Leopold Freiherr von Hauer (born 26 January 1854 in Budapest, Hungary, died on 3 May 1933, in Budapest) was a Colonel General in the Austro-Hungarian Army. He participated in the First World War on the Russian front.
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At the outbreak of the War, he commanded the 9th Cavalry Division, and from October 1914 until October 1917 the Cavalry Corps Hauer.
Decorations and awards
- Order of the Crown, 3rd class (Prussia, 1889)
- Military Merit Medal in Bronze (Austria-Hungary, 21 May 1895) - on the recommendation of the Emperor
- Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary, 2 December 1898) - because of his merits in cavalry training
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Vasa (Sweden, c. 1898)
- Grand Cross of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, 1898)
- Order of the Lion and the Sun, 2nd class (Persia, 1898)
- Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class (Austria, 16 April 1904)
- Commander's Cross, First Class of the House Order of Albert the Bear (Anhalt, 1907)
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold, (Austria, 24 September 1912)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (Spain, 1910)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria, 1910)
- Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd degree of 1st class (China, 1911)
- Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class with war decoration (later with swords) (Austria, 2 December 1914)
- Military Merit Cross, 2nd class with war decoration (later with swords) (Austria-Hungary, 8 February 1915)
- Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class (Prussia, 1915)
- Appointment to the Privy Council (16 March 1916)
- First Class Decoration of Honour for Services to the Red Cross with war decoration (2 August 1916)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Iron Crown with war decoration (13 September 1916)
- Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order with Swords in (Bavaria, 1916)
- Order of Leopold, 1st class with war decoration and swords (Austria, 17 April 1917)
External links
- Leopold Freiherr von Hauer at Austro-Hungarian-Army.co.uk
- Austrian Commanders: Leopold Freiherr von Hauer at the Wayback Machine (archived May 16, 2005)
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