I can´t read it all but it says in short, that with an order of 29th Oct. of 1813 he was (if I understand it correctly) kicked out of the officers corps because of his behaviour in the face of the enemy. maybe during the Völkerschlacht in Leipzig?
GreyC
Vorläufiger Ausweis
Der musketier August Potthast von der 3. mg Kompanie des 3.Ober-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 172, geboren am 16. Juni 1894 zu Lemgo, Kreis Lemgo, Lippe Detmold, ist am 22. September 1916 das EKII verliehen worden. Ein Besitzzeugnis wird später zugestellt werden.
GreyC
I am afraid, I don´t. He was reactivated for service in the war, having held comand of 59 Inf Brigade before the war and finishing the war as Kdr of Stellvertetendes Brigade Kdo 49. He died 1st Jan. 1924.
GreyC
The Regiment was raised by Stellvertretendes Generalkommando of X. AK, replacements came from Ers. Btl. LwIR 78. So chances are he came from lower Saxony, around Brunswig or Celle. But with a name like his, its like a needle in a haystack.
GreyC
Premier Lieutnant Carl Muskewitz, Kommandeur des Pferde-Depots der 8. Armee-Korps
Signed by the Comander of the 8th Army-Corps. It´s the award certificate for participants of the war of 1866.
GreyC
It is always better to show both sides.
1) Stationsleiter Oberleutnant Schiller vor seiner Felsenwohnung Xanthi 1917.
2) ??? Flugboot als Gleitboot und Rettungsboot in Putzig.
GreyC
Maybe, but even Germans who never saw the front-lines were awarded combatant EKII so often, that it indeed became an issue in the military and then as a result, the practice was at least followed to a lesser extent.
GreyC
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