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Well, they work with the play on words, that´s the thing. The word´s meaning here oscillates between leftovers and remains. GreyC

I agree that it is a nice photo especially in the combination with the batch of the MG SS. The cuff title is a little scarce with a fieldgrey tunic not so much with the Bunter Rock. Please remember that the cuff title was also worn by Jäger Btl 10, and IR 73. In the photo above it could very well be IR 73, too. The cuff title was granted on 24th January 1901. Best, GreyC

They look very much alike, but maybe they are not the same person? Brothers? The CDV ought to be the earlier one, but that needs not to be. After all it was taken at a time in which CDVs were already outdated. Maybe of interest to @The Prussian? GreyC

By the time he sent the photo it was quite outdated, as when he wrote the card he was already Leutnant der Reserve of 6th coy 135th infantry regiment. GreyC

As far as I know a book is in the making by someone from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde. GreyC

Not that unusual. Compare 1943. In this year alone quite a few of them or of comparable rank were awarded the DKiG. http://www.ww2historycollection.com/Awards-Decorations/Awards_German(NationalSocialist)Empire-GermanCross-Gold-Recipients-1943.html GreyC

It could have well been painted from a photograph as the original image. GreyC

Hi, I found this from the Stammliste of the Kurhessisches Jäger Bataillon 11: GreyC

Well, then you might have missed some. The regimental history of RIR 52 seems to be part of the series Erinnerungsblätter deutscher Regimenter / Ehemals preußische Truppenteile ; it is Bd. 112. GreyC

The photo presented in this thread is the photo featured in the regimental history of IR 129. The reg. his. has a few pages outlining his biography, too. https://dfg-viewer.de/show?tx_dlf[double]=0&tx_dlf[id]=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.wlb-stuttgart.de%2Fmets%2Furn%3Anbn%3Ade%3Absz%3A24-digibib-bsz4769063774.xml&tx_dlf[page]=11&cHash=9368d737cb1b7b073de332ec0b5a98fe GreyC

Sometimes the regimental histories have photographs of the Brigade-Kommandeure to which their regiment belonged. It is a far shot, but who knows? RIR 52: only photos of regimental officers RIR 227: photos of Divisionskommandeure and photos of regimental officers, but not Brigade. Leaves us with RIR 232 unfortunately not online. Erich v. Bartenwerffer, Alfred Hermann, Das Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 232 in Ost und West [3]; Erinnerungsblätter deutscher Regimenter, Preußen, Band 211; Oldenburg 1927, Verlag Stalling Teil I mit 120 Seiten Teil II mit 275 Seiten, Teil 3 mit 25 Kartenskizzen.

Hi, I second that. GreyC

Hi, when he was wounded in May 1918 he was Leutnant der Reserve, according to the Army loss lists. The Wikipedia article on him claims he was wounded in 1915 as an infantrist. This may be the case, but this incident was not registered in the loss list. GreyC

Nice photo! Matching his status as head of fire department, he had his portrait taken by the most prestigious photographer in Weimar during the times of the monarchy and after. As he signed the photo himself it was taken 1925 at the latest, as his daughter took over the studio that year. GreyC

He seems to have been an academic. See his gash on the cheek. GreyC