Von Lettow-Vorbeck medals

[webr55]

Yup, there were quite a lot of Lettow-Vorbecks in the Imperial Army. That other one without first name was a Major d.R.

[Glenn2438]

That other one without first name was a Major d.R.

Major d.R. Klaus von Lettow-Vorbeck.

Regards
Glenn

[Dave Danner]

I have Erhard Roths Badens ordens verleihung 1914-1918. I thought about that too, that he should have gotten a higher class. The problem is that Roth does not say his first name. There are two von Lettow-Vorbecks that got a 1st class RK with X. The first is a Wilfried von Lettow-Vorbeck (19.10.1914) and the other is just "von Lettow-Vorbeck" (9.1.1918). I just made a quick judgement that this must be "the" Lettow-Vorbeck. But now I see now that It doesn't make any sence.

The first one, Wilfried, was probably the Major von Lettow-Vorbeck who began the war as Ia of XIV.Armeekorps, which was, for all intents and purposes, Baden's army (all of its combat regiments were from Baden except Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 40 from Hohenzollern).

[Glenn2438]

Wilfried von Lettow-Vorbeck

Dave,

The first one, Wilfried, was probably the Major von Lettow-Vorbeck who began the war as Ia of XIV.Armeekorps

That is correct. He was killed in action as the commander of I.R. 85 on 21 March 1918.

Regards
Glenn