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Hello! The Imperial Turkish Plenipotentiary General Staff Officer of the High Command "Mackensen" asks for a pass for the tour of the Royal Palace. Major ??? Is someone able to read the signature, please? The readable officers are (in brackets their turkish ranks): Major Tewfik (Binbaşı Tevfik): Chief of Staff of the Turkish 26th Division. Lieutenant Schuekri (Üsteğmen Şükrü), not to be found out, unfortunately common name. First Lieutenant Sirri (Üsteğmen Sırrı): not to be found out. Lieutenant Sureya (Teğmen Süreyya): Btl.Kdr. II./turkish 73.Inf.Rgt (both also from staff 26.Inf.Div.) Sergeant Chewfki (Astsubay Şevki): not to be found out. Signed by Major (Binbaşı) ? On 26 March 1917, the turkish 26th Division was ordered to return to Istanbul. Their transfer began on 1 April from Bucharest, and by the end of the month the whole division was back home. I assume that the castle is the royal palace in Bucharest. Thanks a lot in advance! Additional informations: The problem might also be that the division was only under the HGM for a very short time. On 3.11.16, Enver Pasha first held out the prospect of the division, but it was only to take on defensive tasks. But GFM v. Mackensen must have needed to talk... Until 22.11.16 it was assembled behind the German 217th ID. It was to advance on Zimnicea on 25.11.16. On 29.11.16 it advanced from Alexandria on Prunaru. At the Battle of Argesul it was deployed in the area of the Danube Army (Kav.Div. Goltz, Korps Kosch (Bulg. 1. and 12.Div., dt. 217.ID, türk. 26.ID). On 1.12.16 it stood with the Kav.Div. Goltz at Prunaru and Draganesti to offer resistance, but in the evening it took Tarnava. From there it was to advance northeast and establish contact with the German 217th ID. On 2.12.16 it reached the area west of Balaria with light fighting. On 3.12.16 the 11th Bavarian ID, the Turkish 26th Div. and the Kav.Div. Goltz were subordinated to General Kosch. The Turks also intervened in the battle near Balaria. In the evening German troops entered Mihaleski. On 4/5.12.16, the Bulgarian 1st and 12th Div. and the German 217th ID went across the Argesul from Falastoca to Adunati without a break. Bucharest then also fell on 5.12.16. Then there were a few days of rest. On 19.12.16 an attack on Filipeski was planned, but it was postponed to 24.12.16 because of too weak Bulgarian, German and Turkish forces. The Turks and the Bulgarian Landsturm broke through the Calmatuiul and pushed the enemy back along the Danube. By 15.1.17 they had reached the Sereth lowlands west of Braila with the Bulgarians. On 19.1.17 the Romanian campaign ended with the capture of Nanesti (9th Army). The Turkish 26th ID was then deployed as an army reserve. From March it was then transferred back to Turkey as already described. The entire deployment with HG Mackensen thus lasted only four months. Turkish 26th Inf.Div:

Hello! Very good found! Here he is:

Hello! Walter v. Unruh:

Hello! Here the photo of Hauptmann Deines. Leader III./Res.Inf.Rgt.82 (listed in IR95) The card is written with "Meldegänger Mai 1907 in Walincourt" (It must be 1917!) Meldegänger = Runner Note the stars upon the upper arms!

Here is the photo. No date mentioned. But there are two dates k.i.a. September 1918. Unbehaun received his cross January 26, 1918. So the photo must have been taken between end of January and September 1918

Hi Graham! I will have a look in the book this afternoon

Hi Graham! Thanks a lot! The second one is brilliant! The photo is taken from the regimental history. The officer is Lt.d.Res. Wilhelm Unbehaun. Company leader 9./95 Photos of that cross are pretty rare. I will receive one this week. I´ve never seen photos from "front soldiers". Only from Carl-Eduard.

Hello! Does anyone have photos of soldiers with that beautiful medal?

Hello! I can add an unknown officer of Reiter-Regiment 11 (post-war-era). Then I have Lt. Jakob Schön from bavarian 22.Inf.Rgt. with badge of bavarain 11th Army and Hohenzollern ribbon. and Major Kurt v. Plüskow, bataillon-commander of Jg.Btl.8

Hello! We see here Generalstabsarzt of the Army Prof. Dr. v. Schjerning with the rank of Lieutenant General. Chief of the Medical Corps, Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Medical Education and Chairman of the Scientific Senate at this Academy, full member of the Scientific Deputation for Medicine, full honorary professor at the University of Berlin. During the war Chief of the Field Medical Service in the G.H.Q., at the end of the war Surgeon General with the rank of General of the Infantry (ret.), died 28.6.21. Very nice postmark as well. The other persons are: Colonel Friedrich zu Solms-Baruth was an officer à la suite of the army in the uniform of the 1st Guards Drag.Rgt. He was Imperial Commissioner and military inspector of voluntary nursing for the army in the field. Lieutenant General (ret.), d. 31.12.20 Oberstabsarzt Dr. Bludau was regimental physician in Kür.Rgt.Nr.7. He was re-employed after the death of his predecessor Oberstabsarzt Dr. Perthey (8.9.15) on 22.9.15., later Generaloberarzt a.D. There was another doctor Bludau, later Oberarzt a.D. in Inf.Rgt.55. Generaloberarzt Dr. Hamann also belonged to the Medical Department of the War Ministry and was with the Chief of Field Medical Services during the war. Later Generalarzt a.D. (the card is not for sale)

Yes, that´s very interesting! Thanks a lot! Those garrisons are all in my area. But the regimental history of FAR7 don´t mentioned that event

Hello! Yes, and that makes me wonder... Sturmbataillon 4 was not a bavarian unit. The Ersatz for the one (!) MG-company came from 4th Ersatz-MG-company of the guard-corps! Here I´ve got a postcard with a stamp from that Sturmbataillon. The fieldpost number is 249. That was located in Audenaarde too. So I think you were right, that we see a bavarian MGK in training with the SB4.

Hello! That´s strange... As you wrote, the Sturmbataillon 4 only had one MGK (their Ersatz came from 4.Ers.MGK of Garde-Korps) So what was the 2.MGK Regensburg? Does Regensburg mean the town or is it the name of their leader?

Hello! Here is another Landwehr-Kavallerie-Offizier

Hi Glenn! I solved it in that thread.... I think I´ll get old... Of course you´re right! It´s Bavarian Landespolizei!!!!!! How could I forget my own explanation?

Hi Valter! Yes, it´s a Freikorps badge. In this pattern with oakleaves it´s hard to say, which one it is. The were different Freikorps with that badge.

Hello! Can you please show a close-up of the collar-insignias? Thanks a lot!

Hello ArHo! That´s hard to see. But it´s possible: https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/militar-dienstauszeichnung-1-klasse-1913.html So he probably wears: 1, 15, 27 The chevrons stand for the rank of the "Etatmäßiger Feldwebel" (Company Sergeant-Major). They were only worn on the Bluse 15. The background is the Litewka M92. The ranks were: 1 Chevron (braid) for Gefreite 1 Chevron (galloon) for Unteroffiziere 1 Chevron (braid) + 1 Chevron (galloon) for Sergeants 2 Chevrons (galloon) for Fähnriche and Vize-Feldwebel 3 Chevrons (galloon) for Etatmäßige Feldwebel I don´t know, if the translations are correct: Braid = Tresse, Galloon = Borte A Galloon was a one-coloured chevron A Braid was a chevron with a black stripe in the middle (black for Prussia) Since the introduction of the Litewka M94 the ranks were similar to the Waffenrock. Only the Etatmäßige Feldwebel kept his chevrons. This "tradition" was taken over at the Bluse 15 Etatmäßiger Feldwebel (MG-Scharfschützen-Abteilung 2) Unteroffizier with Litewka Inf.Rgt.78:

Hello! Here is a link of photos of that "event" from several german newspapers: https://www.google.com/search?q=Nazi+Hagen+Flut&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj50_-AvL7yAhXHuKQKHZn6CGkQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Nazi+Hagen+Flut&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CruQVYicEFYPzBBWgAcAB4AIABSIgBzAKSAQE1mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=BQgfYbm9BsfxkgWZ9aPIBg&bih=869&biw=1680&client=firefox-b-d

Thanks a lot, mate!!!!!!!

Hello ArHo! That looks very similar! With your permission I will show it in Feldgrau Forum.

Puch-up... Any new ideas? I couldn´t find a proof it´s a badge from Carlos I

Yes, it was a shock when I found out. Chip was a great person. Always helpful, correct and reliable. A great man has passed away. I regret not having been able to meet him personally. He wanted to come to Germany next year. I had written to him a few months ago; he told me that he was doing quite well under the circumstances. I am really sorry. This tragedy has torn a hole in the whole collector community. Rest in peace, old friend!

Hello! Oh yes! A very interesting site!!!! Thanks a lot!!!!