GreyC

It should be in the addendum of Vol 3 of Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei, published by the Biblio Verlag.

GreyC

Hello gentleman,

this photo was taken between 1873 and 1878 in Berlin. It seems to show a NCO of a Garde unit. I noticed the Iron Cross on the bar which I haven´t seen worn this way before. Was it common to display it this way and would it be the EKII?

Thank you!

GreyC

Hi,

he seems to have left the artillery and joined the Luftstreitkräfte as he sports the Beobachter Abzeichen (observer-badge). As I don´t know much about medals, the EKI is the only other award I am certain of.

GreyC

Hi,

hope you´ll get the book with the photo and as much info as possible.

GreyC

Great,

thanks Peter for roughly localizing the signpost! That helps.

GreyC

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

Well done Paul and 1314!

GreyC

Hi ixhs,

the chaps with the red cross on either side of their collar are members of the Freiwillige Krankenpflege.

GreyC

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

Twice hospitalized with head wounds and also with typhus.

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

Hi,

he was also awarded the Mecklenburger Militär Verdienst Kreuz 2. Klasse and the Wound badge in weiß/silver. He was a stonemason by profession

GreyC

Hi!

Very nice j-sk!

GreyC

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

Hello Peter,

can´t say unfortunately.

GreyC

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

Hi Saxon Lions,

Unfortunately I can´t help with your question apart from the fact that the piece of clothing is called Bluse (no Umlaut). A blüse, as in Feuerblüse is an old form of a lighthouse. No offence intended.

GreyC

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

Pleasure!

Sources : "Wer ist wer" Ausgaben 1914 und 1922.

GreyC

During the war Artillerie Kommandeur 128.

Source: Ehrenrangliste 1914-18 (1926)

From 6.02.1917 - ? : was under command of 1. Landwehr-Division.

Source: Arko 128 at Genwiki

GreyC

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

Hi,

i especially like the postcard from the Machine-Gun-Company.

GreyC

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

No I don´t. Doubt it though. If I remember correctly they start with the regular Reichswehr in 1920.

GreyC

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

Hi,

as you posted your question on at least one other forum, you know about his file at the archive in Berlin already. He was born in Berent, West-Prussia, on 11.11.1857.

GreyC