Chris Boonzaier

OK, photo is dated April 1918 on the left Fw. Lt. Fritz Baier, recipient of the Austrian Golden Bravery medal. (11.9.1884) 2nd from left, Richard Steinhäuser, promoted Lt 11.4.1918 (11.11.1897) Schörner Right Bernhard Pechmann, EK1 on the 20th Marche 1918, buried by shellfire and reported as badly wounded and MIA at Kemmel on the 29th April 1918 (14.5.1898)

To go with my tiny Schoerner collection..... Taken just before the Battle for Kemmel Schoerner Bernhard Freiherr v. Pechann Fähnrich Steinhäuser FwLt Baier Obviously Schoerner 2nd from the right, Pechmann extreme right methinks... not sure who is who on the left,,,, I guess the older one is the Fw Lt and the younger the Fähnrich

For sure.... the EK Book? I had planned 2 years... used up over 10 before I reaslised it was not going to happen. I think the Bavarian one is more realistic... I am planning 6 months, hope to have it done in a year :-)

I am guessing he was an NCO in Darmstadt (115th), was maybe wounded then sent to the School? Try a wound and assault badge, the wound badge loops will usually be closer together

I think it is the Kriegsschule Wiener Neustadt? formerly the Austrian Kriegsschule.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresian_Military_Academy

Hi Guys, thanks for the comments, all valid points indeed... so here are my thoughts.... I shelved the EK book project because there are simply not enough EK doc collectors to justify the project. The work would have needed to include the Iron Crosses as well, but then it becomes a multi volume work and it is a thankless, impossible task to go it alone. So I decided to concentrate on the Bavarian Infantry (Active and reserve for now)... Logically I included the Bavarian Jäger (as light infantry) and that means half of the Alpenkorps infantry is already included... Although not Bavarian I think we can agree that few people would complain if the rest of the Alpenkorps Infantry and a couple of other Mountain troops were included as an annexe. I think it is dooable in one big volume, at a push maybe in 2 smaller volumes... I need to see what form it takes. The secret is finding a happy medium, that there is enough variety to attract people with different intrests, and meat on the bones to give those people enough of what they want in their field of intrest... so I hope for the following... Photographic: - No Matter how much we like history, it is the illustrations that make a buyer decide, so.... - A wide range of variation as far as Bavarian award document/Militärpass etc go - A good selection of Period Photos - An interesting but not overpowering/exhaustive selection of bavarian Militaria Text: - a support function - Basic info which helps a collector understand what he is seeing - an annex that provides the reader with an overview of the actions that the various divisions took part in - for selected documents some deeper research about the man and his part in the war. At the moment - I have a potential co-author who is very interested in the Bavarian angle, especially Alpenkorps - I am tossing up whether it is better to look for a publisher or Self Publish and maintain flexibility - I am looking for a volunteer who may be able to help with layout (if there is anyone out there... :-) That be my thoughts of the day.... -

Nice indeed! I no longer have my WW2 references... that is the shoulderstrap?

Wow.... that looks like a promising start indeed!!! lets see the rest of it! :-)

super guys, thanks! I will get on it at ancestry.

The company clerk of the 11. Komp has a skript all of his own it seems... astonishingly different from the normal one... I will recheck the S's though

Maybe bring backs from a German NATO troop who then tossed them?

On the company rolls, where I do not find anything close, the first letter in the name above seems to be used for named starting in "N"

As some of you know, I have had to take a bit of a time out from the hobby and have not had much time to update the site and work on my various projects…. I am happy to announce I am more or less “back”… I had the intention of doing a volume covering German Iron Cross documents 1914-1918 and invested many hundreds of hours in this project over the last few years. It has been a long path that has provided me with much pleasure as I have enjoyed the work. However, reality bites and I have decided to shelve that project for numerous reasons and shift my goals. My main interest has been award documents and photos to the various Bavarian infantry regiments and Alpenkorps, and I have decided to tackle this subject as it is a more realistic goal. My intention is to do a Bavarian volume covering: 1) Iron Cross documents 2) Militärpass 3) Photos 4) Postcards 5) Related militaria (Shoulder boards, headgear, Medals, unit related badges etc) I would like to cover Bavarian Infantry, Bavarian Reserve Infantry, Alpenkorps (Bavarian and non Bavarian Jäger) I believe the project will have realistic limits and hopefully be of interest to enough collectors to warrant the effort. I am exchanging ideas with a gentleman who has quite some experience in this field and hope to get him OB with the project. I would welcome any comments of thoughts the community may have about the project… worth doing?

hi, 11th company 1st bavarian Inf Regt König

Hi, can anyone take a stab at Vinzenz's last name? :-) Thanks Chris

Here is a nice pic...

2 wars, 7 years of service and still a private? I knew a few guys like that... I wonder if he did the Pvt-cpl-pvt-cpl-pvt thing? I am guessing that between the end of WW2 and beginning of the KW a night out on the town led to many "The cpl is a pvt again" moments...

Wow... the 5th US KIA in Korea..... I have spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to combine "Really sad" and "really cool" in a comment without sounding like a dick... but I think "Real piece of history" is a good solution.

I seem to remember the heavy arty getting MGs towards the end of the war, maybe to do with the coming offensives of 1918 and having the ability to defend themselves against attack? Example here, although no Werfer.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/41815/164301.html

Maybe they felt tired of being so far away from the front? Like when a teenager who has done nothing but play "call of duty" for years decides to join the army and go infantry? :-)

Wasup! nahkampfmittel course for the guys of the ersatz battalion Fuss Arty Regt 6 Nice to see you back! :-)

Yup, 8th company I think it was zero trace of him

Yeah, but it is confusing, he does the course, gets sent to the ILR Ersatz Btl, then to a copany in the field.... but there are no listings for him after the ersatz battalion...

And a couple more..... an old one of an officer, and en enticing one with a name.... but I cannot find his career on ancestry.....