, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 1919 New Year Honours, and also received the French L�gion d'honneur and Croix de Guerre (with Palm), the Belgian Croix de guerre and the Order of the Crown, and the U.S. Distinguished Service Medal....
One aspect of this was looking at the 1914 medal roll for the battalion and what it can tell us; another the POW and ICRC records. As part of my research I have been photographing the casualties’ headstones during my trips to the western front, visiting many of the well-known cemeteries...
Much in character for WiIlhelm II, his support came not from any generosity or personal interest in the Count, but out of a desire not to be outdone, and thus be under threat, from the new French Lebaudy airships. The French airship program continued to worry and motivate Zeppelin, he...
1937) was a United States Marine and one of only nineteen men (including seven Marines) to have received the Medal of Honor twice. Of the Marines who are double recipients, only Daly and Major General Smedley Butler received their Medals of Honor for two, separate actions. ...
His father was an aristocratic native of the region and his mother being of French-Swiss descent. As a child, Ferdinand was educated by a tutor hired by his family before joining the Army at age 15 in 1858. He saw no action in the Franco-Austrian war in 1859, and in the peace ...
World War I Victory Medal Legion of Honor Croix de Guerre Other work: Championship racing driver Rickenbacker car company Indianapolis Motor Speedway Eastern Air Lines Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 - July 27, 1973) was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor rec...