David M

Georg Wilhelm was in fact one of the two remaining grandchildren of the Emperor. The last one, if still alive would be Prince Wilhelm-Karl, a son of Prinz Oskar. Regards David

Althoug replying to myself, I think I have this guy worked out myself. The guy on Brians photo would be Wilhelm von Kummer. The DOA has him as a Rittmeister in the 2. Garde-Uhlanen, with the DCHM and a bunch of decorations, all with swords. Werner von Kummer is mentioned as a Adjudant to the 2. Garde Kavallerie Brigade in Postdam. A more likely spot to run into the CP. Sorry if I have troubled you.... Regards David

Gentlemen! On the site of Brian, www.vonetzel.com, I found a photo of a Lieutenant von Kummer. I would like to know more about the career of the guy on the photo, because I suspect (and rather hope) him to be: Kummer, Werner Eberhard Siegfried von geb. Berlin 24.2.1874 verst. Schliersee Obayern 8.4.1950 kgl. preu?. Major verh. I Bremen 2.3.1920 Carola Cremer geb. Bremen 10.5.1892 verst. M?nchen 20.3.1933 (gesch. Berlin 29.3.1930) T.d. Prokuristen Karl C. u.d. Maria Erlenwein verh. II Heidenau 11.17.1931 Oda von Seydlitz-Kurzbach geb. Krossen a/d Oder 3.5.1887 T.d. kgl. preu?. Oberstlts a.D. Fritz v. S.-K. u.d. Maria Creuziger In the short record on the exile of Crownprince Wilhelm on the dutch Isle of Wieringen, it is said that a Major von Kummer was a friend of the CP and regularly replaced Major Louis von M?ldner when the latter visite Germany to try and get the CP home. Would it be possible to find out more on the career of Leutnant von Kummer, who should have been in a Ost-Asien Regiment at the time of the photo? Thanks David

Hi Deruelle, these sure are beautiful, could you scan the text-pages regarding these badges as well? Love to know more abotu these!! Thanks David

Hi Andreas, what is that beautifulllll medal on the cover of the book, left-under? Thanks, David PS one other question on the medalbars you used to own, at the second one, the Waldeck order is on a Reuss ribbon (Gold with black-red-gold) whilst the Reuss Cross is at the Waldeck ribbon, right?

On that last photo I have 3 questions A) would this be an adjudant-badge worn by Fl?gel- and or Generaladjudante? B) Would anyone have a clear close-up photo of such a badge? C) who is the officer depicted? Thanks! David

Hi Glenn, Thanks for filling me in on that! Regards David

Good evening On my route from work back home, which takes about 2,5 hours I thoughtb of the Eisenbahn-Regiments....(no no that's just me) and I wondered what their actuall duty was. I mean were they on trains, did they protect railways? To what kind of Inspektion did they belong to... As I dont have any books to look it up in, I hope you can help me out Thanks a lot David

Hi Rick, Well that's something I didnot expect. Here is the reverse. Thanks for the info David M

On the the WAF forum there was a picture of a cross sometime ago, of which no one really know what it was, I think it is bavarian (blue-white ribbon) and its a firemen award (because of the flames) But I hope you can confirm this or help me out otherwise? Thanks David M.

Thank you all for your input, I hoped there were more details in the book.... Thanks David

Thanks that would be great!!!

Hi Micha, I have some of my officers who received a prussian REO during their career. I would have to look up all of them, but one who should be in the book is Johann Philipp Bauer, a kurhessian Generalleutnant. I would like to know what kind of info the book has on this officer! Thanks David

Hello Gentlemen! I was wondering if anyone of you has access to this book by Arnhard Graf Klenau: Die Verleihungen des preu?ischen Roten Adler Ordens in der ersten und zweiten Klasse von 1810 bis 1854 In my research for biographical data on the officers of the kurhessian army, I have an bunch of people decorated with this order and was wondering what kind of details the book holds on them Hope to hear from you David M

I hoped one of the members here would have had a copy of the book: Erdient und Verdient! - Die Orden, milit?rischen Ehrenzeichen und Kriegs-Denkm?nzen Seiner Majest?t des Deutschen Kaisers und K?nigs von Preu?en. Wilhelm I Offenbach, PHV-Verlag, 1999. Nachdruck der Ausgabe Berlin 1875 As I understands it lists the orders and decorations of Wilhelm I., and the kurhessian House Order as well, hopefully with an award-date. David

A question I have always like to ask collectors of helmets: does it actuallt fit?

Well if he is 70, I hope to look as good asd he does when I am that age!!!!!!

Couldn't it be that the Czar was the regimental inhaber of one of the regiments this guy belonged to? Or would that be a silly reason for being awarded a foreign decoration? I must say the bulgarian decorations are really beautiful!! I really like the type of crown and cross they used!

Its bulgarian (as states the crown on the weapon crest on your first image) secondly, and I am not into buylgarian orders at all, I thinks it has something to do wuth an order of Alexander? At least that's what I read in the bold letters (just comparing a bit with the letters of the name of grimm translated in german underneath. But than again, just a wild guess.........

I am always fascinated by people trying to destroy historical context in order to make a few bugs more

As I saw a very succefull thread on the British and Commonwealth forum, I hope next to the stories we already know from the members of this forum , others will come along in this thread My personal connection to soldiers in WWI is the son of the brother of my grandfathers grandfather (as my grandfathers grandfather himself was already in a naturalized Dutch citizen by that time. Wilhelm Albert Karl August M?ldner , geboren Berlin 7.11.1887, Ritter des Eisernen Kreuzes I. Klasse und II. Klasse (Preussen), Seefliegerabzeichen (Preussen) (24.9.1915), 22.8.1914 Diensteintritt im Freiwillige Marine Flieger Korps, 7.1915 Obermatrose, II. Seeflieger-Abteilung, dann Flugmaat, 1.1916 I. Seeflieger-Abteilung (Station Varna, Bulgarien) und II. Seeflieger-Abteilung, 4.7.1916 Vizeflugmeister, 24.5.1917 Leutnant der Reserve der Matrosenartillerie, 15.9.1917 II. Adjudant der Stab der I. Seeflieger-Abteilung (Kiel-Holtenau), 17.4.1918 zur Verf?gung der Kommandeur der Flieger des Marine Korps Flandern (Br?gge, Belgien), 6.5.1918 zur Verf?gung der Marine Flugchef (Berlin), 21.1.1920 ausser Dienst, dann Kaufmann in Berlin, seit 1926 die Gesch?fte seiner Vater v?llig ?bernommen, gestorben Berlin 1942. Wilhelms father, who was an uncle of my grandfathers father, was a Berlin paper-factorer. Of him I do have a photo and In memoriam No photo yet, sadly but I will visit Freiburg sometime, as I heard there is the Kriegstagebuch of one of Wilhelm's units. David M.

Wooo you guys really do have the sources!!! I would only wish I had such a very extensive library and collection!!! ....but well I am just a 22 your old poor student.... Great data and info David!! Thanks David

Hi Rick Thanks for the digg up!! Well I guess keeping the horse-bag wasn't a very honourable thing to do. Subsequently, these types would not have been holding awards like the HHOX? I expect same goes for ammunition colonne and field-bakery?I can imagine it to be far more efficient to bake your own bread and so on, so why bother David

Hi Rick and David! Thanks. So as I understand it, they were part of the Train-Abteilungen. Does this also mean that they were under the command of the Train-bataillons? David M

Hello Gentlemen! I came accross the term Pferde-Depot and find it quite interesting. However I dont get it: how many horses where in a depot? what was the purpose of having them in a depot anyway? was a depot attached to a regiment/corps? what kind and how many officers were commanding a pferde-depot? Hope my questions are not very impossible Thanks DavidM