Baron Samu Hazai (german: Samuel Freiherr von Hazai; 26 December 1851 – 10 February 1942) was a
Hungarian military officer and politician of
Jewish
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origin, who served as
Minister of Defence of Hungary between 1910 and 1917.
Decorations and awards
*
Military Merit Medal in bronze (Austria-Hungary, March 1900) - for his services as an instructor.
*
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, June 1904) - for his services in the military training
* Knight's Cross of the
Order of Leopold Order of Leopold may refer to:
* Order of Leopold (Austria), founded in 1808 by emperor Francis I of Austria and discontinued in 1918
* Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium
* Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo ...
(Austria, 10 April 1908)
* Grand Cross of the
Order of Military Merit (Spain, 1909)
*
Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class (Prussia, 1910)
*
Order of Prince Danilo I, 1st class (Montenegro, 1910)
* Appointment to the
Privy Council
A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...
(December 1910)
* Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (12 August 1913)
*
Military Merit Cross, 1st class with war decoration (Austria-Hungary, 3 February 1915)
* Star of the
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 ...
(1915)
*
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, 1915)
* Grand Cross of the
Military Merit with Swords (Bavaria, 1915)
* Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (June 1916); war decoration added on 10 August 1916
* Large Military Merit Medal in Gold (25 November 1916)
* Grand Cross of the
Order of the Crown (Württemberg, 1916)
* Grand Cross with swords and golden star of the
Albert Order, (Saxony, 1916)
*
Order of the Medjidie, 1st class (
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) ...
, 1917)
*
Gallipoli Star ("Iron Crescent", 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)
* Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with war decoration in diamonds (Austria-Hungary, 12 August 1918)
References
External links
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
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1851 births
1942 deaths
People from Rimavská Sobota
Jewish Hungarian politicians
Hungarian soldiers
Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
Austro-Hungarian Army officers
Defence ministers of Hungary
Hungarian Jews
Grand Crosses of Military Merit
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
Grand Crosses of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class
Recipients of the Imtiyaz Medal