Albert Westphal
Albert Westphal (b. 22 March 1838 in Pasewalk, Kreis Ueckermünde, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation) was a German NCO of the Prussian Army and officer of the police, finally police council in Metz, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen. His last known place of residence after his retirement was Wiesbaden (Province of Hesse-Nassau).
Life
Westphal served with the Grenadier-Regiment "König Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1. Pommersches) Nr. 2" and fought as a Feldwebel (Sergeant 1st Class) during the German War of Brothers. He was awarded the Military Honor Medal 1st Class[1] for conduct during the engagement at Gitschin on 29 June 1866 against the Austrian and Saxon Army. He then transferred to police service, presumably before the Franco-German War broke out. He is later registerd as a Polizeikommissar in Straßburg and finally a Polizeiinspektor und Polizeirat in Metz, both in the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine. In 1904, he applied for retirement, which he received.[2]
Awards and decorations
- Prussian Military Honor Medal, 1st Class (MEZ1)
- Commemorative Cross for the Campaign of 1866 (Erinnerungs-Kreuz für den Feldzug von 1866)
- Prussian Long Service Award for 9 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnung; DA3)
- Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class for non-combatants (on white ribbon)
- War Commemorative Medal of 1870–1871 (Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71; KD70/71) for non-combatants
- Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class (PRAO4/PrA4)
- Anniversary Oak Leaves (Jubiläums-Eichenlaub „25“ 1870/1895) to the Iron Cross 2nd Class
- Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)
- Prussian Order of the Crown (Preußischer Kronenorden), 3rd Class
References
- ↑ Königlich Preußischer Staats-Anzeiger, 1866, p. 3541
- ↑ Central- und Bezirks-Amtsblatt für Elsaß-Lothringen, 1904, p. 384
