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Cedric Mas	Posted: June 07, 2011 06:36 am
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 7 Member No.: 3070 Joined: June 07, 2011	I read in some different sources that Generalfeldmarschall was awarded by Romany during WW : - Rumän. Orden “Michael der Tapfere” III Klasse: 12.07.1944 - Rumän. Orden “Michael der Tapfere” II Klasse: 12.07.1944 Does anyone know why and when exactly ? What does such medal represented ? The date given here is just before he's heavily wounded in Normandy by Allied Spitfires (17.07.1944). Thanks a lot for your help, CM

Victor	Posted: June 10, 2011 05:58 pm
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	The Michael the Brave Order was/is the highest military order of the Romanian State. Rommel received it as a political gesture most likely (just like Goering, for example). I could not find the motivation in the decree awarding it.

Florin	Posted: November 03, 2012 07:52 pm
General de corp de armata Group: Members Posts: 1879 Member No.: 17 Joined: June 22, 2003	Rommel "visited" Romania in World War One… Back then he was lieutenant in the elite Brandenburg regiment, and his responsibilities were higher than his lieutenant grade.

Alexei2102	Posted: November 03, 2012 09:49 pm
General de divizie Group: Members Posts: 1352 Member No.: 888 Joined: April 24, 2006	In WW1 there was no elite Brandenburg RGT. The ZBV800 RGT was only a WW2 unit.

Florin

Posted: November 03, 2012 11:19 pm

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QUOTE (Alexei2102 @ November 03, 2012 04:49 pm)

In WW1 there was no elite Brandenburg RGT. The ZBV800 RGT was only a WW2 unit.

OK, "Alexei2012", I believe you. I have to check what was the name of the regiment where Rommel was lieutenant in World War One in Romania.
I was too lazy to check it in the moment I wrote those words.

This post has been edited by Florin on November 03, 2012 11:21 pm

Fratello	Posted: November 04, 2012 07:31 am
Locotenent Group: Members Posts: 557 Member No.: 475 Joined: January 23, 2005	The unit was Württemberg Mountain Battalion ("Königlich Württembergisches Gebirgsbataillon") of the Alpenkorps. This post has been edited by Fratello on November 04, 2012 07:32 am

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QUOTE (Fratello @ November 04, 2012 10:31 am)

The unit was Württemberg Mountain Battalion ("Königlich Württembergisches Gebirgsbataillon") of the Alpenkorps.

Yep!
Rommel WW1

No "Brandenburg Regiment"... they weren't "invented" until WW2, and not even under that name at the beginning.
Brandenburgers

PPS: sorry about the wikipedia quotes, but they were the first available thing.

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