Colonel Hugo Fischer von See, August 1907.
5th/6th class Rising Sun order.
5th/6th class Rising Sun order.
Imperial Austria Officers with Japanese Orders and Medals
Unknown colonel with 6th or 5th class Rising Sun order.
Theodor Edler von Lerch with 4th class Rising Sun order.
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Theodor Edler von Lerch (1869-1945) is a father of Skiing for sport in Japan. He came to Japan to research the Japanese Army in 1910 as a military officer of the Austria-Hungary empire. The Japanese army also learned Alpine skiing from him.
Theodor Edler von Lerch – Wikipedia
Theodor Edler von Lerch (1869-1945) is a father of Skiing for sport in Japan. He came to Japan to research the Japanese Army in 1910 as a military officer of the Austria-Hungary empire. The Japanese army also learned Alpine skiing from him.
6th or 5th class Rising Sun order.
Naval chief engineer Paul Eyb, a with 4th class Rising Sun.
Paul Eyb died on April 24, 1924 in Vienna.
Paul Eyb was born in 1845. He officially entered the Royal and Imperial (or at that time Royal) Navy on 20 June 1866. Since he already had some kind of civilian engineering training, he began his service not as a 3rd class engineer but as a 2nd class engineer sub-master (Maschinenuntermeister 2. Klasse).
As a mechanical engineer, his first major assignment was related to the construction of the SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth. He worked on the ship from April 1890. The ship was a so-called protected cruiser, with a length of just over 100 meters and a displacement of 4,000 tons. The engine room was powered by two three-cylinder, vertical, triple-expansion steam engines, which, with the help of two propellers, could accelerate the ship to a speed of almost 20 knots (37 km/h).
On 18 January 1892, he was actually added to the ship's crew. Three days later, the first trials began, but he not only participated in them, but also sailed with the ship on a circumnavigation of the globe. The cruiser sailed from Trieste on 15 December 1892, carrying on board Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his entourage, as well as Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, who was serving as a lieutenant on the ship.
On 2 January 1894, they met the corvette SMS Fasana, which was heading home. On 5 January, they arrived in Colombo, the capital of Ceylon. On 14 January, they sailed for Bombay (now Mumbai) in the West Indies, arriving there on the 17th. The Crown Prince then began his journey to India, and the ship, via Goa and Ceylon, sailed to Calcutta to await him. They anchored in Calcutta between 28 February and 29 March, during which time the ship underwent extensive maintenance.
With Franz Ferdinand on board, they set sail for Singapore, arriving on 6 April. Due to a cholera epidemic raging in the city, they set sail for the island of Java on the 9th. On the way, they held a “baptism of the equator”, which the Crown Prince and the captain could not miss. The Archduke spent 18 days on the island, from where they sailed on 27 April and headed for Sydney. During this part of the journey, Leopold Ferdinand got into some kind of conflict with Franz Ferdinand and/or the ship’s officers, as a result of which he was put on a steamer bound for Europe in Australia.
The ship arrived in Sydney on 16 May. On the 25th, they weighed anchor to return to Singapore, bypassing Australia from the north, where they arrived in early July. From there, the objects collected by the heir to the throne – about 100 chests – were sent home by train. They then sailed to Japan via Hong Kong. Franz Ferdinand set sail from Yokohama on 24 August and continued his journey to America on a civilian passenger ship. SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth visited Korea in early October and then set off for home. One year and four days after setting sail, on 19 December 1893, the cruiser arrived in Pula.
Franz Ferdinand founded a new decoration to commemorate the voyage, the Sea Voyage Commemorative Medal, which was awarded to all members of the crew and officers. Paul Eyb was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order as the ship's chief engineer and was promoted to 3rd class chief engineer (Oberingenieure) on 1 November 1893. He had probably received the 4th class of the Order of the Rising Sun while still in Japan, but was not officially allowed to wear it until April 1895.
As a mechanical engineer, his first major assignment was related to the construction of the SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth. He worked on the ship from April 1890. The ship was a so-called protected cruiser, with a length of just over 100 meters and a displacement of 4,000 tons. The engine room was powered by two three-cylinder, vertical, triple-expansion steam engines, which, with the help of two propellers, could accelerate the ship to a speed of almost 20 knots (37 km/h).
On 18 January 1892, he was actually added to the ship's crew. Three days later, the first trials began, but he not only participated in them, but also sailed with the ship on a circumnavigation of the globe. The cruiser sailed from Trieste on 15 December 1892, carrying on board Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his entourage, as well as Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, who was serving as a lieutenant on the ship.
On 2 January 1894, they met the corvette SMS Fasana, which was heading home. On 5 January, they arrived in Colombo, the capital of Ceylon. On 14 January, they sailed for Bombay (now Mumbai) in the West Indies, arriving there on the 17th. The Crown Prince then began his journey to India, and the ship, via Goa and Ceylon, sailed to Calcutta to await him. They anchored in Calcutta between 28 February and 29 March, during which time the ship underwent extensive maintenance.
With Franz Ferdinand on board, they set sail for Singapore, arriving on 6 April. Due to a cholera epidemic raging in the city, they set sail for the island of Java on the 9th. On the way, they held a “baptism of the equator”, which the Crown Prince and the captain could not miss. The Archduke spent 18 days on the island, from where they sailed on 27 April and headed for Sydney. During this part of the journey, Leopold Ferdinand got into some kind of conflict with Franz Ferdinand and/or the ship’s officers, as a result of which he was put on a steamer bound for Europe in Australia.
The ship arrived in Sydney on 16 May. On the 25th, they weighed anchor to return to Singapore, bypassing Australia from the north, where they arrived in early July. From there, the objects collected by the heir to the throne – about 100 chests – were sent home by train. They then sailed to Japan via Hong Kong. Franz Ferdinand set sail from Yokohama on 24 August and continued his journey to America on a civilian passenger ship. SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth visited Korea in early October and then set off for home. One year and four days after setting sail, on 19 December 1893, the cruiser arrived in Pula.
Franz Ferdinand founded a new decoration to commemorate the voyage, the Sea Voyage Commemorative Medal, which was awarded to all members of the crew and officers. Paul Eyb was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order as the ship's chief engineer and was promoted to 3rd class chief engineer (Oberingenieure) on 1 November 1893. He had probably received the 4th class of the Order of the Rising Sun while still in Japan, but was not officially allowed to wear it until April 1895.
Paul Eyb died on April 24, 1924 in Vienna.
Unknown cavalier of 4th class Sacred Treasure order.
General Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (born 16 September 1860 – 7 August 1934).
