I am looking for a picture of General v. Koppy. He made General sometime after 1907. He was awarded the 1870 EK2 and Henry the Lion award. If anyone has a picture and list of the decorations. I would really apprecaite it. Once I get the list of awards and match to what I have about him I post the bar.
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Richard von Koppy was born in Sakerwitz 21 January 1853 and died 5 January 1923 (erroneously shown as still alive in the 1926 Honor Rank List, corrected in supplement 3).
His family was actually Hungarian, dispossessed by the Turks in 1522 and drifting into British and Hanseatic service before becoming Prussian. The Helden-gedenkmappe notes that the family would be extinct in the male line with the deaths of the last two male survivors after WW1, both in their 60s and childless.
1902 he was a char. Oberstleutnant in Gendarmeie Brigade 3 (Berlin)
Oberstleutnant with permanent seniority 18.4.03 in Gendarmerie Brigade 9 (Kiel)
He retired between the 1906 and 1907 Rank Lists with charakterisiert rank of Oberst aD and permission to wear the uniform of Husaren Regiment 17.
He was recalled for WW1 and served as Commandant of POW Camp Langensalza. He would have been re-retired as a charakterisiert Generalmajor, probably after the war.
I don't find him on any Prussian awards roll for WW1, but if he was NOT wearing his pre-original retirement Red Eagle 3rd with Bow and Prussian Crown 3 on his medal bar, then he must have gotten one of those "bumped" up to something Commander (2nd Class) grade during the war. -
It looks like the RAO was upgraded to a RAO3 during the war. In 1906 he had a RAO4. Since he was not a real General I think it is going to be harder to find a picture.Imperial German Medalbars and RibbonbarsComment
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That is a handsome bar, Paul, I hope you're able to find a photo. Good hunting!
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Ohh! Yours now?
I had the pleasure to ID this bar for the former owner.
v.Koppy received the Red Eagle 3 probably as retirement "gift".
Nothing else on the neck came in WW1. "just" the EK.
Best regards
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