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His first wound he received on July 15, 1916

He must have been awarded the wound-badge too since he was wounded for the second time with a light wound on August 7, 1917

Yes he must have had more awards as a Pilot, since the Stammrolle I have only goes to Jan 1917

I don't think that he was Austrian national; rather he was born in Grottau, Austria. His parents in 1914 lived in Bremen. What do you have of him? I can post a list of all his engagements at the front (battle calendar)

Leutnant der Reserve Hans Böhning *born on 6.July 1893 in Grottau, Reichenberg, Austria On August 14, 1914 as war-volunteer to 4./ 10. bayer. Feldartillerie-Regiment (Erlangen) May 24, 1915 promoted to Unteroffizier, Sept. 14, 1915 promoted to officer candidate Nov. 28, 1915 promoted to Leutnant d.R. October 1, 1916 he was accepted as Pilot student. January 1917 to bayer. Flieger-Schützen Schule 4 (Lager-Lechfeld) 1917 bayer. Jagd-Staffel 32 Awards: Bayern Militär-Verdienst-Orden 4. Klasse mit Schwertern, Eiserne Kreuz II. Klasse (24.Dez.1915)

In 1909 Vollmer was a Hauptmann still in the same Regiment.

The medal is an original late war zinc version. The etui (case) is not for this medal. These medals were given out in paper envelopes. Value for a zinc Baden Verdienst Medaille is about 25 euro

Check out my Flammenwerfer Militärpass that Chris was kind enough to post on his site: http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/437301.html

Different seller this time. I think it is a uniform embellished for theatrical purposes like the other outfits in the picture.

Chris, not much about flamethrowers in the book - not worth getting unless price is under euro 10. PS: Thanks!

little book I acquired - printed in 1941 Flammenwerfer vor! Flamethrowers to the front - recollections of a front fighter 1914 - 1918 - by Franz Franziss.

trained on: Ausgeb(ildet) mit Karab(iner) 98, Pist(ole) 08, als Fammenwerfer, mit MG 08 + MG 08/15

Flammenwerfer-Pionier from Jäger-(Sturm)-Bataillon 3 The man was drafted in 1917 to 2. Ersatzkompanie 2.Garde-Pionier-Ersatz-Btl. In April 1918 he was transferred to Fammenwerferzug Jägerbataillon 3 (also mentioned as "Flammenwerfertrupp Jägerbataillon 3"). With this unit he took part in an engagement (Gefecht) on July 3rd 1918 at St.Albert (near Saint Menges north of Sedan). This Pionier remained with Flammenwerfertrupp, Jäger-Btl.3 until the end of the war. After demobilisation on Nov. 20, 1918 he was transferred back to the 2.Garde-Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon. Then on Feb. 1, 1919 he was again transferred to Dragoner Regiment 7 in Tangermünde.

... keeping the Minenwerfer Flammenwerfer connection alive. Image is from from this great site: http://www.tapferes-...lammen_text.htm

German Border Guard (Third Reich 1933 - 1945)

Marcin, this is a shoulder board of a Rittmeister belonging to the Hessian Garde-Dragoner-Regiment Nr.23 (1. Großherzoglich Hessisches). Note the Red silk woven into the silver it is the color of Hessen. Beautiful shoulder board!

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Found this great article by Thomas Wictor on kaiserscross.com: " On July 8 (1916) Brandenburgerisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 3 was transformed into Jäger (-Sturm) -Battalion Nr. 3, the only other assault battalion besides Sturmbataillon Rohr which had a flamethrower platoon as a permanent component. Flamethrower operators were transferred from the II. Garde-Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon. The new battalion was composed of four assault companies, one machine-gun company, one trench-mortar company furnished with eight light weapons, one infantry-gun battery equipped with six small field pieces captured from the Russians, and one flamethrower platoon armed with six Kleif. Unlike the men of the flamethrower platoon of Sturmbataillon Rohr, the flamethrower pioneers of Jäger (-Sturm) -Battalion Nr. 3 were listed in the death book of the Garde-Reserve-Pionier-Regiment. On July 25 the flamethrower platoon of Jäger (-Sturm) -Battalion Nr. 3 was strengthened with an additional officer and 25 NCOs and men from the II. Garde-Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon." Source: http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/76401.html

Can anyone provide info regarding this unit?

Aren't Olympic medals gong enough?

Chris is right - we do miss you! Collecting is not the same without you

Thanks George! Nice one! BTW: You will have something in the mail - long time coming (hope you still have the same address) Hardy

You are most welcome Bernhard! There are lots of very good articles on German Schutzgebiete on this site: http://www.golf-dornseif.de/artikel/Uebersicht

Nice portrait of von Raben! here is a good article of the last battle in Kamerun: Golf Dornseif: „Kameruner Endkampf um die Festung Moraberg“

Karsten, what a great document! Thanks for posting it.