A true Bavarian HERO - Lt d. R. Erwin Bruckner

[JensF.]

This is from the collection of a collector I know. I am posting these pics and informations with his approval.

The maybe rarest combination of gallantry awards a "Bayer" could get in WWI. The holder was Lt Erwin Brucker who got the Military Merit Cross as Unteroffizier d .R., Silver AND Gold Bravery Medals as Vizefeldwebel der Reserve AND the Military Merit Order 4. Kl w/swords as Leutnant d. R.

His unbelieveable medal-bar:




Ribbon-bar (strange combination):




Citations for the Bravery Medals:

[Rick Research]

Wow-- what an amazing group! Fantastic!!!! Any idea what he did in World War Two?

[JensF.]

I am sure Rick just fell off his chair

He was a doctor (!) in WWII:

- Unteroffizier, EK 2. Klasse, January 1916
- Unteroffizier, MVK 3. klasse mit Krone u. Schw., 31 Juli 1916
- Leutnant, MVO 4. klasse mit Schwerter, 21.August 1917
- Vizefeldwebel nunmehr Leutnant, Goldene tapferkeitsmed., 23.
Febr. 1918
- Leutnant, EK 1. klasse, 12. Okt 1918
- Leutnant, Gold. Hochzeits Erinnerungsmünze Bayern, Ostern
1923
- Ehrendenkmünze des Weltkrieges, 14.8.1923
- Praktischer Arzt Dr. Bruckner, Ehrenkreuz für Frontk. 22.12.1934
- Stabsarzt KVK 2. Klasse mit Schwerter, 6.Sept. 1941
- Stabsarzt KVK 1. klasse mit Schwerter, 26.Jan. 1942

[Rick Research]

His Gold Bravery Medal citation is certainly Medal of Honor/Victoria Cross/Hero of the Soviet Union/you name it stuff!!!

AND-- he was NEVER wounded!?!

[JensF.]

I don't know. I have no information if he was wounded. If not, he must be VERY VERY lucky!!!

[Daniel Krause]

Mein Gott, Majorpayne,

was für eine Spange!!!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Viele Grüße

Daniel

[JensF.]

Hi Spiess,

NO, this isn't my medal-bar. As I wrote in the first posting I post these pics for another collector. I wish this would be in my collection

He got the medal bar from Bruckners daughter and he told me all the facts about Bruckner.

At the moment something like that is too expensive for me

Viele Grueße