The Prussian

I agree. Unfortunately I can´t recognize the officer in the backseat of the car.

Hello Bayern! I couldn´t find anything according to Gruppe. That would be easier. But I think with that car, the "owner" might be a higher officer

That´s right Bayern. Thankjs for your response. I only know the car was registrated in the XIV. Army Corps (Baden)

Hi Mattyboy! I agree! The Verlustliste says: "Durch Absturz schwer verletzt" (Seriously injured by crash). So he was an aviator!

Hello! A nice, complete helmet! Great stuff! I only have two of them, but unfortunately incomplete

Well, I think, because we can read something with a "D", a "5" and "Gruppe" and we see some POWs, it must have something to do with a prison camp

Hello Bayern! You´ll get a very close view, if you click at the photo, then "Full size" and the + on the mag glass.

Hello! Never heard such a name... but it seems so. I also read Metgengerder. Here is a photo of that unit. Note the arm patch "FL67"!

Never seen! Great paper!!!

Hello! Thank you very much for the confirmation! Could you say somethong6to the flag?

Hello! He also recieved the prussian "Rettungsmedaille" In 1914/15 he served with Feldart.Rgt.43 (my grandfathers unit) Here he is:

Hello! What makes you think, they are dutch? Because of the markings 53e période and 53e tijdperk, I asume they are belgian

Hello Jan! I think so, because according to the Ehrenrangliste, this Oberst a.D. Eltze is the only listed offier with that name.

Great paper!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!

Hello! The V.29 Lauban was set-up sept. 11, 1914. First it was under command of III./Bes.Rgt. Posen 7 (November 1914 - january 1915), parts of the bataillon served since february 1915 as border protection of the V.army corps, since may 1915 in Gouvernement Posen and parts of the regiment in the Besatzungs-Regiment 8. From june,1 1915- june 14, 1915 ist was II./Bes.Rgt.8 in Posen June 14, 1915 it was changed into II./Inf.Rgt. 336 In the period, your great-grandfather died, the bataillon served as III./Bes.Rgt.7 (!).

Wow! That´s brilliant!!!! Thanky you so much!!! Now there are two questions left... 1) Is that a car taken from the french or a car from the Automobil corps? 2) Who is the officer in the back seat?

Hi Tony! Yes, I haven´t found Bugatti like that. Maybe it´s an NAG, but during that time they only built 4 Cylindre-models.Could this huge one have only 4 pots?

Hello! Is anyone there to tell me, which huge car we´ve got here? Some people told me, it´s an NAG, some said, it´a Bugatti. I have no idea. Background: It´s number plates are: MK-XIV 88 (Militär-Kraftwagen, XIV.Armee-Korps with number). I can´t recognize the colour of the number-plate. If there are red letters, it´s a car of the "Freiwilligen-Automobil-Corps". Those were private persons, who borrowed their personal cars to the army during the war. Those plates were only used in Germany, not at the front. So this car is registrated in Karlsruhe. I can´t read the flag (something with a "D", a "5" and "Gruppe"). We also see some french prisoners. The one has a 15 at his collar, the other one is a Chasseur d´Alpines. Some german soldiers have collar Litzen (> Kraftfahrer). Maybe someone knows the officer on the back seat. Probably the commander of a prison camp? In the area of the XIV.AK we had four prison camps: Lager Heuberg Lager Mannheim Lager Rastatt Lager Tauberbischofsheim Thanks for helping!!!!!

Do you show us the photo, please Chris?

Yes Chris. Field cap ww2

Res.Jg.Btl.4 belonged to 7th Inf.Div. Engaged 1916: Sind june 1 Verdun (Bois de la Caillette and Bois de Vaux) Since july 1 Argonne (Ville sur Tourbe) His heavy wound was first published july 19, so we don´t know, if he was wounded in Verdun or almost in the Argonne sector. http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/4090616

Wenn du es sagst, glaube ich Dir doch! That's possible because only the company is mentioned. That doesn't seem to bei military

Yes, Andreas, but Feldwebel? That´s strange for a civilian shooting club.

Hello Alex! I couldn´t find a Oberst Wittig and a Hauptmann Rembges in the prussian ranklists. That´s not easy. It could be everything. Saxony, Bavaria, post-war, III. Reich, East-Germany, Bundeswehr... Maybe a stamp-specialist could help you with the HB (?)

Yes, that is the badge I remember! Thanks for showing!