch, but the only pioneer unit for this army corps was Kurhessisches Pioneer-Batl. Nr. 11. Can you distinguish the numbers on the banjo boards?

Dave

[PaulChep]

I have checked my ranklists for 1901 forward for the Pion Batt 11 and can't find a match on the medals.

[Dave Mosher]

Even a blind chicken can find a kernel sometime...I think I found him in my 1912 Rangliste. Lt. Meyer of Magdeburgisches Pioneer Bataillon Nr. 4, commissioned on September 17, 1906. It appears he was a graduate of the Militartechnische Akademie in Berlin and was awarded the Crown Order 4th class and the White Falcon, Knights Cross 2nd class.


Dave

[Bob Hunter*]

Nice photo and nice research to go with it. Congratulations to both of you!





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[John Skandalis]

Many thanks to everyone.

[McCulloh]

Looks like he survived the war and was demobbed as a Hauptman aD.

[sb98]

What a collar

[David Müldner]

Collar

Well thats why I like them uniforms soooo much, just think of how such a collar would feel around your neck!!!

What a collar

[sb98]

Well thats why I like them uniforms soooo much, just think of how such a collar would feel around your neck!!!

With my 5 o'clock shadow that appears around 2:30...awful