The Prussian

Hi Chris! I don´t know. I only saw these parts.

super! Thanx Daniele. Step by step I'lk get their names. Pin! Unfortunaly in every expo I lost my pin in the crowd, because the fixing system ain't tight enough. What about t-shirts?

Hi Chris! I´ve been there at saturday between 10am and 5pm, but I did not recognize a canadian speaking guy in the beer-hall... Well, I only met 2-3 people there. Unfortunately I didn´t know, you came too. We could have had a nice beer there (for astronomically prices...) I just bought four photographs and two books, one curry-sausage and one beer The books: Tankograd N° 8 http://www.tankograd.com/cms/website.php?id=/en/Feldluftschiffer-the-German-Balloon-Corps-Aerial-Reconaissance.htm The austrian army in the first world war http://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=3057600&Language=de The photos: 1) Austrian Oberleutnant (XIV.AK) with Edelweiß (probably II./1.Tiroler Kaiserjäger-Rgt. - that was in Bruneck) 2) Württemberg soldiers with shoulder-strap covers and mountain trousers 3) Two soldiers with arm-patch FFA 4) Group of bavarian officers Questions! to 3): What could FFA means? Feldflieger-Abteilung or Festungs-Fernsprecher-Abteilung? Because of the missing of a number I´d say Festungs-Fernsprech-Abteilung to 4): Can one help with ID those bavarian officers? Photo is unwritten

Hi Marcin! Probably the unit was in the Bois brûlé. It was a quiet front. The official battles started in october, but the regiment could be january almost there

Hi dinha! The regiment was not a ghost unit. The FAR 247 was set-up may, 25. 1916, it became mobile june, 4. 1916. It was under command of: 4.6.16-4.5.18: 29.Ldw.Brigade 5.5.18-22.6.18: Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz 23.6.18-8.7.18: Feldart.Truppenübungsplatz Maubeuge-Fontaine 9.7.18-4.11.18: Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz 5.11.18: 1.Armee The 29.Ldw.Brig. was at the eastern front, the Heeresgruppe Dt. Kronprinz was at the western front.

Hello Marcin! The regiment was set-up august, 1., 1915. by renaming of the 2.Garde-Ers.Rgt. Generally it was under command of the Garde-Ers.Brig. (Garde-Ers.Div.). The fights of the Bois-Brulé were 6.10.15-23.7.16 by the Garde-Ers.Div. (Armee-Abt. Strantz) The battles of the Garde-Ers.Div. in january 1915 were: 18.9.14-20.2.16: Fights between Maas and Mosel (28.9.14-27.4.15: Fights at Flirey)

De rien, mon ami

Chris! Here are the pages of the LIR, you wanted. I didn´t know, how to send them in a private mail.

One reason, because the soldiers were called Garde-Füsiliere was, that in december 1902 the Garde-Reserve-Füsilier-Regiment was dissolved, and since april 1903 the Lehr-Regiment was planned. All works to set-up that regiment was made by the Garde-Füs.Rgt. The MG-Kp. of the Inf.Schießschule came to the regiment in 1908. The first line-up as a regiment was during the Kaisermanöver in 1911. (Lehr-Inf.Btl. as I.Btl. ; Unteroffizierschule Potsdam as II.Btl.) The 2nd line-up as a regiment was at the 2nd mobilization-day in 1914 in the barracks of the Garde-Füs.Rgt. in Berlin. In august 1914, the 3rd Garde-Inf.Div. and the 1st Garde-Res.Div. built the Garde-Res.Korps (Gen.d.Art. v. Gallwitz). Soldiers called the corps "Garde-Reise-Korps" (Guard-travel-corps). It was, instead of regular reserve-corps, equipped like an active corps. The active formations were: Lehr-Inf.Btl. (it sent a complete company as staff-guards to the HQ Btl. of the Inf.Schießschule Lehr-MG-comp of the Inf.Schießschule, Uffz-Schule Potsdam and commanded soldiers of the Gewehr-Prüfungs-Kommission. The three Btl. commanders and two company-leaders were Garde-Füsiliers. Each company had at least one active officer. The MG-companies had only active officers. All enlisted men came from thr Garde-Fusiliers and from the guard-corps. It was the only regiment with two MG-companies (by outbreak of the war). The Ersatz came from the Ersatz-Bataillon of the Lehr-Inf.Rgt. That bataillon had five companies and two Rekruten-Depots

Hello! First they were called Ballon-Abwehr-Kanone, later in may 1916 the name was changed into Flugabwehr-Kanone.

"Last" guard at the "Wilhelmshöhe"?

Sturmbataillon Rohr with M88 ammo-pouches?

Here´s my example

I think we have the same thing, like in Auseklis´ link in ppost 2. Probably an Alsacian, who fought in Russia with a german unit. After the war, the Alsace came back to France, be became french and he recieved the french medals... That´s my only thought

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)