Kulm Cross
Illustration — The Kulm Cross • Illustration — Leopold I of Belgium with the Kulm Cross The Kulm Cross (Kulmer Kreuz) was a Prussian award. It was a version of the badge of the Iron Cross. It was created on 4 December 1813 by Frederick William III of Prussia after the battle of Kulm.
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- Kulm Cross was established or created in 1813.
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Illustration — The Kulm Cross • Illustration — Leopold I of Belgium with the Kulm Cross The Kulm Cross (Kulmer Kreuz) was a Prussian award. It was a version of the badge of the Iron Cross. It was created on 4 December 1813 by Frederick William III of Prussia after the battle of Kulm.
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It was not awarded for any special act of courage or merit. Officers wore it in silver and NCOs and other ranks in metal. It was worn on the tunic, with no ribbon. A Russian version of the order was completely identical in size and shape to the Prussian Order of the Iron Cross, differing only in that it had no date and monogram of the king.
• Władysław Grzegorz Branicki • Leopold I of Belgium • Aleksandr Mirkovich • Ivan Nabokov • Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov
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Kulm Cross is situated in Kingdom of Prussia.
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- 1.Bron: E. Schubersky, Das bei Priesten erkämpfte "Kulmer Kreuz", Orden-Militaria-Magazin 11(1983) p. 253-266; Dr. K. G. Klietmann, Zur Geschichte des sog. Kulmer Kreuzes 1813 - 1904, OMM 13(1983) p. 305-306.
- 2.Bron: Lars-Holger Thümmler
- 3.Afgebeeld op de Russische Wikipedia.
- 4.L. Schneider, "Das Buch vom Eisernen Kreuz", Berlijn 1872.
- 5.Volgens L.-H. Thümmler het 'Kulmer Kreuz für Offiziere' dat toebehoorde aan Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, de latere eerste Koning der Belgen. Het zou hier een juwelierskopie of een gewijzigd officieel overhandigd stuk betreffen, gevat in een zilveren frame waardoor het vaak verward wordt met een 'Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse 1813'. De kwaliteit van afwerking van het zilveren frame is naar verluidt bijzonder laag. Navraag bij de heer Maarten P. Bakker, collectiebeheerder van Huis Doorn, leverde geen bevestiging, noch een absolute ontkenning op. De heer Bakker vond enkel een niet nader gespecificeerd 'Eisernes Kreuz 1914' terug in de lade met onderscheidingen. Bron: http://users.telenet.be/eisernes_kreuz/eisernes%20kreuz%201813.html
- 6.Geert de Coster op
- 7.Zie het artikel Rode Halve Maan voor een vergelijkbare gelakte decoratie.
- 8.Akten in het Pruisische archief in het "Zentrales Staatsarchiv, Dienststelle Merseburg, Ministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten", 2.4.1. I Nr. 637 en Nr. 638.
- 9.E. Schubersky, Das bei Priesten erkämpfte "Kulmer Kreuz", Orden-Militaria-Magazin 11(1983) p. 253-266.
- 10.vergelijk de Herdenkingsdecoratie voor het 300-jarig bestaan van de Romanov-dynastie
- 11.Dr. K. G. Klietmann, "Zur Geschichte des sog. Kulmer Kreuzes 1813 - 1904, Orden-Militaria-Magazin 13(1983) p. 305-306.
- 12.L. Schneider in "Das Buch vom Eisernen Kreuz", Berlijn 1872.
- 13.Veilingnummer 184, afgebeeld op
- 14.Jörg Nimmergut, Deutschlandkatalog, 2003.
- 15.Nimmergut geeft geen prijs voor de officierskruisen, wellicht omdat deze nooit werden aangeboden op veilingen. Hij schat het Kulmer Kruis voor soldaten op 1790 euro.
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