Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi (January 27, 1852 – 1926) was a General of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Army.
Biography[]
He was born in Prague,[1] then part of Bohemia. The son of a military Colonel, von Georgi was born into a noble family which originally came from Saxony. He attended the Theresian Cadet Academy at Hainburg. After completing his education on 1 September 1871, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in Feldjäger Bataillon No.6.
In May 1877, von Georgi married Bertha Stamm in 1878.[when?] Together they had four children, though two of them died in infancy. From 1879 to 1881 he joined a military academy in Vienna. 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, 3rd class (Austria, January 1903) - for his services to the War Office
- Appointment to the Privy Council (4 August 1908)
- Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia, 1908)
- Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (Austria, 9 March 1909)
- Order of St Alexander (Bulgaria, October 1912)
- Iron Cross 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 (8 March 1915)
- Military Merit Medal in Gold (25 November 1916)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown with swords (Württemberg, 1916)
- Marian Cross of the Teutonic Knights (1916)
- Red Cross Medal (Prussia, 1916)
- Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire, 1916)
- Grand Cross of the Albert Order with a golden star (Saxony, 1917)
- Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire, 1917)
- Imtiyaz Medal in Gold (Ottoman Empire, 1917)
References[]
- ↑ Georgi, Friedrich Freiherr von, Austrian Biographical Dictionary 1815-1950 (1957) Volume 1, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
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