Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi (27 January 1852 – 1926) was a

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of the

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Biography

He was born in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

,Georgi, Friedrich Freiherr von, Austrian Biographical Dictionary 1815-1950 (1957) Volume 1, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. then part of

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. The son of a military

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, von Georgi was born into a noble family which originally came from

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

. He attended the Theresian Cadet Academy at Hainburg. After completing his education on 1 September 1871, he was commissioned as a

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in Feldjäger Bataillon No.6. In May 1877, von Georgi married Bertha Stamm. Together they had four children, though two of them died in infancy. From 1879 to 1881 he joined a military academy in

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. In 1882, von Georgi saw action in his first battle as a general staff officer of the 5th Gebirgsbrigade during a rebellion in Herzegovina. Following the campaign, he was awarded the Military Merit Medal in Bronze upon its introduction in 1890.

Awards

* Military Merit Medal in Bronze (later with swords) (Austria-Hungary, 1890) * Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary, October 1898) *

Order of the Iron Crown The Order of the Iron Crown ( it, link=no, Ordine della Corona Ferrea) was an order of merit that was established on 5 June 1805 in the Kingdom of Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte under his title of Napoleon I, King of Italy. The order took its name ...

, 3rd class (Austria, January 1903) - for his services to the War Office * Appointment to the

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(4 August 1908) *

Order of the Red Eagle The Order of the Red Eagle (german: Roter Adlerorden) was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful se ...

(Prussia, 1908) * Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (Austria, 9 March 1909) *

Order of St Alexander The Order of St Alexander ( bg, Орден "Свети Александър") was the second highest Bulgarian order during the Kingdom of Bulgaria. It was established by Knyaz Alexander I and named after his patron saint ( Alexander Nevsky). ...

(Bulgaria, October 1912) *

Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...

of 1914, 1st and 2nd class (Prussia) * Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order with swords (Bavaria, 1914) * Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (Austria, 12 August 1913, with associated war decoration added on 10 August 1916) * Military Merit Cross, 1st class (Austria-Hungary, 3 February 1915) *

Decoration of Honour for Services to the Red Cross The Decoration for Services to the Red Cross (''Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Rote Kreuz'') was an Austro-Hungarian award instituted on 17 August 1914 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Josef I to mark the 50th anniversary of the G ...

(8 March 1915) * Military Merit Medal in Gold (25 November 1916) * Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown with swords (Württemberg, 1916) *

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of the

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(1916) * Red Cross Medal (Prussia, 1916) *

Order of the Medjidie Order of the Medjidie ( ota, نشانِ مجیدی, August 29, 1852 – 1922) is a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire. The Order was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmejid I. History Instituted in 1851, the Order was awarded in fi ...

(

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, 1916) * Grand Cross of the

Albert Order The Albert Order (german: link=no, Albrechts-Orden or Albrechtsorden) was created on 31 December 1850 by King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony to commemorate Albert III, Duke of Saxony (known as Albert the Bold). It was to be awarded to anyone wh ...

with a golden star (Saxony, 1917) *

Gallipoli Star The Gallipolli Star is a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire. It was known as the Ottoman War Medal ( tr, Harp Madalyası) or the Iron Crescent (from German ''Eiserner Halbmond'', in allusion to the Iron Cross). It was instituted b ...

(Ottoman Empire, 1917) *

Imtiyaz Medal The Imtiyaz Medal / Imtiaz Medal ( tr, İmtiyaz Madalyası) was an Ottoman military decoration, instituted in 1882. It was presented in two classes, gold and silver. The gold medal was the highest Ottoman military decoration for gallantry. When ...

in Gold (Ottoman Empire, 1917)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Georgi, Friedrich von 1852 births 1926 deaths Military personnel from Prague Austro-Hungarian generals Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class Grand Crosses of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria) Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie Recipients of the Imtiyaz Medal Theresian Military Academy alumni