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Yes... But it seems to be an italian magazine... The word "Sturmtruppen" was well-known in germany, but it was never used for official units. it was just a collective term for all "Sturm"-units like Abteilungen (detachments), bataillon or companies. IF germany had produced such a badge, it would be familiar to the unit, like "Sturmbataillon Nr.5 Rohr"

Very kind words, Nick! Thank you very much! You can not help the fees that are incurred in each country. With the one more, with the other less. But I think for the quality of the pin it is still cheap! I think about whether we should also have such a pin made in our Feldgrau forum!

Hello Juergen! I´ve never seen such a badge on german uniforms and have never read about it according to german uniforms. I assume it´s a badge, made in Germany for austrian troops. Te meaning "Sturmtruppen" was usually used by k.u.k. troops and not by germans.

Hello! Right. The customs duties amounted to 1,44€. DHL has laid out the money and charges 6,00€ for this service. Flat rate, no matter what the value of the goods. I can avoid the 6€ if I register with customs as a "self-customer". Then I get the package but not sent home, but must pick it up at customs. In my case, that would be 26km there and back plus a day of vacation, because the officials are only open from 7:30 to 12:30. So there rather the 6€...

Hello Nick! Mine has arrived today! Thank you very much!

Hi Michael! The chevrons indicate his front-line presence. The first one (at the bottom) stands for one year, each other for six months. He has seven chevrons, that means he has four years front-experience. If the chevrons were upon the right arm, they would stand for wounds he suffered. By the way... we talked about the six-star generals in the FL Forum...

Hello! I´ve got the blue one. If I order a new one,do I receive a green one?

Hi Tony! And you received your Patron-badge already...

Hello! I just payed yesterday. I think the Patron-badge will appear the next days.

That was not my translation... It was the internet translator...😁

Hello! Is there anything on the reverse?

Hi no-one! No, unfortunately not. Because of the buttons, it´s probably a Pioneer-unit ("Génie"). Each division had 1 pioneer-bataillon. So I assume it´s "Génie-Bataillon N°2"

Hello guys! Thanks a lot for your answers! Well, because of the uniforms we found out, that they are belgians. The indicator were the buttons! Now I agree with the date 1916 too. No-one (nice name!!! 😁 )The card is written in german! That´s why I am so confused. In which case would a German (soldier or not) complain about bad food in relation to Belgian soldiers? As far as I know, in the first world war there were no prison camps in Belgium. And could a prisoner send photos like this home? Here again the text. The german original: den 1.II.1910(6) Liebste Eltern! Hier sind belgische Telephonisten Liebe Eltern! Ich hätte eine sehr große Bitte, wenn man bald ein Stück Käse sendet, ich wäre auch sehr herzlich tausendmal dankbar, weißt, liebe Mutter. Jetzt darf es auch bald ein Ende nehmen. Bei uns ist das Essen hundsgemein schlecht, solches Fressen stellt man einem Hund nicht hin wie wir es jetzt bekommen, wenn wir nicht so viel stählen, dann bekommt keiner genug. and the english translation: the 1.II.1910(6) Dearest Parents! Here are Belgian telephonists Dear Parents! I would have a very big request if you send a piece of cheese soon, I would also be very grateful a thousand times, you know, dear mother. Now it may also soon come to an end. The food here is bad as a dog's ass, you don't give a dog the kind of food we are getting now, if we would not steal so much, no one will get enough.

no-one?

Hello! The photo just arrived! Here a few close-ups. Probably we´ve got lions upon the buttons. So the guys are Belgians?

Hello! This card was written 1910 OR 1916, I´m not sure, if we see a 0 or a 6... He writes, that we see belgian telephonists and about bad food, that he received, and asked his mother for a piece of cheese. My question is: Do we see belgian uniforms or maybe belgian soldiers in the French Foreign Legion? There is a french-style collar number "2", but I don´t know, if the belgians had such uniforms. I ordered the photo but it didn´t arrive yet. I will show a better scan later, if wanted. If he was in the Legion too, the photo might have been taken in Africa, but the house-wall is NOT Africa, but France or Belgium. What would the white cap-bands mean? Thanks a lot!

Hello! As I wrote, those shooting awards were introduced in 1894. Because there is no grenade at the end, it´s an infantry man.

Hello! This is just a simple shooting award. They were introduced in 1894.

Hello! I wonder, how the book would look like, if there were all IC2 listed. In WW1 ca. 5.196.000 crosses were awarded... I couldn´t find him in the casualty lists. There are 8 Oskar Rosenthal, but no-one born in Duisburg. There is only one with no home-town listed, but he served with a Silesian regiment (700km from Duisburg...) http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/997734 I don´t believe, that´s him. So probably he was not wounded during the war.

Hello! No, that´s not possible. Garde hat those "Garde-Litzen" around the neck and on the cuffs. Your photo shows a gunner of: 1st battery/mounted Detachment of Field-Artillery-Regiment "v. Holtzendorff" N°8 in Saarbrücken since 1898 in parade-dress. Here is an old photo of 3rd GRzF:

Hello David! A Platzmajor was the officer in a fortress or large city who is responsible for the daily garrison duty of the troops and therefore always keeps an exact calculation of the strength of the garrison and the succession of officers. He is usually a captain, only in large cities sometimes a staff officer, who at the same time also has the state prisoners and imprisoned soldiers under his supervision.

Hello! As "Platzmajor von Mainz" he had lost his second "l" in his name...😁

Hello David! I´m not sure, if I found "your" man... According to the ranklist 1819 there was a Capitaine v. Pallmenstein aggregated in 34th Infantry Regiment. No entry in that regiment in 1820. Unfortunately there ain´t no index of names in those old ranklists...

Hello! I agree. The first ones seem to be bravery medals (the 2nd one with repetition), the third one maybe "Karl-Truppen-Kreuz", the "Honour Cross of the World War"* , then "Commemorative medal of Hungary", then the "Officers service cross". * All Germans who took part in a battle, combat or positional combat were considered front-line fighters. Later, the circle of those entitled to receive the Cross was also extended to include Austrians, the Saarland and annexed territories such as the Sudetenland and Memeland.

Hello! Since 1867 it belonged to Prussia, since 1871 to the German Empire. 1920 it came to Denmark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aabenraa