dante Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Un-packing some of my collection, here is a set of documents to reserve Lieutenant of Reserve Infantry Regiment III/252, 76. Reserve-Division Kurt Wilhelm, later Battalion Adjutant Freikorps 2nd Landeschützen Brigade There are some documents relating to his one-year volunteer time. He saw action at Eastern and Western Front. According to a certificate of his Battalion commander he earned his EK1 "in a hail of bullets" . Since he was a native Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt he got the rare Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Cross of Honour 3. Class with swords. (According to his Kriegsstammrolle). In December 1918 he entered the Freikorps 2nd Landeschützen-Brigade: http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/36-germany/germany-freikorps/2215-freiwilligen-landesschuetzenkorps He took part in the following operations: Border Protection (12/12/18-14/12/18) Occupation of Berlin (11/01/19-21/01/19) Occupation of Bremen (06/02/19-19/02/19) Occupation of Wilhelmshaven (20/02/19-24/02/19) Protection of Ruhr coal mines (25/02/19-27/02/19) 1st Occupation of Düsseldorf (28/02/19-11/03/19) 2nd Occupation of Berlin (12/03/19-21/03/19) 2nd Occupation of Düsseldorf (05/04/19-08/06/19) Rest in the area eastern Magdeburg (09/06/19-29/06/19) According to a certificate of his Freikorps Battalion commander he did a great service as Battalion adjutant during the riots in Berlin, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Düsseldorf and Essen. I am sure there must be a photograph or period newspaper cutting of this gallant soldier....if anyone has the 76. Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914/1918) - Der erste Weltkrieg could they check for Ltn Wilhelm? Edited January 18, 2017 by dante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 forgot to mention this came from the same source but believed to be un-related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Very cool. That is the first time I have ever seen the parents' authorization form for the one year volunteer program. Very cool group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hi Dante, with regard to the photo in #2 it depends on what you mean be unrelated. The soldiers wear the emblem of the Landesschützenkorps on their collar. So that relates unitwise at least. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Cheers Gentleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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