Yet another 1870 IC 2nd ?????

[mravery]

Hello all....

This looks great to me... what do you all think ???

(remember... I'm a tunic guy... not a medal guy... so my opinion on this cross doesn't count )

[mravery]

25 year oaks

close up of the oaks

[Eric Stahlhut]

Looks fine to me!

What else is on the medal bar?

[mravery]

Looks fine to me!

What else is on the medal bar?

You don't miss much do you Eric

Here it is.....

[Brian S]

That photo of great grandpa Leo get you interested in this bar?

[Biro]

Now that is a nice one!!!

Marshall

[mravery]

That photo of great grandpa Leo get you interested in this bar?

It's pretty darn close to his...... except for a few 1870 bars.....

[Brian S]

And you see that could be the bar of a Lt. Gen. because it represents the same grouping as my great grandfather's who retired shortly before WWI.

And here's the bar before the late 90's fluff and stuff add-ons. What a real 1870 vet wore proudly before the new bar replaced this well worn example.

[Marc Garlasco]

VERY nice!

[mravery]

And you see that could be the bar of a Lt. Gen. because it represents the same grouping as my great grandfather's who retired shortly before WWI.

And here's the bar before the late 90's fluff and stuff add-ons. What a real 1870 vet wore proudly before the new bar replaced this well worn example.

Hey Brian,

The thing about your great grandaddy..... was he had all the little stuff on his bar... as he had all the 'high end' stuff around his neck.....

What rank do you think he was ... when he wore this bar ?

Cheers
Mark

[Brian S]

He wore this bar until the 1890's when he wore the fluff fluff bar and all the chest crosses and RAO w/oaks neck cross. So he literally did not add a single medal to his bar from the 1870 war until he was the Lt. Gen. in the photo in the other thread. He ended the Franco Prussian War as a Hauptmann.

But, the fluff fluff bar is the typical bar post 90's for these guys and he wore one also.

He wanted to name my grandmother after one of his battles.

[mravery]

He wore this bar until the 1890's when he wore the fluff fluff bar and all the chest crosses and RAO w/oaks neck cross. So he literally did not add a single medal to his bar from the 1870 war until he was the Lt. Gen. in the photo in the other thread. He ended the Franco Prussian War as a Hauptmann.

But, the fluff fluff bar is the typical bar post 90's for these guys and he wore one also.

He wanted to name my grandmother after one of his battles.

Did he have a bar with lower ranks of the orders (i.e. RAO 4th or Crown 4th) ?

Which battle for Grandma ..... 'Metz' ?

[Brian S]

No other bar.

Gravelotte.

[mravery]

No other bar.

Gravelotte.

Interesting that there was no other bar..... So I'm to assume that he went straight to the commander's grade orders ????

Do you know what his ranks were over the years ... and when he retired ??

M

[Brian S]

Sekond-Lieutenant: 11 Feb 1860
(see next slide for Seven Weeks War)
Premier-Lieutenant: 25 Sep 1867
Hauptmann: 7 Feb 1871
Major: 13 Jan 1883
1887 Brandenburgisches Fustlier Reg. Nr. 35
Oberstlieutenant: 22 May 1889
Oberst: 16 Jul 1891
Commander 1. Nassauisches Infanterie-
Regiment Nr. 87 16 Jul 1891 - 13 Jul 1895
Major General 14 Juli,1895
Commander 19. Infanterie-Brigade, 10 Div.
14 Jul 1895 - 19 Jul 1898

Generalleutnant 16 Feb 1899