The Prussian

The backside

I?ve got this nice photo. My question: Why do the guys of the Inf.Rgt.76 wear swedish cuffs????? Note the hanseatic cross upon the cocardes. The backside?s stamp shows "Sturm-Lehr-Gang" of the 111.Inf.Div.

Prussian captain in general staff

Hi Sonya! No, unfortunately I don?t know the name. :(

Hi Ulsterman! I can add a photographie of a one-year-volunteer of the regiment.

Hi Rob! To get informations about german Flieger Abteilungen and everything about the imperial Luftwaffe, I recommend the forum: http://www.frontflieger.de/0-navi.html english language possible.

And here is an earlier map from oct, 30th, 1918 I hope, I could help you a little bit. Sources: The german forces in the field november 1918

Hi Walfisch! Here is a map from nov, 9th

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Hello! I don?t know the english word for that, we say "Schuldschein" (promissory note???). unverzinslich" = "zinslos" = interest-free)

Hi Rick! Thanx for your response! I?ve heard something about those units, but in the Busche (Geschichte der dt. Infanterie), I can?t find a 24. There were several independent units listed, but not the 24. Maybe the list ain?t complete.

Yes, that?right, but that doesn?t explain the number 24... Maybe it?a the number of MG companies, if all companies of a corps were counted??? :rolleyes:

Hello! I got this photo today. It?s a sad one. But I don?t know the designation at the cross on the right. I see R.I.R.81 and M.G.K.24 Well, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 81. That?s clear. M.G.K.: Maschinengewehrkompanie. Clear. But the 24? No regiment had 24 MG companies... and as far as I know, the RIR 81 didn?t have any MG- company. Any ideas, please? By the way: The F18 upon the upper arm means "Fernsprech-Abteilung XVIII.Armee-Korps" (In this case XVIII reserve Korps - so the writer signed on the back of this card.) Thanx a lot in advance!

Dear Steve! Well, the system of the train bataillons was nit difficult to you, it WAS difficult... The train-batallions were disbanded by the outbreak of war. They were distributed to the "Magazin-Fuhrpark-Kolonnen". Together with the munition-columns (set up by field-artillery) they were formed to "Munitions-Kolonnen und Trains". In every army corps you find: 2 Munitions-Kolonnen-Abteilungen (4 infantery and 9 artillery columns) ; 1 Foot-artillery Mun.col.Abtl. (8 columns), 2 Train-Abteilungen (12 Feld-Lazerette, 6 Proviant, 6 Fuhrpark (carpark), 2 depots for horses and 2 bakery-columns). It would be too difficult to explain here, but I recommend you the book: H. Cron "Deutsches Heer 1914-1918", it?s part V of the edition of Curt Jany "Preu?ische Armee" In english: Imperial German Army: 1914-18: Organization, Structure, Orders of Battle: Organisation, Structure, Orders of Battle

Deruelle: Oh yes, I?ve seen that thread! Wonderful! It?s a very nice collection! Rick: Which one, please?

:) Merci... I?m stil looking for photographs, but they are very expensive. In Germany a lot of people are collecting the 95

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Here are some close-ups:

Yes, that?s right, but I bought the photo, from an album, which said, the photo was taken by the X.AK. It also said, there was a "Generalstabsreise". Unfortunately I only bought the photo, the text belomgs to the album, that haven?t been in the offer

No, he wears a Skullhead, because of the 92.th inf.rgt., that belong to the X.AK

Me too, mate!!!

No problem, mate... a friend of mine has the Rangliste 05, maybe it helps

By the way, Chris, do you know books about the Sturmtruppen? Here in Germany I can?t find anything good. Specially I?m looking for informations, in which battles the SBs were active. Most of the german books only go down on regimental level

Hi Chris! Yes, I agree with you, but I think the word "cream" is a wrong one. The "lessons", they gave to other units, were the experiences of a maximum of 1,5 years of combat. A cream for me, is a bigger unit, that could make a battle won. A bataillon in an army was not able to fight against an enemy division, how ever the strenghth of the enemy was. What I wanted to say is, the Sturmtruppen were an effective small unit in tactical cases and, of course, in the psychological case. Do you know any battle, won only by the stormtroopers? In battle, if they were in the frontline, they had a lot of suffers. But they hadn?t an "Ersatz" company. So the new soldiers couldn?t get the experience in a short time. So I don?t think, they were fit for action for 100% each day. I?d rather be saying that, if you use the word "cream", one better takes this word the old guard-units.