Baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than ...
Samu Hazai (; 26 December 1851 – 10 February 1942) was a
Hungarian military officer and politician of
Jewish
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origin, who served as
Minister of Defence of Hungary between 1910 and 1917.
Decorations and awards
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Military Merit Medal in bronze (Austria-Hungary, March 1900) - for his services as an instructor.
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Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class (Austria, June 1904) - for his services in the military training
* Knight's Cross of the
Order of Leopold (Austria, 10 April 1908)
* Grand Cross of the
Order of Military Merit (Spain, 1909)
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Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class (Prussia, 1910)
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Order of Prince Danilo I, 1st class (Montenegro, 1910)
* Appointment to the
Privy Council (December 1910)
* Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (12 August 1913)
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Military Merit Cross, 1st class with war decoration (Austria-Hungary, 3 February 1915)
* Star of the
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Red Cross (1915)
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Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire (1871–1918), and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). The design, a black cross pattée with a white or silver outline, was derived from the in ...
of 1914, 1st and 2nd class (Prussia, 1915)
* Grand Cross of the
Military Merit with Swords (Bavaria, 1915)
* Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (June 1916); war decoration added on 10 August 1916
* Large Military Merit Medal in Gold (25 November 1916)
* Grand Cross of the
Order of the Crown (Württemberg, 1916)
* Grand Cross with swords and golden star of the
Albert Order
The Albert Order () was created on 31 December 1850 by King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony to commemorate Albert III, Duke of Saxony (known as Albert the Bold). It was to be awarded to anyone who had served the state well, for civil virtue, s ...
, (Saxony, 1916)
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Order of the Medjidie
Order of the Medjidie (, August 29, 1852 – 1922) was a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire. The order was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmejid I.
History
Instituted in 1851, the order was awarded in five classes, with the Firs ...
, 1st class (
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
, 1917)
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Gallipoli Star ("Iron Crescent", Ottoman Empire, 1917)
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Imtiyaz Medal in Gold (Ottoman Empire, 1917)
* Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with war decoration in diamonds (Austria-Hungary, 12 August 1918)
References
External links
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
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1851 births
1942 deaths
Hungarian barons
Hungarian nobility
People from Rimavská Sobota
Jewish Hungarian politicians
Hungarian soldiers
Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
Austro-Hungarian generals
Ministers of defence of Hungary
Grand Crosses of Military Merit
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
Grand Crosses of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class
Recipients of the Imtiyaz Medal