The Prussian

Hello IG! In 1918 the I./25 consisted of the the companies 1, 2 and 4 They were equipped with: 1. and 2. company: schwere Feldhaubitze 13 4.company: 10cm canon M04 Here are the guns:

Chip. Incomplete? What is missing?

Now it makes sense...

I´m not sure. You´re right, that plenty of units did wear ther 07/10 late, but mostly infantry units in combat zones did rfecieve the simplified or the M15 quiet quickly.

Nice picture! Does he wear a hessian cocarde? But I can´t recognize a hessian buckle... To me he wears a red-white-red cocarde and white shoulder board-pipings (I., II., IX, X.AK) , so he served with the Inf.Rgt. 75 Bremen. (17.Inf.Div.) Because the regiment was in a quiete sector near Bailly/St. Mard since october 1914, he could have earned the EKI before at the Marne. Because he wears the 07/10 tunic, I assume, the picture was taken before 1915. Because he is almost Gefreiter, he should have fought a few weeks after mobilization. Possible battles at the Marne in september: 6: Châttilon s/Morin 7,8: Esternay-Courgivaux 16-21: Tracy le Mont Maybe he was wounded at was sent to a hospital near Mainz

Hi Chris! Ar you sure with the 23? That doesn´t with 40 in any way. IR40 was XIV.AK (Rastatt), and IR23 VI.AK Neiße (Upper-Slesia)

Nice card... I like the bavarian humour... But I am prussian by administration. In native cases I´m from the Rheinprovinz (the area around the river rhine, where the the carnival is very populair

Oh yes, the Prussians... Faster than a lightning...

Hello Chip! Yes I know, because I put the list together... I read a few books (you know I have a couple of books...). The infos for the infantry I read in the coloured books from the Verlag Militaria and the rest I got from different books

Here is a list, which explains, for what the cyphers stand for Bedeutungen der Monogramme auf Schulterklappen.pdf

Hi Chris! Yes, it is a bomb underneath an L. FAR 29 (Württemberg). The L stands for Prinzregent Luitpold v. Bayern

Chip, don´t forget, it was a Landwehr-unit. A war-time unit. Weapons were not stamped since outbreak of the war (officially). This stamp must be made inofficially by an order of the regiment-commander or after the war

Brilliant! Thank you very much! But as I´ve read in the article below ( http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/ot-crawler-tractors-196276/index15.html#post1497873 ), it´s not russian, but american, right?

Does someone have informations about this carrier? I have seen another photo with german soldiers of WWI, so it must be a vehicle of that period, but I don´t know which country did build it. I assume, it was a carrier for bigger artillery grenades.

Yes! It is Stabswache of the GHQ!

Hello friends! The Jg.Btl.27 was set-up for training finnish volunteers. The first transport of those volunteers arrived in february 1915 in the "Lockstedter Lager". End of august 1915 they were nearly 1000 men. The name Jg.Btl.27 was given in may 1916. It consisted of: four Jg-companies one engeneer-company one MG-company one platoon of light-howitzers one music-corps (just a few men...) The bataillon was dissolved feb.,13. 1918 It was set-up from Stellv.Gen.Kdo.IX.AK The commander was Major Bayer (Inf.Rgt.27)

Here is the order of battle of the Ostsee-Division Kriegsgliederung vom 19. April 1918 Stab 12. Landwehr-Division 95. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade Magdeburgisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 4 Mecklenburgisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 14 Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 3 1. & 2. Radfahr-Kompanie/Pommersches Jäger-Bataillon „Fürst Bismarck“ Nr. 2 Radfahr-Kompanie Nr. 11 Stab 3. Garde-Kavallerie-Brigade Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 255 Stab Radfahr-Bataillon Nr. 5 1. Radfahr-Kompanie/Mecklenburgisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 14 1. & 2. Radfahr-Kompanie/2. Schlesisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 6 Radfahr-Kompanie Nr. 54 Gebirgs-MG-Abteilung Nr. 228 Gebirgs-MG-Abteilung Nr. 229 2. Garde-Kavallerie-Brigade 1. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment 3. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment Königlich Sächsisches Karabiner-Regiment 2. Eskadron/Kürassier-Regiment „Graf Wrangel“ (Ostpreußisches) Nr. 3 4. Eskadron/2. Leib-Husaren-Regiment „Königin Viktoria von Preußen“ Nr. 2 6. & 7. Batterie/Feldartillerie-Regiment „von Holtzendorff“ (1. Rheinisches) Nr. 8 bayerische Gebirgsartillerie-Abteilung 2 1. Batterie/Reserve-Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 14 4. Batterie/2. Garde-Reserve-Fußartillerie-Regiment Marine-Bootskanonen-Abteilung Pionier-Bataillon Nr 112 Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 78

As I wrote before, the bataillon stood under command of 2.Inf.Radf.Brig. (set-up in summer 1916) 14.Armee (set-up 9.9.1917, dissolved 23.1.1918) Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht (set-up 28.8.1916) 4.Armee Alpenkorps during the war. Unfortunately I don´t know the dates, when it changed. The 2.Inf.Radf.Brig. were under command of the Karpathenkorps and the 9th army

Hi Chris and merry Christmas! History of formation? My part... Which year do you mean? I think you made a mistake with 1913... Well, By outbreak of war, Bavaria had only two Radfahrer-Bataillone b.1.Radf.Btl. 1.Kp.: b.Kav.Div. ; later Lehrkommando für den Kaukasus ; later b.7.Kav.Brig. 2.Kp.: b.Radf.Btl.3 (In Alpenkorps 1915 from parts of the 1. und 2. b.Jg.Btl. und b.Res.Jg.Btl.) 3.Kp.: b.Kav.Div. b.2.Radf.Btl. 1.Kp.: later b.Radf.Btl.3 2.Kp.: later b.Radf.Btl.3 The b.Radf.Btl.3 was set-up from the Ers.Btl./b.1.Jg.Btl.. It consisted of the following units: 2.Radf.Kp./b.1.Jg.Btl. 1.Radf.Kp./b.2.Jg.Btl. 2.Radf.Kp./b.2.Jg.Btl. b.Radf.Kp.10 b.Radf.Kp.12 MG-Kp. (set-up by Stellv.Gen.Kdo.b.III.AK The Bataillon was dissolved end of september 1918. The companies of the Jg.Btls. came to the Jg.Rgt.Nr.1, the companies 10, 12 and the MGK came to the Alpenkorps. The b.3.Radf.Btl. was under command of: (chronologically): 2.Inf.Radf.Brig. 14.Armee Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht 4.Armee Alpenkorps

Hello! Here is the ordre of the AVB: The regiment belonged from 25.11.16-24.4.18 to thew 5th Landwehr-Brigade (226.Inf.Div.) The official name of the battle is: Abwehrschlacht bei Smorgon-Krewo (18.7.-25.7. and 19.7.-27.7.1917). The german trenches were defended by Landwehrtroops. 22th july eight russian divisions attacked two german divisions at Smorgon. After they broke in on 5km width and 2km deep, german reserve troops stopped the attack and the german artillery shot the russians out of that area. Here you can buy the regimental history on CD only for 5€: http://www.military-books.de.vu/test/index.html Choose left: 1st world war > book sort by unit type > Infanterie > Landwehr Infanterie Regimenter > N° 1265 You will recieve the book on CD including cover, photographs, all attachments and maps

Hi Chip! I remember that sleeve insignia. You´re right with your guess, that this sign stands for Generalkommando (Army Corps) Maybe the number is not in latin numbers, because XVIII would be too large? I can´t believe, that it´s a Reichswehr sign, because the RW didn´t have 18 army corps. Some of the army corps had different names, like the area, where they were. I´ve found the followong informations: XVIII. Reserve Korps: (18.10.6-26.6.17 - Abschnitt Vaux ; 27.6.-31.7.17 - Gruppe Aisne ; 8.1.-27.7.18 - Gruppe Wyschaete) XVIII. Armee Korps: (12.4.-8.10.17 - Gruppe Quentin ; 13.10.-14.11.17 - Gruppe Dixmunde ; 14.-21.11.17 - Gruppe Houthulst ; 25.11.17-17.3.18 - Gruppe Lewarde) Maybe it was worn, if different army (or reserve) corps, served under an army

Hello! The only link between FAR51 and 19.Res.Div., is, that the staff of the FAR51 belonged to the 19th.Res.Div. from 15.10.16-20.1.17. But that doesn´t fit to the stamp. That kind of stamp was used only in 1915. Straßburg is possible. There was a Ersatz-Formation/Gebirgs-Kanonnen-Batterie Nr.2 in Straßburg. This unit was dissolved at 6.6.15. That couold fit with the stamp.

Ah, ok, thank you, Marcin. So it´s the same man! I didn´t have the infos about his first names

Hi Chris! The Korps Werder was synonymous with the 4.Ers.Div. Commanded by Gen.d.Kav. v. Werder How did you come to the name Hugo? My infos say, it was Albert 4th.Ers.Div. Cdr.: 2.8.1914: Albert v. Werder (22.7.1852-3.7.1936) 23.11.1917: Leo August Eduard v. Stocken (7.5.1862-22.12.1926) 1.2.1918-27.1.1919: Friedrich Bronsart v. Schellendorf (16.6.1864-13.1.1950) OoB 2.8.1914: 9., 13., and 33. gem.Ers.Brig., Kav.Ers.Abt. Brandenburg, Halberstadt, Wandsbeck ; Feldart.Ers.Abt. 18, 39, 40, 45, 60, 75 ; 1.Ers.Pio.Btl. 4 and 9 ; 2.Ers.Pio.Btl.3 OoB 3.7.18: 13.Ers.Brig. ; 3./Hus.Rgt.10 ; Art.Kdr. 139 with Feldart.Rgt.90 ; Pio.Btl.504 ; Div.Nachr.Kdr.554

Could you please show the description of the Stoßtrupp? Maybe it´s mentioned in the regimental history