Paul C Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) This bar was not to hard to figure out who it belonged to. He was list in the Reichheeres Ranglist. His awards were unique enough for an identification. The been there awards are not on his awards list in his service record. Also, oddly enough and not uncommon his Czech campaign and long service awards are also not list. But he did have 25 years of service. The picture of him comes from his service rcord. GM Georbig was the last commander of the Sennelager Panzer trainign base. Edited July 20, 2012 by Paul C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Awards and last evaluation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 After the war Georbig wrote history of his last battle of April 10. I was able to down load it from 3fold.com. While it is somewhat interesting the US Army ranted it as having no value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hello Paul; I could make it out on the photo and couldn't read it on the doc, but what grade VWA did he earn? Where was he wounded? Great group and accompanying research items! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 His wound badge was in black. I do not know where he was wounded. My thanks to Dave Danner for the assistance with Goerbig's service record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) He is mistakenly listed in the Verlustlisten as Fähnrich Johann Goerbig, severely wounded in fighting between 17.2. and 6.3.1915 (his full name was Wilhelm Johannes Paul Goerbig). His Dienstlaufbahn has him wounded on 22.2.1915 and sent to the Feldlazarett Chatel, then to the surgical clinic at Reserve-Lazarett II Tübingen, then somewhere I can't read, then Reserve-Lazarett III Neuwied, then Genesungsheim Bad Salzig, then Vereinslazarett Marienburg-Boppard. He was in the hospitals until 15.11.1915, when he returned to the Ersatz battalion of Pion.-Regt. 30. In his list of combat service, it shows him from 14.10.14 to 22.2.15 in "Stellungskämpfe in den Argonnen, Kämpfe an der Maas, Einschließung von Verdun". So he was probably wounded at Verdun. Edited July 20, 2012 by Dave Danner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Great information. A nine month convalesce. it sounds like a serious enough wound to take time to heal before returning to the front and, three years later, he was awarded the VWA-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Paul, very interesting indeed. Reminds me of your visit to Sennelager about four years ago! Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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