The Prussian

Note the unit, please. The french army did NOT have guard-regiments!

Yes, you´re right. I´ve checked the casualties lis.t. Each enlisted man of the regiment was called "G.F."

Chris. When they built the bataillon for the crown-prince, the rest of the regiment formed another bataillon. Called "Bataillon Follenius" (b ecause of the commander Hauptmann Frhr. v. Follenius) The bataillon v. Kröcher had 3 companies (1., 2., 3.) and one MG-company The bataillon v. Follenius had two companies (1., 6.), one MG-company and one Minenwerferzug The bataillon v. Kröcher came by cars and lorries to Vielsalm. The crown-prince lived in Château Salm

Ah, ok. I´ve seen him in the Ehrenrangliste. He was Major a.D. after the war. Now I know, because they wrote Lehr-Inf.Rgt. It was set-up by soldiers from different units. If v. Kröcher did serve in the LIR, his base-unit was still the Garde-Fusiliers.

Hi Auseklis! There were both regiments in the division. The Lehr-Inf.Rgt. and the Garde-Füsilier-Rgt. The bataillon was built from 45 men Garde-Füsiliere, so the owner of the document (probably) was a Garde-Füsilier. Why was there written "Lehr-Inf.Rgt.", instead of Garde-Füs.Rgt?

I go red with shame... There is one thing that makes me puzzle... Why is the unit the LIR, when all soldiers of that bataillon were from the Guard-fusiliers? Well, the battle-ordre of the 3rd guard-inf.div. was in july 1918: Gren.Rgt.9 Garde-Füs.Rgt. Lehr-Inf.Rgt. But why was the LIR mentioned?

STOP MATES! I GOT IT!!!!!!! I just read a little bit in the regimental history! And what did the old Prussian find???? I try to translate: On 8th november 8am the regiment had to line up. It shal detach a bataillon with three companies and one MGK to defend the HQ of the Crownprice. Only special soldies should do that. Each company had a strength 10 NCOs and 45 "Guard-fusiliers" One soldier wrote: "In the HQ we got new uniforms and relieved the staff-guard. At the 10th Admiral v. Hintze came, we presentated and asked for the military-passes. The Admiral said:"Wow! These ones really are STILL soldiers!"..." Well, and, who led that bataillon? Hauptmann v. Kröcher (E.K.I. 1st of march 1915) The MG-Kp. was led by Lt.d.R. Anker and Lt.d.R. Nauendorf Am I good or am I good??? I attached a photo of the LIR from 1916

Not surely, Chris. The LIR fought heavy fight against the americans in that time. The "History of the 251 divisions" recorded: "... after two days in reserve it entered the line on the 12th (oct.), now opposing the first American Army. In this sector it fought vigorously, making perhaps the stiffest resistance encountered in the offinsive. The division went out on oct, 17 and rested until the 26th. Reengaged northeast of Attigny on the 26th, the division co ntiniued in line until the armistice. The last identification was southeast of Mezières on nov., 7. 500 prisoners were lost by the division during their last period in line." So I assume, he earned the cross for the fights between 12th and 17th oct.

... Well, the Lehr-Inf.Rgt fought in that period (from september - november): Reims Laon Champagne Argonnen and Maas Ailette and Aire Aisne and Maas Antwerpen - Maasstellung I have the regimental history of that regiment. Schütze Stössel is not mentioned in the casualty list. So fortunatley he survived.

Oh, I haven´t seen the forest because of the trees... Of course, it is! I´m getting old. Thanx, mate!

Hello! That´s interesting. The top is dated dec.8, 1918 (as I see), one month later than in the middle. The unit is strange too. Maschinengewehr-Kompanie ??? Inf.Rgt. The Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz was in that period the 7th, 1st and 3rd army (Commander Kronprinz Wilhelm)

Hi Chip! Maybe he wears the fieldgrey tunic for officers M1910. There were only swedish cuffs. (Kraus, Vol.I., B.II.2)

Hello! The RIR266, generally was under command of the 80.Res.Div., but what makes me wonder is, that in th eperiod of 20.-25. august it was under command of the 52.Inf.Div. (Californie Plateau). But maybe this info is not correct, I think you have the proof... Note that he almost wears a tunic with swedish cuffs for infantry!

Right! That was easy... So forget about the saxon rifle corps... Maybe it was a saxon-rifle-choir...

If it´s not an italic letter (R),but a normal letter (R), we have the active regiment 22 Are there some additional numbers?

Hi Chris. I think, Ed did read a marking on a Luger R 22. Maybe he thought R would stand for Rifle I´d like to see the marking

I´ve checked the L.S.K.22 Landwehr-Saniäts-Kompanie 22. It became later the saxon San.Kp.562. Surely no Rifle-Unit...

If it is a marking on a Luger, the R doesn´t stand for Rifle, but for Reserve. In this case, the R must be written in italics: R Reserve-Inf.Rgt.22 1914-1915: 12.Res.Div. 1915-1918: 117.Inf.Div.

Well,of course you´re right. It´s the difference between german and english words... Maybe in engish "mountain" has another definition than "Gebirge" in german. We also have a difference between "Berg" and "Gebirge". Anyway, the Reichsarchiv said, the 48.Res.Div. was part of the "Gruppe Maas-West" near Verdun (under Gen.d.Inf. v. Francois). But it was released at the end of month

Hello! I´ve checked too. The only saxon 22 were those: Pi.Btl.22 Scheinwerfer Zug/Pi.Btl.22 (XIX.AK) 1.Ers.Kp./Pi.Btl.22 (19.Ers.Div.) L.S.K.22 (47.Ldw.Brig) - I can´t say what the abbreviation means -I´ll check it later... schwere Minenwerfer-Abtl.22 Armierungs-Btl.22

Hello IG To your post: The Feldhaubitze 150mm M93 was used by Reserve/Ldw and Ldst units. It was not a mountain gun as well. Probably the card was written wrong. It has a weight of nearly 2,2t! That´s three times more tha a normal german mountain gun tín the great war! The Res.Pi.Kp.48 belonged to the 48.Res.Div. At the end of august 1917, the division was withdrawned from the front (Hill 304, Corbeaux wood). The Feldpostnummer 906t belonged to the 48.Res.Div. too. So that fits very well! The Gebirgs-Kanonen-Batterie 2 was a prussian one. Officially it was called "Gebirgs-Batterie 2". Set up through Stv.Gen.Kdo XV.AK (Alsace) nov., 4th. 1914 (new-organized in may 1916) It was under command of: 12.1.15-16.2.15: Division Fuchs 30.1.15-27.3.15: 33% in the 52.Ldw.Brig. 28.3.15-24.11.15: 33% in the 61.Ldw.Brig. 25.5.15-8.4.16: 33% in the "Abschnitt Plaine" 25.11.15-8.4.16: 66% in the 61.Ldw.Brig. 29.3.17 (?): Heegersgruppe Below temp. 19.7.15-28.7.15: 8.bayer.Res.Div. Unfortunaltely I don´t know, if the sender was part of the 33% or 66% ("Plaine" or 61.Ldw.Brig) The 61.Ldw,Brig. was part of Armee-Abteilung Falkenhausen (17.9.14-3.1.17 in the Mid-Vosges) After the reorganization it became part of the Gebirgs-Artillerie-Abteilung 6

So it´s Flieger-Abtl. 23 Lb. Set up jan.,11, 1917 from Feldflieger-Abtl.23. The Lb means "Lichtbild" (Photogarphic unit) The unit stood a long time in Guise (near St. Quentin)

Ah, ok! I´ll check those books! Thank you for the hints!

Yes. English, french or german. These are my "readable" languages. Italian or spanish is possible too... But unfortunately can´t read any word in russian...

Well, I have a lot of those russian uniform books on pdf, but I can´t read them... What I´m looking for, is a book, which describes their uniforms and the shoulder straps during the period of the russian-japanese war until 1919.