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This is agood question. I have alway's wondered this about the EKII myself

Glenn I am going to have to agree with you. Maybe he just served one year and was out. Thanks. There are some other officers that I would like to look up too from either regiment. Are there any electronic copies out there of Baden Rangliste or Officer Associations? Thanks everyone for the help. Jason

I have the Regimental History of RIR 109, just nothing on the Leib-Grenadier 109 Regiment. I did not find a Hohenberg in my book. It is really frustrating when you have the name of something, like all of us have had, and can't go any further. Ostprussenmann

Thanks Hardy. I think Rich Research has some, but he has not been on here for a while. I hope that he is ok.

Does anyone have one out there for Baden Units. If not, does anyone have a list out there for all soldiers and officers in Baden Leib Grenadier 109 Regiment? ostprussenmann

Jens Interesting document indeed. Do you have anything else of the awardee? ostprussenmann

Gents Has anyone read Russel Weigley's Age of Battles? I just finished reading it. His main thesis is that war is futile and there is no such thing as Decisive Battle. Does anyone have anything out there (primary source documents with translations to English) that tells of decisive battles being won? I would love to read them. I did find one on here that someone posted about the 5th Cavalry Cursaiers---spelling off. Thanks ostprussenmann

Sascha Didn't Kachel make Imperial War era Iron Crosses also? ostprussenmann

Thanks Chip. I wonder if there is anything out there to find out. Was his name Manfred? The quick story behind the tunic is that a friend of mine is a large Baden collector of BLG 109 and RIR 109 items. He still owns the picklehaube. The tunic was given to my friend's father from a gentleman in Germany whose father was Manfred von Hohenberg. The gentleman sold the tunic to pay for soemthing else. I know the owner of the tunic is from around the Baden area. I looked up the name Hohenberg last night and the name is of Austrian nobility. I don't know anything else. My friend here in the US bought the tunic for me. I would love to find out anything about the man. I guess it may take awhile. In the Ehren Rangliste, was the gentleman that you found in Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment 109? ~Jason

Thanks HArdy for clearing it up. I thought so. I am still happy with it. It is the closest that I can get to having an original uniform for now. It would be great to find a RIR 109 tunic. Do you have any information on the gentleman? Jason

Another Picture of the Tunic v/r ostprussenmann

Gents Today I received a very special item to my collection and my first tunic. It is a Pre-war Dunkelblau tunic of BGL 109 or RIR 109. I am thinking that it is Baden LG 109 since my book does not show his name in it. The owner's name is Manfred von Hohenberg. The buttons on the tunic have the number 8 on it meaning that this gentleman was initially in Kompanie 8 or one of the two regiments. Tunic also has some moth damage, but it's in good hands now. Does anybody have any information on this gentleman? "von" isn in his name probably means that he is some gentleman of nobility; I am assuming. Here are some picture of the tunic that I have hanging up on my wall until I can get a stand to display it. He did survive the war. v/r ostprussenmann

The date is 28.6.1992

Here is a copy of the document that I have.

Gentlemen Can anybody help me with some Research? I bought a box of documents about six months ago and started going through them this weekend and found a Reunion Card for a WWII veteran. The Reunion Card was for I.SS Panzerkorps LAH. The man's name on it was Georg Lenz At the end, it stated somethng about him being awarded the Golden Honor Badge. Date was 28.6.1992. I thought that it was complete junk until I found this link on the internet: http://articles.latimes.com/1985-05-12/news/mn-18510_1_waffen-ss/2 He was quoted saying this: Georg Lenz, 68, a former lieutenant, said most of the veterans present had fought against the Russians in World War II. "I crossed into Poland on Sept 1, 1939 (the day World War II started), and I fought until May 8, 1945 (when Germany surrendered)," Lenz said. "I am very proud to have been a member . . . , grateful to have taken part in such wonderful event. These are all lies, we never carried out any massacres. We made one mistake, we should have been as cruel as people claim we were. "All we want to do is sit down peacefully and talk about the old days, to meet buddies with whom we lay in dirt and who fought alongside each other." I don't know much about WWII units, but since he was an officer, they may be some information on him. My computer is down right now, so I am over at a friends so I will provide pictures later. Does anyone have any information on him? ostprussenmann

I will say that some shady stuff is happeneing in Germany right now. I sent a medal to a man on GMIC over a month ago and it disappeared and he never received it, so I have to give him his $1300 USD back. I am quite disappointed. I have also been told that there is some fake stuff coming out of Czech, Russia, and China. It is a good warning to everyout there. ostprussenmann

That is what I thought. That is why I posted it on here. It was a while back now and since I have erased it from ebay. I do know the guy was posting it on ebay.de. Sorry that I could not help. If I see him again, I will post his name. ostprussenmann

The guy who was trying to sell the ribbon bar was not "gerst." But after looking on ebay, it looked like his. I never knew that this posting would start this type of discussion, but I have learned alot from all of you. Since I have joined this forum, I have not bought anything without someone looking at it or giving their opinion. I am not as smart of this as many of you, but I think that we should be respectful to everyone's opinion. All of us have our own portions of Imperial german history that we are smart or should i say experts on, but we can all learn something. Young collectors are not stupid, but maybe a little ignorant (myself) on certain things. Thanks ostprussenmann,

Very nice. What's the story

I did do an internet search and have some stuff on him. Since you met him, do you have any copies of interviews or questions that you asked him? I would love to cite your interview. I have all sortrs of secondary source materials. I am looking for primary source ducumentation. Thanks Jason

All Concern or interested I am doing a biographical study on him for my Masters Class. I have the Book Hitler's Paratrooper and all open source material from the internet. Does anyone have any copies of documents, diary entries that they can send to me on Rudolf Witzig. I would be willing to give out my PM email to get documents sent. Thanks Ostprussenmann

do you or anyone else that you know of have any primary source documents for Rudolf Witzig? I am doing a research paper for my Masters and need scans or copies of doucments from this FJ. I already have his book. Thanks ostprussenmann

Do you or anyone else have any information on FJ Rudolf Witzig? I am doing a research paper on him for a class for my master's degree. thanks ostprussenmann

thanks Daniel

Hardy sorry to hear that. I am still working on your scans. It is taking awhile. My computer crashed at home (at work now) and I am waiting to get it back. Please stay in touch. Hope all is well with you. Jason