Naxos

Russian Wachmantel?

He was wounded again in 1916 by a rifle bullet. Are there any other entries?

Johann Stempel a carpenter from Cologne - he was wounded on July 29, 1915 during the fighting crossing the River Weichsel

Thanks Chris!

... this for now: http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_09_2013/post-1062-0-70589600-1378679247.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_09_2013/post-1062-0-93137100-1378679278.jpg ... for the rest of the story we have to wait a couple of weeks.

Has anyone ever heard of a Garde-Grenadier (not a Pionier) trained by the 2.Garde-Pionier-Ersatz-Btl. as a Flammenwerfer and then after a successful one-month flamethrower course being send to a machine gun section?

Thought this is a nice image to show here. Unfortunately I do not know anything about the man. The photograph was taken in Deggendorf, Bavaria. Any idea what unit he served in or what his actual rank is?

Very nice, not so common bar! Thanks for showing

Superb! I was looking at the Pass as well and thought it might one to own - but I never bid on it. Now, I'm pleased that you got it and I did not make it more expensive. It pays to do the research and pick the good stuff that others miss. Good for you Chris!

... more like "thirty-seven years ago"

The Straits Times, 20 February 1933 His appointment to "Kommodore der Hamburg-Amerika Linie" is January 15, 1933 .

This is the link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14217,_Paul_Wiehr.jpg caption to the image: Kapitän Wiehr zum Kommodore der Hamburg-Amerika Linie ernannt! Kapitän Paul Wiehr, der Führer des Hapag Dampfers "Albert Ballin", fährt seit 50 Jahren zur See und wurde als rangältester Kommandant zum Kommodore ernannt. Datum: 1932 - Wiehr, Paul: Kapitän, Kommandant des Dampfers Albert Ballin, Kommodore der Hamburg-Amerika Linie, -

Here is the image from the Bundesarchiv and this I found on the net

Andreas, ...

Incredible! Thanks dedehansen .... aren't you glad you came back to the forum Rick?

1888 Husar August Wilhelm Sieben serving in Trier with 4th squadron of Husar Regiment Nr.9

Marcin really nice collection ! any battle entries, awards?

From the Militray Passport of Pionier Gustav Zipf of 3. Komp.Pionier Btl. 28 (1. Garde-Reserve-Division) He received training in hand grenade throwing and was trained on the Granatwefer 16. The training with the Granatwerfer 16 took place in September 1917 at 2./Bayer. Pionier-Feldrekruten-Depot 6 in Saint Amand (France) In 1918 Pionier Zipf was awarded the Iron Cross II.

Incredible lot! After intense artillery shelling they couldn’t find any pieces of him so they said “he’s a goner” and wrote a letter to his parents.

Here is more: You can see the three digit Regimental number starting with a "2" (for 247) Mecklenburg perhaps? Here are additional pages from the Soldbuch FAR 247 belonged to the 29th Landwehr-Division http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2013/post-1062-0-00440400-1375417440.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2013/post-1062-0-48348000-1375417488.jpg Kleiderkarte XIX. 2. Königlich Sächsisches Armee-Korps and these odd pages

Major in Pionier Bataillon 16 He taught Volksschule

Thanks Rick, appreciate your help.

I got his Soldbuch, Kleiderkarte, shoulder boards, a picture but no first name. Leutnant d.R. Kessler, 2. Batterie, Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr: 247 http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2013/post-1062-0-63449200-1375390894.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2013/post-1062-0-31898200-1375391603.jpg

This is not one of those overdressed, overweight, hate spewing party pukes surviving the war on the homefront No, ... just a 46 year old school teacher, husband and father in another war on the Russian front. This time he would not return

d Militair-Pass des Jägers, Reservist Friedrich Otto Schneider 1.Jäger Bataillon, 3. Compagnie “Kronprinz” Nr.12 Friedrich Otto Schneider, a weaver by trade, was born on July 21st, 1843 in Meissen (Kingdom of Saxony). He joined the Royal Saxon Army on January 1st, 1865 as a rifleman in the the 3rd coy of the 1st Saxon Jäger-Bataillon. The 1stSaxon Jäger-Bataillon “Kronprinz” was garrisoned in the city of Zwickau (later 1867 Freiberg). In 1866, at the age of 23, Rifleman Schneider fought in the so called “Brother War” against Prussia. He took part in the battles of Jicin (Gitchin) and Königgrätz. He was awarded the Royal Saxon commemorative cross of the 1866 campaign in Austria. Saxony, Bavaria and Austria lost the war against Prussia. Saxony along with the other German Kingdoms joined the new German federation under Prussian leadership. In 1870, after failed state diplomacy, France declared war on Prussia. Schneider, since January 1868 in the Army Reserve, joined again his old Jäger battalion to fight in a new war, now on the side of Prussia, against France. This time he served in the 1st company of the Battalion. The entries in his passport read: 1870, Feldzug in Frankreich (Campaign in France) August 18, 1870 battle at St. Privat September 1, 1870 battle at Sedan At Sedan Schneider was wounded in his left foot. For his part in the Franco-Prussian war Schneider received the Prussian commemorative medal of 1870/71. On September 29, 1871 he was transferred into the Landwehr and in October 1875 he received his honourable Army discharge. Friedrich Otto Schneider, a veteran of two wars, started a family in his hometown of Meissen and lived a quiet uneventful life until his death. The Military passport is signed in 1868 by the commander of the 1st Saxon Jäger, Oberstleutnant von Hausen (Ludwig Moritz Lothar Freiherr von Hausen). The entry from 1875 is signed by Oberstleutnant Carl Wolfgang von Mandelsloh. The humble medal bar of Friedrich Otto Schneider