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Great, thanks Peter for roughly localizing the signpost! That helps. GreyC
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Hi, I liked this photograph as it seems to capture well the atmosphere in the trenches or maybe at some time no man´s land. Maybe someone of you can name the area or the unit because of the names on the sign? GreyC
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Freikorps; 2nd Landeschützen-Brigade
GreyC replied to dante's topic in Germany: Weimar Republic & Deutsche Freikorps
Hi Dante, with regard to the photo in #2 it depends on what you mean be unrelated. The soldiers wear the emblem of the Landesschützenkorps on their collar. So that relates unitwise at least. GreyC -
Hi, "kommandiert" means to serve with that unit but not being an "etaisierter" part of it (not occupying a position that is by the Etat allocated to the unit, officially still belonging to the unit that he came from. "versetzt" means being an official "etaisiertes" member of the new unit, changing status/no longer officially being a member of the former unit. GreyC
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That is what I have, Dave. He is listed in the Ehrenrangliste as having been inactive in 1914. First mention for activitiy in the war 1916 as artillery commander in "Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Streitkräfte 1815-1991". There as Kdr. Arko 128. HOWEVER: The ARKO 128 (as all ARKOs of the first wave) was instituted officially not until 17.02.1917, the date that Neukirchen was replaced by GL Karl Ludwig Gustav Hellwig. So there´s a discrepancy there that I stumbled on. My guess is that v. Neukirchen was Kdr. of the predecessor of ARKO 128, the FAR 96, helped establish the new organisational form and then left. ARKO 128 was part of he 1. Landwehrdivision, by the way. GreyC
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Hi, according to a Chinese student of mine the four large Chinese characters do not form a word he knows (and he did some research, too). He can only translate them one by one as德 moral, 惠 virtuous, 慈 caring, mild, 祥 harmonious, idyllic. Alltogether they are supposed to stand for something like righteousness. The smaller type around it would give the context to why this sign was awarded. Following my Chinese student the government gave these signs as awards or as an honorary gesture. They were meant to reflect the virtues of the bestowed. They were then placed visibly for all on the wall or above the door. Maybe the photo was taken on the day of the award-ceremony. GreyC
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Hi, unfortunately not in the possession of the regimental history, I can tell you though, that he was born 28th August 1892 in Rastatt and was listed as "missing" on 24th Dec. 1917 in the official loss-list. He was severly wounded before as Vize Feldwebel while with 2. Komp. IR45. Listed as such 29th Jan 1916. The severe injury will probably have made him not "felddiensttauglich" (unfit to serve on the front). Many soldiers applied to be trained as observers or pilots after such an incident. Maybe that´s how he came to the Jasta 10. GreyC
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Hi all! After research on the net proved unsatisfactory, I took some time to do research in the "real world". This is what I came up with: Eduard Freiherr v. Neukirchen gen. v. Nyvenheim *01.11.1857 in Berent, Westpreußen †21.06.1918 Eisenach (Thuringa) Father: Gustav, Freiherr v. N. †1878 Oberstlt. z.D. Mother: Marie Braune † 1900 Schools: Gymnasium Düsseldorf, then Kadetten-Korps. married 22.11.1899 mit Klara v. d. Mosel *10.05.1869 Children: Hilde, Ilse, Gustav (*1903), Gertrud Military career: 15.4.1875 as Leutnant in Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 7 (FAR 7); 1886 Oberleutnant; 1887 Adjutant of 4. FAR Brigade, 1890 Hauptmann a la suite of FAR 5; 1890 Batterie Chef in 2. Garde Feld-Artillerie-Regiment; 1898 Major and Abteilungs Kommandeur, 1899 Major and Abt. Kdr. in 4. Garde FAR, 1904 Kommandeur of this regiment; 1905 Oberstleutnant; 11.09. 1907 Oberst, 1911 GenMajor. Stems from arch-aristocratic family from lower Rhein area. 20.04.1909-18.10.1913 Kommandeur 19 Art. Brigade. Unfortunately I have no infos on his service record from 1914-18. Nevertheless hope to have helped you a little. GreyC
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Hello, I can understand that you would like to find out any information possible included in this photo. But if you let people work for you, you should let these people know all you know about this photo already and share the insides provided by others already, especially if you engage different plattforms to do the work for you. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/247197-photo-id-british-navy-in-china/ Otherwise people feel a bit taken advantage of. GreyC
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Hi, you can´t open it online. It´s just to let you know that it exists in the said archive. What it is is his pensions payments to his widow. You will find his exact date of death and probably his career stations within the Prussian army in it, if you decide to access the file in person or have it accessed by somebody else. GreyC
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Hi, the IR 83 for example, was a Waldeck unit that fought with the Austrian Army in Galizia. 15.11.1915-29.3.1916: Fighting around the river Styr within der Heeresgruppe Linsingen units: Gen.Kdo. XXIV.Res.Korps (1.Inf.Div. bis 13.6.16; 22.Inf.Div. bis 29.3.16) K.u.k. Korps Fath K.u.k. Kav.Korps Hauer K.u.k. Kav. Korps Lehmann GreyC
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Hi, the emblem with anchor and key on the Regatta cap is the cap emblem of the North German Lloyd (Norddeutscher Lloyd or NDL). The anchor obviously for the shipping aspect, the key is the key to the gates of the city of Bremen, where the NDL headquater was located. This indicates to me, that in civil life the guy was an employee of this shipping line like so many other seamen that then served in the Kriegsmarine. GreyC