Glenn J

Enzo, I can find only one serving General officer in 1914 with the medal for arts and sciences but not all the listed decorations match: General der Infanterie Emil Woinovich v. Belobreska, Director of the Vienna War Archives was awarded the medal for arts and sciences in April 1907. Unfortunately I do not have a good comparison photograph. His awards as at 1914. FJO-GK LO-R EKO-R3 Ehrenzeichen f?r Kunst u. Wissenschaft MVK Kriegsmedaille Milit?rdienstzeichen 2. Classe f?r Offiziere Bronzene Jubil?umserinnerungsmedaille Regards Glenn

Paul, got a first name for you. Karl Seitz. Got him in the 8. Nachtrag to the 1905 Ordensliste when he picked up his RAO4 in early 1913. Regards Glenn

This from the 1913 edition. Herr Gommelt had then been replaced by Wilhelm Bode. Regards Glenn

The first volume of "Sachsen in Gro?er Zeit" contains a chronological listing of Saxon EK 1 winners from 9 September 1914 (Hauptmann G Illmann of II./Ldw. 105) to 26 June 1917 (Major Willy Kiesel, Commander of P.B. 22). Regards Glenn

Jeff, They certainly did not have any further editions when I checked at the German National Library in Leipzig a few months back. Regards Glenn

Stijn, your man may have been born in Westfalen but that is not the career of a Prussian Officer. Prussian Officiers typically served nine of ten years as Seconde-Lieutenants before promotion to Premier-Lieutenant and then about four or five before promotion to Hauptmann. He would have attended the Kriegsakademie as an officer and not a Kriegsschule. He would not have been an Adjutant on the General Staff as a Lieutenant. Sounds like this guy entered the Belgian Army? Regards Glenn

Stijn, no Prussian Officer of that name in the 1870/71, 1872, 1875 or 1878 Rang-Listen. Are you sure about the spelling of the name? Regards Glenn

David, the following table shows Heydenreich's promotions (Patents) up to Oberstlieutenant. Regards Glenn

25 year engagement for newly commissioned officers. Regards Glenn

David, char. Generalmajor Bernhard v. Heydenreich. Regards Glenn

Robert, yes, that is the later Generaloberst Richard Ruoff. He assumed command of the entire Regiment on 1 October 1933. Regards Glenn

Robert, that would be Musikmeister Brandt of the 7. Artillerie-Regiment at N?rnberg in the group photograph. Herr Brandt was born on 29 April 1890 and joined the Bavarian Army on 10 October 1908. He was promoted to Musikmeister on 1.2.1919 Regards Glenn

Robert, Kaiser Friedrich Regards Glenn

Chris, given that he was born in 1890 it seems unlikely that he would have been appointed as a Zahlmeister before 1921. The most junior Reichsheer Zahlmeister in 1922 (born 1891) was promoted to that rank in 1921. Wilhelm Manger is not listed as either a Zahlmeister or Unterzahlmeister in 1922. Regards Glenn

Hi Rick, strange. I have St?bgen being commissioned into J?ger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 6 as a Leutnant der Reserve on 26.2.15. He was transfered to the corps of Reserve Officers of Husaren-Regiment Nr. 12 effective 8 May 1915. Regards Glenn

Here is his entry along with the other Balzers who received the EK2 on the black ribbon. Regards Glenn

Hi Igor, yes, he is in there: No 1065: Balzer, Christoph im Garde-Feld-Art.-Rgt. Regards Glenn

David, Generals v. Boddien and Freiherr v. Slicher were retired officers still employed as Adjutants-General to the King of Hannover. Regards Glenn

Last bit

This from Priesdorff

Ooops my mistake David, I forgot I had not quite finished indexing that list! Regards Glenn

David, unless I missed him when I indexed my copy, Georg August Oppermann is not in the Rang-Liste. Regards Glenn

Alex, from the Milit?r-Wochenblatt Nr. 137 of 1919 (22 May 1919): 10. Mai 1919: Auf sein Gesuch zu den Reserveoffizieren der Betreffenden Truppenteile ?bergef?hrt - Kayser (Oskar) i. Ul. R. 11. Regards Glenn

Thanks Chris, at the moment I have only the Oberleutnant and Leutnant volumes of List A2 plus the index with me. According to the index, List A2 also contains Field officers (Stabsoffiziere) and Hauptleute. I will have to wait until I look again at the first two volumes to see if I can find out the difference between Lists A1 and A2. Regards Glenn

Chris, can you please confirm that the published list (by Absolon) is Teil A1? The list(s) I have appear to be Teil A2. I am not sure of the significance yet of the difference between A1 and A2, although I believe these all to be active officers. Thanks Regards Glenn