The Prussian

Here´s a photo of a member of Pfeffer

The same weapon friend? I´m not sure... My mate lives 10 miles close to me here in Germany...

Finally I asked a friend of mine. He is a weapon collector. He told me, that the pistols, after they were built, got stamped woith active AND reserve units. Even a reserve unit didn´t stil exist, the weapons with their stamps were already there. Then he told me, the number of that gun is not important. N° 1 is not for the leader, because all officers had their own private guns.

What, if the gun got stamped just by outbreak of the war? Kdr. Res.Rgt.36: Oberstleutnant v. Roques I.: Major Tietze II.: Major Fuchs III.: Major Lennich

But that is not the Militärpass of our protagonist... To me he is Res.Jg.Btl.11

Here are a few "Relax-photos". Beer, wine and cards including...

There were a few Landsturm formations: Küstenschutz-Btl. Oldenburg, später 1.Ldst.Inf.Btl.Oldenburg (X.2) 2.Ldst.Inf.Btl. Oldenburg (X.3) 3.Ldst.Inf.Ers.Btl. Oldenburg (X.18 ) 4.Ldst.Inf.Ers.Btl. Oldenburg (X.21) 5.Ldst.-Inf.Btl. Oldenburg (X.40)

Hi Ed! Yes. Oldenburg had the Inf.Rgt.91, the Dragoner-Rgt.Nr.19 and the I.Abt. (with three batteries) of the FAR62. The II.Abt. was in Osnabrück. In Oldenburg also were a part of the justice-personal of the 19.Inf.Div., the command of the 37th Inf.Brig. and the command of the19th field-artillery brigade

I don´t like the divided word "Lehrgang" (Lehr Gang") If an english speaking fellow reads it, he should think, the german army was full of "gangsters..."

That´s right. Each division had their own "Divisions-Sturmabteilungen". A lot of of them were trained by the official Sturm-Bataillone. That´s why I now think, these are not the trainers. Sturm-Bataillone (normally) wore the special trousers with leather (Lederbesatz). Here are a few examples of divisional Sturmabteilung stamps

Hi Chris! Maybe each of them were trainers. I only see NCO´s. I wonder, if the wounded man was injured in action, or training, or if he´s got simple tooth-ache...

I just recieved this nice photo. It shows a shield, written with "Sturm-Lehrkommando 1916, 18.J.D." This division in 1916, was at the Somme and Artois

Ah, OK, Dave. I must say, medals are not my main interest. But according to the medal we can´t make out the unit. I have another guess. IF the capband is green, it also could be Res.Jäger-Btl.11

Hi Dave! Are you sure with that ribbon? The Sachsen-Meiningen Ehrenmedaille only may be recieved by soldiers of units of the duke of Sachsen-Meiningen, OR the soldiers where from Sachsen-Meiningen, and served in another unit. http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/c/deutsche-staaten/sachsen-meiningen-herzogtum/page/2 But I read in the Militärpaß: Großherzoglich sächsisches allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Bronze mit Schwertern http://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/c/deutsche-staaten/sachsen-weimar-eisenach-grossherzogtum/page/2

Hi Dave! That´s a good point! Maybe someone can make out the ribbon.

Hi Chip! Don´t forget that many infantry units also had swedish cuffs, according to the simplifying of the uniforms. The black visor seems to me much more black than the capband. Here I have two pioneer examples with black capbands and a photo of infantrists with swedish cuffs (IR 125)

I was not sure because of the capband. It doesn´t seem to be black to me, but because he wears an IOD, it might be Pio.Btl.11. Another possibility is Res.Inf.Rgt.11 in a simplified uniform

Hello Christer! Did you check his name? He was born in the belgium capotal. Maybe his father was a higher diplomat?

Hello blueman! It´s not german! Domine Dirige Nos (Oh, Lord, direct us), is the motto of the city of London. I don´t know too much about english units, but probably the 15 indicates the 15th (Service) Bataillon (1st London Welsh) Raised in London on 20.10.1914 5.12.1914 to Llandudno and 128th Brigade, 43rd Division. Subsequent record same as 14th Bataillon, but disbanded in France in 27.2.1918. But this is just a guess...

Another sad photo. Big Berta with a barrel burst. Unfortunaley I couldn´t find out, which unit it was. There were a couple of barrel-bursts of the 42cm

I´d like to show you a another big one: It´s a heavy coast-mortar 305mm, L/17 ("schwere Küstenmörser i.R.") - i.R. means "in Radlafette" (wheel-mount - I don´t know if this is the right english translation...) This one is a rare photo, because from this gun only ONE single gun was built in 1912 by Krupp. It was used by the "Schwere-Küstenmörser-Batterie Nr.6" (6th army). Calibre: 305mm Weight: 24.500kg Weight of the shell: 333kg Range: 11,7km Moved by tractor in two parts

Hi IG! May I help you too? Well, you´re right with Fußart.Rgt.11. The "black-white-striped" pipings indicates him as a prussian Einjährig-Freiwilliger (One-year-volunteer)

Finally I got a Soldbuch with the item "ist berechtigt, daß Edelweißabzeichen zu tragen" You´ll find it in 7) I got this Soldbuch together with the Militärpaß and a Wehrpaß. He served with the Infantry-Leib-Regiment. Unfortunately the paper with the battles is unreadable.

Of course, you´re right! Thanks for the correction! I´m glad in this case only the number counts...

Here are my Verdun medals