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Gunnar, it appears that FAR 27 Stein was also an Erich Stein! The Mitglieder-Verzeichnis of the Association of former officers of FAR 27 shows a Major a.D. Erich Stein. The later Luftwaffe Generalleutnant Erich Stein never served in FAR 27. Another coincidence: They were both at the Kriegsakademie in 1914. FAR 27 Stein was a year ahead at the academy being shown there in 1913 also. Regards Glenn

Dave, thanks for that. His Stamrolle entry for BRIR 22 does not make it clear when he died although the record is annotated with a red cross and ruled out in red. Regards Glenn

Chris, Gustav Holler, formerly of 17. Infanterie-Regiment Orff, was the 22 RIR Hauptmann. I understand he was killed /died in February 1915. Regards Glenn

Luke, the 1918 Prussian Court and State Handbook credits him with the EK2 but erroneously lists him stll with and LD2. Regards Glenn

Luke, Rittmeister d.R. Dr. jur. Alfred Luckhaus (7 Sep 1871 - 2 Jan 1923), Regierungsassessor/Landrat (1907-1919) in Hörde, Westfalen. Leutnant d.R.: 27.1.97 H10h Oberleutnant d.R.: 20.7.07 N15n Rittmeister d.R.: 18.4.13 Regards Glenn

That would be Dr. Otto Rasenak. In 1928 I find him as a slaughterhouse veterinarian in Liegnitz, Silesia. Regards Glenn

Chris, how about Oberst Karl Paulus? Oberst Paulus was commanding K.B. Jäger-Regiment Nr. 1 at the time of his promotion to full Colonel on 18.8.1918. Regards Glenn

Les, Claudius, I have to disagree with the rôle Les attributes to the Werftdivisionen. There were two Werftdivisionen, the I. in Kiel and the II. in Wilhelmshaven. There were the depôt organisation for the non commissioned personnel (Warrant Officers, NCOs and Ratings) primarily of the technical branches of the Navy including, machinists, stokers, tradesmen, medical personnel, writers and paymaster aspirants. They provided the initial recruit training for conscripts and volunteers. They further were the land based organisation for administrative purposes for the above mentioned personnel. Each Division was commanded by a Kapitän zur See. In a similar fashion, the I. and II. Matrosendivisionen were responsible for the seaman branch, navigators, signals branch etc. Regards Glenn

Chip, it has taken me the best part of six months to track down this guy's first name but perseverance pays off. Oberstleutnant Ludwig Schopp. Luckily for me, he was assigned to the Artillery Testing Commission in Berlin for a couple of years (1905-1906) whilst on the strength of Hohenzollernsches Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 13. Consequently he turned up in a Berlin address book of that year. Regards Glenn

Chris, the 46. Infanterie-Briade (Generalmajor Bernhard v. Watzdorf) of 23. Infanterie-Division was primarily responsible for clearing Dinant in August 1914: Schützen- (Füsilier-) Regiment "Prinz Georg" Nr. 108 16. Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 182 Sachsen in Großer Zeit speaks of heavy fighting, especially against the "heimattückische" (dastardly, insidious, perfidious) population of the town! Regards Glenn

Hi Jérôme, It is unclear to me why he changed his name. He is shown as Hauptmann Johann Pollak of the zweites Pesther Freiwilligen-Infanterie-Bataillon in the 1859 Schematismus and shown as Johann Polak on rejoining Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 65 in 1867. He is shown as Johann Pókay on entering the Königlich ungarsiche Leibgarde in 1869. He commanded Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 34 from 1882 to 1887 and his biography in that history does not mention his change of name. He was born in Pápa, Hungary and joined the insurgent Hungarian Army during the war of 1848/49. Following the Hungarian defeat, he joined Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 20 as a private soldier and there rose to the rank of Oberlieutenant. In 1859 he served sucessively in the Raab-Pressburger and zweites Pesther Freiwilligen-Infanterie-Bataillon, followed by service in Infantry regiments 5 and 65 until leaving for Mexican service in 1864. Promoted to Major in Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 5 in 1874 and to Oberstlieutenant and Commandant of the Armee-Schießschule in 1877. In 1877 he became the Reserve-Commandant of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 25 and was promoted to Oberst on 10 November 1881. He bacame a Generalmajor and Commander of the 31. Infanterie-Brigade in 1887. He retired as a Feldmarschallieutenant in 1896. I think it may be the case that he "Hungarified" his name on joining the Königlich ungarsiche Leibgarde. Regards Glenn

Christer Easy part first: The Reichsheer Oberstleutnant was Hans Lange, later a char. Generalleutnant so not your man. No Lange is listed in FAR 33 in either the 1914 Army List or the Ehrenrangliste so he presumably transfered into FAR 33 during the war. The nearest match I have so far is an Hauptmann der Reserve Karl Lange who served with FAR 76. Regards Glenn

Jason The Füsiler-Regiment Nr. 34 Leutnant was Kurt Hohenberg. I have come across no officer of the name of Manfred von Hohenberg either regular or reserve in LGR. 109. He is not listed in the Offizier-Stammliste published in 1925 or the officers's association list dated 1936. There were regular officers in the regiment named Freiherren von Meyern-Hohenberg of which only Gustav-Erich was a prewar regular of the right age group. He however was a Fahnenjunker and not an einjährig-Freiwilliger. There is, of course the possibility that the owner of your tunic was never commissioned. Regards Glenn

Thomas Seesoldat Regards Glenn

Bob Well at the back end of the nineteenth century the 4th Department was responsible for foreign fortress matters. The "Great General Staff" was the central organisation, that is the departments in Berlin; The General Staff was the remainder of the staff at corps and divisional level in peacetime. Regards Glenn

Possibly Geheimer und Oberkriegsgerichtsrat Dr. Franz Medicus of X. Armeekorps? Collar patches look good for a Military Official and he appears to be wearing one rosette on the field officer pattern boards and a cypher (beamten shield)? Regards Glenn

Nice photograph but not a General Officer. He is an Oberst. The cypher looks like an "A" surmounted by a crown and the shoulder board appears to have white underlay. Perhaps the Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1? Regards Glenn

Signed by Oberstlieutenant z.D. Karl Gustav Arthur v. Erichsen, commander of 2. Bataillon Herzogl. Braunschw. Landwehr-Regiment Nr. 92 since 5 July 1872. He had been awarded the EK1 as commander of II./I.R. 92 during the Franco-German War. Regards Glenn

No, Major Opitz survived the war, becoming in turn the commander of FAR 9 and ARKO 74. Promoted char. Generalmajor on 5 August 1920, he died in 1940. Regards Glenn

According to the Ehrenmal des preußischen Offizier-Korps, Major Kurt Gudewill was still serving with Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 9 at the time of his death on 22 August 1914 at Tirlemont. He was wounded on 18 August and died four days later. As he was not the commander of the regiment, I assume he was still commanding the II. Abteilung of the regiment. Mike Major Rudolf Rogge was commanding I./FAR 9 and Major Kurt Gudewill was commanding II./FAR 9. Major Erich Opitz was the senior Major or second in command denoted by the St (Stab). Regards Glenn

Leutnant Kummer of G.R. 10 sounds good. He was the recipient of The Ehrenmedaille für Verdienste im Kriege. As Chip pointed out, he was rather youthful to be in the 1914 Rangliste and in fact was promoted to Fähnrich on 19 Sep 14 and to Leutnant (provisionally without a Patent) on 20 Oct 14. He subsequently received a Patent as a Leutnant backdated to 19 Feb 13 and was promoted to Oberleutnant on 20 Jun 18 (20.6.18 Z4z). Regards Glenn

Scott I am not sure of a hard and fast rule but in the published army lists the spelling of Armee-Corps became Armee-Korps in 1893. Similarly, the spelling Cavallerie became Kavallerie at the same time. Regards Glenn

Hardy Not the Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 6 Poschinger; that was Ludwig Ritter v. Poschinger who retired as an Oberst in 1920. Regards Glenn

Jon that is General der Infanterie Hugo Hans v. Winterfeld, commanding General of the Gardekorps (8 October 1836 - 4 September 1898). Regards Glenn

Viliam according to Hans Rudolf v. Stein in the 1960 edition of the Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, Minenwerfer-Kompanie 208 was formed on 17 October 1915 as was subordinated to 8. Bayer. Reserve-Division. Regards Glenn