The Prussian

It seems so... The card was made for the wintertime. Maybe the date is in common with the last sunday before Advent commemorating the dead. In 1915 it happened november 21.

And another one... The front shows a fallen soldier with the words: His last journey. Dedicated to the bavarian Res.Inf.Rgt. Nr.16 "List" from H.R. Reder and C. Raundorf, Munich The reverse: List-Regiment-celebration-evening, November 28, 1915. Unfortunately, the regimental history doesn´t mention that event.

maybe "Musik-Kohr" (wrong written, should be Musik-Korps)

Ah, ok. I think you´re right. If there is a borte (I can´t recognize), then he is Feldwebel

Hello Douglas! Unfortunately I can´t read the text, but he writes, that he es a Waldhornist. That´s a musician who plays the French Horn. His unit is 2nc company of Garde-Jäger-Bataillon

Hello! Yes, I just didn´t know, if that rank belonged to The "Non-commissioned officers"... Do you know what the thin white line close to the stars means? If he was in Inf.Rgt.63, the facing-colour was "orange-yellow". That could fit, because on b/w photos yellow colours appeared very dark (like black)

Hello! Thanks for the zoom! The rank on this photo is Zugsführer. The ranks are: Gemeiner (simple soldier) Gefreiter (Lance-Corporal) Korporal (Corporal) Zugsgführer (Sergeant) Feldwebel (Colour-Sergeant) By the way, the photo with the single star indicates him as a Fähnrich (Aspirant-Officer). I don´t know, if in english that´s an NCO too...

Ah. That's clear. Now we see the braid around the coller. It is a Fähnrich (Aspirant Officer)

Hello! Could I have a big scan of the collar of the soldier, please? Three stars were worn from Captains and Feldwebel. By the way: In Besztercze were 1., 2., 3. Btl. of Inf.Rgt. 63 and 2.Btl. of Landwehr-Regiment 22

Here we go. But i couldn´t find a man with that name in the 1898 ranklist. Was he an officer?

Hello! In Metaljka was only a border station, no garrisson. Until 1899 in Plevlje was staff, 1., 3. and 4. bataillon of the hungarian 2nd Inf.Rgt : http://www.mlorenz.at/images/Oe-U_Garnisonen_1898.jpg Since 1899 it was in Kronstadt (Brasov) and Hermannstadt (Sibiu): http://www.mlorenz.at/images/Seidels_Armeeschema/1908/Seidels_Armeeschema_1908_042-043.jpg Here is a today´s map: https://www.google.de/maps/dir/Metaljka,+Bosnien+und+Herzegowina/Pljevlja,+Montenegro/@43.4685753,19.1860479,11.79z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x47586e4988767175:0x57fdbb183f60066c!2m2!1d19.156478!2d43.538586!1m5!1m1!1s0x47580844f4917229:0xe23cd955c6680a74!2m2!1d19.3512591!2d43.3582371 Here a part of the ranklist 1898:

Ah, ok, thank you! So he served 14 months with that regiment. I checked the regimental history. He is not mentioned.

Hello! Could you please show the personal page to see his date and nplace of birth? There are 168 entries in the casualty lists for a Johann Engelhardt

Hello! Would you show it, please? The regiment came to the Somme sept. 25, 1916 (Frémicourt until october 2) October 3, Adolf got light wounded by an artillery attack on an underground way. He recieved just a few scratches. October 5 he got wounded near La Barque Here you see the regimental staff (small "flag") in La Barque (taken from the regimental history):

It just caught my eyes at ebay, Chip... Unfortunately Adolphus didn´t paint the picture...

Hello Tony! It´s Militärpaß. Probably you don´t have the letter "ß" on your keyboard, so you also can use "ss" - it´s the same: Militärpass. His name is Friedrich Rohde Units: Ers.Esk. Drag.Rgt.1 6.8.17: Feldrekrutendepot Kavallerie-Schützen Regiment 89 17.11.17: 4.Esk./Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 18.9.18: Dragoner-Regiment 15 You are right, that he was in prison. The entry in the MP says: Vermisst bei Arleux (missed at Arleux). Arleux is northwest of Cambrai. The prison card says, he was caught at Cambrai. That fits! The Drag.Rgt,.15 belonged to 30.Kav.Brig. (later Kavallerie-Schützen-Kommando 30), 7.Kav.Div. Here are his prisoner cards:

Hello! Do you have stuff from Hitlers regiment? He served with bavarian 16th reserve regiment "List" I´ve got a card, written by Oberstleutnant Petz, once regimental commander of the regiment

Hi! No, Adolphus served with the bav. 12.Res.Rgt. (bav. 6th Res.Div.) The regiment first was in 12th brigade, then 8th brigade, but always in the same division.

Hello! Thankjs for the explanations! UI found two Karl G. in the casualty lists, but none in IR88. Maybe later he served withanother unit?

Hello Chris! Very interesting papers! Walter Rogge was commander from 18.2.15-8.10.18 But why were the documents dated in march 1916, although he recieved the crosses in sept. 14 and march 15?

Never seen before......

Hello! The headgear and the young face could fit to a student...

Hello! Dauerfeuer means continuous or sustained fire. Strich means line. I haven´t heard the word "Strich-Dauerfeuer", but to me it means, a MG fires into an area from left to right and back to the left

Hello! Yes, it´s a fantasctic photo! Please note the number 1 at the collar. The 1st and 2nd regiment became one regiment in 1862. In december 1884 it was divided in 1st and 2nd again. The book "Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion" (Martin Windrow) says: "In december 1884 the formation of the 1st and 2nd RE led to the addition of regimental numbers to the "bombs of officers and warrant officers collar grenades, though not to that on the képi. The troops acquired numbers on their collars - blue on tunics, red on vestes and capotes. In february 1885 epaulettes were suppressed throughout the army, the order being rescined in january 1887. It seems that the Legion may have ignored this order; but from 1886 they wore the red and green epaulettes only for major parades and reviews." "It was in the mid-1890s that the Gras single-shot rifle was progressively replaced by the new 8mm Lebel magazine rifle." So to me, the earliest date of that photo could be 1886

Absolutley right ,Chip! Great patch! Worn since may 1919