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General of Artillery von Kirchbach

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« on: 16 September 2012, 17:00:10 »
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Pictured here is Hans von Kirchbach who finished his 52 year career at the end of WWI.
He was a General of Artillery for Saxony's XII Reserve Corps in the German Third Army at the Battle of the Marne and served on the eastern front at wars end.  http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/aok/kirchbach_h.htm

I'm sure someone here can tell me what the ribbon in his button hole is awarded for.  He was awarded the Pour le Merite in 1918, too.
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« Reply #1 on: 18 September 2012, 23:44:08 »
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Isn't that a wound badge?
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Quote from: MontyB on 18 September 2012, 23:44:08
Isn't that a wound badge?


I am wholly unfamiliar with military awards and there is sparse information on the web about him.  If you tell me it is, I'll believe you!
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« Reply #3 on: 19 September 2012, 01:19:18 »
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I will wait and see what others have to say but I have always refereed to them as wound stripes.
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