One of my ribbon bars got name back!!!

[Noor]

Hi,

Here is one of my ribbon bars, what I have had almost 2 years now. Today Daniel confirmed owner of this set!

Please meet Hauptmann Achill von Oertzen, born 1872. Served in Life Grenadier Regiment "King Frederick William III" (1st Brandenburgian) No. 8.



End of WW1 retired as a Oberstleutnant. Last assignment IR 157.

Peactime awards RAO4, KO4, Joh, RA3, MMV2 from Schwerin

and here is the bar



Any information, entries, etc about him would be great!


Thank you to Daniel!

Regards,

Timo aka Noor

[Steve Campbell]

Must feel great to have a name attached to an item you own. So much of the stuff is unknown as to who the recipient was.

[Claudius]

Hi,

Here is one of my ribbon bars, what I have had almost 2 years now. Today Daniel confirmed owner of this set!

Please meet Hauptmann Achill von Oertzen, born 1872. Served in Life Grenadier Regiment "King Frederick William III" (1st Brandenburgian) No. 8.



End of WW1 retired as a Oberstleutnant. Last assignment IR 157.

Peactime awards RAO4, KO4, Joh, RA3, MMV2 from Schwerin

and here is the bar



Any information, entries, etc about him would be great!


Thank you to Daniel!

Regards,

Timo aka Noor

Outstanding.

(For some reason, the photos of the bar are not showing.)

[streptile]

A great story!

[Wild Card]

Another mystery solved.

[Noor]

Von Oertzen awards on the bar:

First, Von Oertzen awards:

•Iron Cross 2nd Class (Eisernes Kreuz, II Klasse)
•Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin, II Klasse)
•Hamburg Hanseatic Cross (Hanseatenkreuz)
•Honour Cross for Combatants (Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer)
•Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class (Roter Adlerorden, IV Klasse)
•Order of the Crown 4th Class (Kronenorden, IV Klasse)
•Kaiser Wilhelm I Centenary Medal, 1897 (Kaiser Wilhelm I Zentenarmedaille)
•Long Service Cross (Dienstauszeichnungskreuz)
•The South West African Campaign Medal, Steel (Südwest-Afrika Denkmünze)
•Military Merit Cross 3rd Class (Militär-Verdienstkreuz, III Klasse)
•Imperial Russia St.Anne 3rd Class

[Noor]

Now, I did some search on internet but not much turned up.... first at all about this unit, can someone please point out some good reading site or materials? Google just shows unit flags, etc... I am most interested what that unit (and Von Oertzen) did and was located during WW1?

Also I am not sure is Von Oertzen from Prussia or Schwerin? Some lists shows that there is nice amount of Oertzen's in Schwerin area and even in the Government:

(President of the State Ministry)



Also what was very interesting - maybe some how relative as well?

Hans Ulrich von Oertzen (March 06, 1915 - July 21, 1944)
Hans Ulrich von Oertzen completed a general staff training course in the Wehrmacht in the mid-1930s, and was rapidly promoted during the Second World War. In 1943, as a major on the general staff and instructor (I d), he joined the staff of Army Group Center under Henning von Tresckow. Von Tresckow was looking for an opportunity to assassinate Hitler. Oertzen worked on the “Valkyrie” plans with Stauffenberg, the chief of staff in the General Army Office in Berlin, and served as liaison officer for military district III (Berlin) on the day of the coup attempt. On July 20, 1944, Hans Ulrich von Oertzen passed on the first “Valkyrie” orders. The day after the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Hitler he was interrogated in the Berlin military district command building by the officers working there. However, he was able to kill himself with an explosive shell before the Gestapo arrived.

[Noor]

Oh, and you guys like to see his picture?

Thank you to Heiko and all his hard dedicated work...

Achill von Oertzen in 1905 as Oberleutnant in the Garde-MG-Abteilung 2

[streptile]

Thanks for the update, Timo. I think this is a terrific story! I'd love to know some information like that about some of my collectibles, but of course it's not possible with individual pieces. Just great.

[MauserKar98k]

Very cool! Nice work.

[Noor]

Thanks guys!

and one more shot from internet... looks like the same man?

Achilles von Oertzen
Seconde Leutnant im Garde Schützen Bataillon, 1898

[Noor]

Looks like Oertzen is old Mecklenburg family:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oertzen_(Adelsgeschlecht)

Should try to check this out as well:

http://www.familie-von-oertzen.de/?lang=en

[Noor]

And I got original photo to add next to his ribbon bar

[pauke]

?

Which two medals is he wearing in post #8 ?

[HeikoGrusdat]

He ist wearing the crown order 4.class of prussia and the Centenarmedal