Der Nachlass Leonrod

| 55 sections (Long Service Award, War CommemorativeMedal) and an arm- band of the (tr.) “Citizens’ Defence Munich 1919” in the storage box with the label (tr.) “Freifrau von SatzenhofenGrand Crosses order ribbons”. The decorations awarded to Maximilian Freiherr von Sazenhofen (1829 – 1913) passed into the family on the marriage in 1905 of his daughter Clara (1870 – 1953) withWilhelmFreiherr von Leonrod and subsequent- ly to Schmiechen castle in 1937. As major of the cavalry, Sazenhofen, who hailed fromZweibrücken, served as 1st adjutant during the Franco-Prus- sian War in the Generalkommando Würzburg (II Armee Korps) under General Freiherr vonHartmann, earned the Iron Cross at Plessis-Piquet and received the Military Merit Order from the Bavarian king for the siege of Paris. By his death in 1913, he had advanced to the highest posi- tion in the Bavarian army as general of the cavalry, was ultimately ap- pointed adjutant general of Prince Regent Ludwig and, as chamberlain, had been a member of the royal household since 1889. In 1887, he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown; he received the Order of St. Michael 2nd Class with Star in 1893, the Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order in 1896 and the Order of Louis for 50 years of service in 1909. 247754 II - € 1.500 Maximilian Freiherr von Sazenhofen – Personal orders clasps, presentation cases and ribbons The nine-part (separated) clasp with the Knight’s Cross 2nd Class (war decoration) of theMilitaryOrder of Merit, the Knight’s Cross of the Order ofMerit of theBavarianCrown (both aremissing), the Prussian IronCross of 1870with the “25” JubileeOakLeaves, theOrder of Louis honour cross (missing), the JubileeMedal with Crown, theWar CommemorativeMedal of 1870/71 (clasp issue) with the combat bars “WEISSENBURG”, “WÖRTH”, “SEDAN” and “PARIS”, the Army Commemorative Badge “1866”, the CentennialMedal 1897 and the CommemorativeMedal for the Duke of Anhalt’s Jubilee of 1896. Also enclosed is the Swords distinction, for attachment to the MMO with a safety pin brooch for the shift from the orders to the field orders clasp as of 1891. Moreover, the presentation cases for the Order of Louis by “HEMMER- LE”, for the Jubilee Medal with Crown (the discarded medal without the crown enclosed) by “Leser” and for the Anhalt medal. Together with a long sash ribbon section of the Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown and four customised neck ribbons (Order of St. Michael, MMO, Prussian Order of the Crown and Waldeck Military Merit Cross), various replacement neck ribbons (e.g. Order of the Red Eagle) and other 1028 Photo 2