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Hi Chris! Of course! Here is the badge: The badge was created by the Div.Kdr. Kneußl himself in january 1916. But in august 1916 the permission to wear were forbidden by the bavarian ministry of war. Maybe the picture was taken between january and april 1917, when the division was under command of Armee-Abtl. B in the "Upper-Alsace" OR in 1916 in Rumania The b.11.Inf.Div. wore the mountain-trousers, if it was "necessary".

Of course, I have...# If someone has questions about the the plates, let me know NOTE! The VII doesn´t mean VII.AK, but 7.Army!!!! 1) Armee-Abteilung Gronau 2) 19.Armee ("something" happens) 3) Drivers of thre Kaiser´s staff) 4) Kaiser Wilhelm II in a Knight 5) Kaiser Wilhelm II in a car of Ober-Ost 6) The Emperor arrived

Oh yes! I just read it! I didn´t k now that before! Thank you for that!!! Kraus writes: "Sämtliche Pionieroffiziere erhielten nun wieder silberne Doppellitzen, aber in glatter Form wie für Gardeoffiziere..." (all engineer-officers recieved silver double-litzen, in flat pattern like for guard-officers...) - Kraus, vol.II, page 739

Hello! Stobbe was Hauptmann in Pi.Btl.8, later commander in IR, later Oberst in the Reichswehr. BUT, if the photo shows Stobbe, why does he wear Garde-Litzen???

Hi Chris! I only can read Kdr. Inf.Rgt. Graf Barfuss. That was the Inf.Rgt.17. Dated 24.VIII.1918 The Kommandeur of that regiment in that time was Major Otto Stobbe (24.7.1918-20.1.1919). Under command of the 42th Inf.Div., the regiment just arrived the Champagne front (22nd of august), probably in the Tahure sector

Hi IG! I know, I thanked you personally for your help four years ago... I don´t want to make this thread forgetable, so I´ll enclose a map of july, 15th 1918. The map of the Feuerwalze should cover the area behind the 1st division. Intersteing for me is, that my grandpa was injured by gas in september 1918 near St.Souplet (in the middle of the map)

??? I can´t see any straps... Just 16 articles of stuff

Ah, ok! Thank you! That was my fault. In my "headache-head" this morning, I linked "Grubist" to "Grubenarbeiter" (miner)... One of the few bottles of wine might be bad... Of course, it is Gruppenbildstelle 143. That was a bavarian one. Set-up 26.4.1918 from AOK6. Before this date it was Gruppenbildstelle Nr.517

Hello! If it is Grubist, I can read "zur Grubist 143". That doesn´t make any sense in german. What about the other abreviations? Did you clear them? Maybe they give a link to the last one!

Thanx for the link, Stefan!

Here is mine and two photos of some bearers

Keep the torture going, matey...

Hello! All of those units were different units! Each unit (GRI, GRJ, GRS) had their own reserve units. In the war most of the kind of units had to do infantry-work. Jäger were used to fight in woods, mountains and they had bicycle-units. Schützen are a kind of Jäger, but the main difference is just the word, because Schützen had a special tradition

Hi! Unfortunately it´s unclear, for what he earned the EKII (> for which period). The regiment was under command of the 6th Res.Div. 1914: Belgium, Yser, Russia 1915: Poland, Dvina 1916: Courland 1917: Courland, France, Mort-Homme (Hill 304), Russia 1918: France

You always keep us in suspense...

Hello Paul! There are a few difficulties with that document... The Heeresgruppe Mackensen was dissolved beginning august 1916. The armies came under bulgarian control. The front looked-like: Bulgarian OHL with Heeresgruppe Below (11th army, bulg. 1st and 2nd army). Anyway I can´t read the name of the Chef des Generalstabes 11th army. The Chef des Generalstabes of the 11th army was: 24.3.16-22.11.16 Oberstleutnant Walther Reinhardt

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Hello! The marking stands for Garde-Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon, 3rd company, weapon 109

Hello! It´s quit difficulty... and for my english hard to explain. But I recommend a book. In that book (in english) is everything, really everything, you might know about the german army 14-18 http://www.amazon.de/Imperial-German-Army-1914-18-Organisation/dp/1874622299

Ah, ok. Now it makes sense! Thank you!

Hello friends! First of all, the VII.AK did not belong to v.Klucks 1st army, but to v.Bülows 2nd army! The 14.Kav.Brig, together with the 13. and 19.Kav.Brig built the 9th Cav.Div. under command of H.K.K.2. In a map that shows the operations 22.august, the H.K.K.2 was north-north-west of Mons between Geerardsbergen and Ath. 21.8.: The right wing of the 2.army marched from Nivelles and Genappes fought an enemy unit near Obaix and they throwed him over the Canal du Centre. Die german divisions restet north of the canal. Soem recon units crossed the canal. 22.8.: The VII.AK recieved the order to advance. Then, 25.Inf.Brig. came in touch with british cavalry near Péronnes (north of Binche). This was the FIRST locating of british troops. The british cavalry escaped. The 26.Inf.Brig. supported units of the 14.Inf.Div. north of Anderlues (near Pièton) in a fight against french troops. At the end of day, the 14.Inf.Div. restet north Anderlues, the 13.Inf.Div. near Haine-St.Paul and Mont Sainte Aldegonde. Could you please show your map? v.Bülow wrote in his memories (Mein Bericht zur Marne-Schlacht): 20.august: H.K.K.2 reached the sector of Marbas. Those three cavalry-divisions should ralley in front of the right-wing 1st army direction Ath.It reached the sector west of Braine Comté at 24.august. He also wrote, that the left-wing 2.army crossed the Sambre at 22.august. They stood against english troops in line Ath-Mons-Binche. The VII.AK should attack the line Thuin-Boussu-lez-Walcourt-Cerfontaine So, the VII.AK was NOT involved in the battle of Mons! Here the official participations for "our" units above: 1.Army 23.-24.8. Battle of Mons (II.AK, III.AK, IV.AK, IX.AK, H.K.K.2 2.Army 23.-24.8. Battle of Namur (Gardekorps, VII.AK, X.AK, X.RK, H.K.K.1 The 13.Inf.Div. had the follwing cavalry unit: ½ Ul.Rgt.16 The 14.Inf.Div. had the other ½ of the Ul.Rgt.16 Maybe you are looking for that regiment?

Hello Paul! Are you sure with the saxon MW-Kp.Nr.8? The MW-Kp.8 was prussian (8.Inf.Div.). Saxony had a MW-Ers.Btl.Nr.8 (in Königsbrück), and the following MW-Kp.: 23, 24, 40, 164, 223, 224 and 252

Hi Christer! It´s 10.Batterie/Fußart.Rgt., not the reserve-Regiment! Only the soldier was a resrevist

Hello Chip! By the way, it´s time again for a small skype-writing, isn´t it?

I think, Chip was wrong with "red". Kraus, also, says, they always had blue based-shoulder-boards.