64 | 4078 Brevet Major General Theodor August Adolf Krause - a medal bar, Franco Prussian Era A unique combination of fine awards attributable to Theodor August Adolf Krause, a Prussian Officer who served extensively in the Franco Prussian War. His seven-place medal bar is offered as originally worn and comprises an Iron Cross 2nd Class 1870, magnetic, with silvered frame, excellent crisp details, together with Jubilee oakleaves „25”, both of fine quality manufacture, dark toned extremely fine; Prussian Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with Bow, in Gold and enamels, 4th model (1869-1918), excellent quality, circa 1880 periodmanufacture, extremely fine; Officers Long Service Decoration for 25 years, in fire gilded bronze; Commemorative CampaignWar Medal 1870/71, in bronze with the clasps „STRASSBURG” and „PARIS”; Commemorative Campaign Cross Königgrätz; Centennial Medal (1897), reduced size; Bavaria: Military Merit Order, Knight’s Cross 1st Class, in Gold and enamels, by maker Ed. Quellhorst, one leg of the rampant lion on reverse missing, otherwise with fine old blue enamels, circa 1880 period manufacture, and in extremely fine condition. Some fraying to ribbons, medal bar in worn condition, catch on reverse holding pin in place missing, otherwise fine awards from around circa 1870-1880, with two Gold Orders, in generally better then very fine condition. Theodor August Adolf Krause was born on May 25, 1836 in Breslau (present-day Wrocław, southwest Poland). He joined the Prussian army on October 7, 1853 and became a gunner in the 6th Artillery Regiment. Between October 1854 and July 1857, Krause learned at a combined Artillery and Engineer School . During this time, he was first promoted to Officer Cadet with Portepee on January 5, 1855, and then to extrabudgetary Second Lieutenant on October 11 of the same year. 4078
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