IR 134

On 18/01/2023 at 20:19, meme32 said:

I am still a novice in that topic and I am interested in that tunic.

I am a bit puzzled by the Bekleidungsamt marking, the IR 115 belong to XVIII Army Korps, is the tunic not supposed to be stamped with the BA XVIII marking instead of BA XIII ?

 

 

Hi Meme,

Prior to war XVIII., XX., XXI. and III. Bavarian AK had no own Bekleidungsamt

https://www.kaisersbunker.com/ht/stamps.htm,

So according to your stamp they where supplied from XIII. AK.

An other source I have says, XVIII. AK was supplied from VII., VIII. and XI. AK, which makes more sense since they were the adjacent AK's.

Hi Gunnar.

Ernst Johannes Beck, born 27.07.1891 in Neukirchen/Erzgebirge. 1905-1910 in Saxon Kadettenkorps. Then joined the IR 104 as an Fähnrich. His unit at the time of his decoration with Albrechtsorden was Armeeflugpark 2 (Source: MWB Nr. 21 (30. März 1916). Promoted to Oberlt. 21.12.1916. He survived the war and left the Army with the rank of Hauptmann.

Regards

Stefan

Good evening.

Bought this nice photo, taken in Angers, which shows most likely a Colonel of the Gendarmerie, ca. in 1930s.

Decorated with an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur and CdG with 4 palmes, 3 stars.

I guess identification will be rather difficult, right?

Update:

I received the following additional information from Feldgrau-Forum 

The medals are from left to right

Medal Militaire
Croix de Guerre 14-18 with a "Citation" medal 1870-71 with (volunteer?) Clasp
On the far right a shooting clip
Below the English Medal de Crimée 
(Does that mean that he could have participated in the Crimean War as a child?)

Good evening.

I was able to acquire this wonderful picture today, 
although France is not my collecting area.

The label on the back reads as follows:

"Remembering the Great War
of a voluntary zouave from 1870
..................... from 1914
Volunteer for the East

Senior citizen in the French army
Class of 1869 Sergent L. Paul. "

Are there specialists here in the forum who can give me more details? 
Especially about his medals?
The second in the top row is most likely the Croix de Guerre.

Is there a (theoretical) possibility to identify the man on the basis of personnel records?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Stefan

PS: Sorry for the bad quality, I use the seller's photos but will provide an scan of the original as soon as I get it.

Guido Graf von Matuschka

1896/97 as Major in IR 81 with St. Stanislaus3X

SOrry, wrong topic

Super, vielen Dank Jungs!!

Here's another shot of him as Hauptmann in Garde-MG-Abt. 1 (Source: Hilsenbeck: Deutsche Offiziershelme, Volume 1)

Anyone know when he was in Southwest Africa? Can't find any clue in the Ranklists.

Gruß Stefan

Detailed informations from 1926 "Ehrentafel und Stammliste des Garde-Reiter-Regiments"

Gruß Stefan

Same source

One more card.

On 25.6.2015 at 08:04, Chris Boonzaier said:

Hi,

 

the Heil Stosstrupp seems to be part of a series....

The whole series consists of 6 cards.

Extract from Schumacher/Dorsch: A. Paul Weber: Leben und Werk

"...Weitere Kontakte folgten, so zum Verlag Fritz Würtz in Berlin-Steglitz, der ein Aquarell Webers (Blick auf Wilna) als Postkarte herausbrachte, und zum Verlag der Wanderschriften-Zentrale, Hellerau bei Dresden, der dem Gedankengut der Jugendbewegung nahe stand. Hier erschienen 1917 die drei sechsteiligen Postkartenserien (Anm. 056) „Deutsches Kriegsziel“, „Heil Stosstrupp“ und „Die deutsche Frau in der Heimarmee“

see http://www.weber-museum.de/bio_dor_schu/bio_dorsch_schu_01.html

Gruß Stefan

Jungnickel was in GR 101 the whole war. The action for his HoH-Awarding happened during the Gr0ße Schlacht in Frankreich at the end of march 1918. At that time he was a battallion cdr. in above regiment.

PS: sent you a message.

Gruß Stefan

Here is a period newspaper article (in german only, I´m sorry) from 1914 about Veit and his unique medal combo in the German Army. It tells among other things that he received the the golden and silver turkish livesaving medal for rescuing drowning people two times in series!

Gruß Stefan

Hi.

bought this photo of a saxon Hauptmann at the weekend. Clearly visible his shoulderboards with "178" or "179". Dedication reads: "z. Erinnerung an Wurzen August 1917" But his signature is still a misery for me. First I thougt Köhnecke but can´t find nobody on Ranklists or Roth. What are youre clues?

Gruß Stefan

On 27.8.2013, 00:05:54, Dave Danner said:

Hodenberg, Gottlob Frhr von Oberst (1837-

• 9.5.59 Kgl. hannov. PremLt.i.G.

• Kgl. sächs. 2.Gren.-Regt.

He died 1903. Attached his entry from Verlohren

On 26.8.2013, 20:57:04, Deruelle said:

Basse, Julius Wilhelm General d. Inf. (1848-1934)

This picture of him was sold a couple of years ago on ebay.

Gruß Stefan

Just digitalized: 1867 http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/146178/1/

45 minutes ago, Tony said:

Thanks Stefan but according to GenWiki that was up until mobilisation, or am I misunderstanding it? IR 134 were Saxon too so I imagine you're correct.

Wiki isn´t correct. Attached a Scan of the saxon ranklist 1914. IR 139 was still a part of 24th Division, 47th brigade in 1914. It only switched the brigade. IR 133 and 134 formed 89th brigade / 40th. division till 1915. Then 89th brigade (IR 133, 139, 179) was transferred in Spring 1915 to 24th. Divison when the composition of german infantry divisions was changed into only one brigade of 3 regiments per division instead of 2 brigades of 2 regiments so far. So IR 139 was transferred into that brigade then as IR 134 left the brigade and became part of 88th. brigade (IR 104, 134, 181) /40th. Division.

1 hour ago, Tony said:

Also if the unit was known as Koeniglich Saechsisches 11 Inf. Regt. 139, does that just mean they were 11th in seniority among Saxon regiments?

 

Tony

That´s correct.

Gruß Stefan

Tony,

the regiment was part of the 24th (2nd saxon) Division

Gruß Stefan

And here is a nice painting of him

Richard Walter Kühn from IR 104. (source: hermann Historica Archiv)

Got some new cards . Publisher is Cross's Library Folkestone and artist signed Robbie. Anyone know who´s hiding behind him?

Gruß Stefan

Please take a look at the Dresdner Salonblatt . It included a lot of photographs of high ranking officers (Saxon mainly) in relative usable quality, see attachment. Also some useful background information.

Another great strike of the Dresden State-Library!

Gruß Stefan

Nice french drawing from artist Caran d'Ache issued in Le Rire magazine, around 1902.

Gruß Stefan

They do and are still in use by the brandenburg Ministry of the Interior. Sorry but find no proper pictures of it.

http://www.mik.brandenburg.de/media_fast/4055/Anfahrt MI.pdf

http://www.erstes-garderegiment.de/indexalt.htm

The monument itself was blewn up in 1946 as of order of the communist government. As a special act of humiliation it had to be done by former member s of the regiment.

http://www.erstes-garderegiment.de/indexalt.htm

Gruß Stefan

Good morning.

The artist is Kurt/Curt Ziegra, see the signature on the Epp-card. They were part of a series of 7 - 8 cards.

Gru´Stefan