Douglas Jr.

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Hi, Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I'm helping a friend to gather around as much as possible information about his ancestor, based on these photos that his family still has. The name of the soldier was Josef Biermeier, and born in 1895 in Bad-Reichenhall, Bavaria. He served in WWI and was decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd Class and with the Bavarian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Swords and Crown. After the war he emigrated to Brazil, where he lived with his wife (alsa born in Germany) and rose a family. He passed away in 1966. Together with his portraits, came five postcards showing casualties occurred in Fromelles in July, 1916. It made wonder if he was envolved in that fight. Was there any Bavarian unit fighting in that area in july, 1916? I have no clue about his unit or rank (the awards' certicates are lost to time - only his weary home made medal bar survived), so any information about it would be nice. Once more, thanks in advance. Douglas.

Thanks for the correction! I really appreciated that.

Simply outstanding. Thanks for sharing.

Hello, I'm having a discussion on another forum concerning the rea meaning of the "Flak" expression. I had found two different explanations: (1) Flugzeugabwehrkanone or (2) Fliegerabwehrkanone What is the correct complete word? Sorry this dumb question. Douglas

Beautiful bar! One of the best Freikorp's bar I ever seen, for sure. Congratulations!

Thanks once more for the explanations.

Chris, One question regarding the shoulder boards: the Crown and device are there because of Ferdinand's honorary command? Thanks again! Douglas

Brian, Thanks for you comment and interest. In fact all those medals and patches were borrowed from a friend in order to take the "artistic pictures". I'll check with him if he can post the pictures of the medals here. For your knwledge, the medals are (from left to right): Brazilian Expeditionary Force Campaign Cross, Brazilian War Medal, Military Medal in Gold (For 30 years of Service). Wishes, Douglas.

Last one. Thanks for looking! Douglas

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