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Field Marshall's Baton(s)


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When Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington died in 1851, Prussia reintroduced a Field Marshall's Baton. Wellington was an honorary Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army. Prior to his burial, it was decided that a  British Marshall's Baton was to be placed in his grave, but no Prussian example, as these did not exist.  Very hurriedly, a Prussian Marshall's Baton was conceived and together with the  British version, was placed in his tomb.

The Prussian example was 30 cm in length, covered in lightblue velvet, and mounted with golden crowns and heraldic eagles.
On the crossface surfaces were black heraldic eagles on a white background. The Marshalls' Batons of other states were similar to the Prussian model, with exceptions of Bavaria, Württemberg and Saxony. The last model was from 1895.

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Prussia, Marschallsstab, 1895

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Prussian Marschallstäbe in the Eremitage in St.Petersburg. From left to right: Generalfeldmarschall v. Moltke,  Großadmiral von Koester (centre) and Erzherzog Friedrich von Österreich-Ungarn.

Deutsches Reich (1936)

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Generalfeldmarschall Ritter von Leeb (Bayerisches Armeemuseum)
and of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, currently held at an American Museum at West Point/USA

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A replica of the Luftwaffe Feldmarschallstab awarded to Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram v. Richthofen

Werner von Blomberg was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall on 20. April 1936 and received his new baton from Hitler personally.
This is now in a Museum in USA.

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The Baton of Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring.

Paulus, Schörner and Ritter von Greim never received their Batons due to the circumstances at the time of promotion.

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Großadmiral Raeder with Großadmiralsstab, 1940. This is thought to have been broken up postwar and the parts sold.


Field Marshall Batons in Museums worldwide:

Kaiser Franz Joseph I. von Österreich, preußischer Marschallstab verliehen 1898 (Schatzkammer in Wien)

Kaiser Franz Joseph I. von Österreich, britischer Marschallstab (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Wien)

König Wilhelm II. von Württemberg (Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg – Stuttgart)

Werner von Blomberg (National Museum of American History – Washington, D.C., USA)

Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (National Infantry Museum – Columbus, USA)

Günther von Kluge (Deutsches Panzermuseum – Munster)

Erwin Rommel (Festung Reuenthal, Schweiz)

Leonhard von Blumenthal (Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin)

Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (Staatliches Historisches Museum Moskau, Moskau)

Albrecht von Österreich-Teschen (Eremitage, Sankt Petersburg)

Friedrich von Österreich-Teschen (Eremitage, Sankt Petersburg)

Alfred von Waldersee (Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg)

Hermann Göring Feldmarschallstab (National Infantry Museum – Columbus, USA)

Hermann Göring Reichsmarschallstab (West Point Museum- West Point, USA)

Rupprecht von Bayern (Museum der Bayerischen Könige – Hohenschwangau)

Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring - 2010 in an American auction, to an unknown bidder.

Quelle: Wikipedia and other sources

 

 

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