Internationale Orden & militärhistorische Sammlungsstücke - A83

| 29 the last) belonging to the bearer, as the order only issued metal stars as standard at the beginning of the 20th century. From 1868 until his death, Eduard I. Quellhorst (1841 - 1901) worked in Munich’s Windenmacher- gasse. Born in Ansbach on 13 December 1829, Leopold Freiherr von Leonrod was the son of the Bavarian, Royal Prussian and Grand Duchy of Baden chamberlain, Ludwig Freiherr von Leonrod (1774 - 1859) and the brother of Generalleutnant Karl Freiherr von Leonrod (1814 - 1905). His mother, Rosina Freiin von Stengel (1786 - 1862) was the grand­ daughter of the Bavarian financial expert Stephan von Stengel, presumed to be a natural son of Prince-Elector Karl Theodor. He worked in Munich as a lawyer (Dr. jur. h.c. Erlangen) from 1857. In 1887, Prince Regent Luitpold appointed him justice minister of the Kingdom of 1018 Bavaria. From1865, Leopold Freiherr vonLeonrodwas amember of the royal household as chamberlain; in 1892, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and, in 1895, that of the Civil Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown, before he was admitted to the Knightly House Order of St. Hubert as a capitular in 1899. He resigned from the Office of Minister of State in 1902 owing to an eye condition and died inMunich on 6 October 1905. In 1906, the Kasernenstraße (Neuhausen- Nymphenburg) and Leonrodplatz in Munich were named after him. P rovenance : “Die Freiherrn von Leonrod - K.B. Kammerherrn, Obersthofmeister, Widerstandskämfer”, Hermann Historica 78th auction 2019, lot 1024. 272187 II € 4.800