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    The Prussian

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    1. Hello! I did one mistake... It´s NOT Heeresgruppe Erzherzog Joseph, but Heeresfront Erzherzog Joseph! Since Jan.5, 1917 the Eastern Front was divided in Heeresfront des "Oberbefehlshabers Ost" (Commander-in-Chief East) and the Heeresfront Erzherzog Joseph. The Heeresfront Erzherzog Joseph consisted of: K.u.k. 7th army, K.u.k. 1st army and Heeresgruppe Mackensen with german 9th army and bulgarian 3rd army. So the recipient could be a german soldier! I don´t know anything about the sticks. Maybe they teached some soldiers something and needed the stick to show something? No idea...
    2. Hello Will! Great document! Those photos are very rare! Congrats! I have only one photo in my collection. Your card was written by a man called "Schlodder" from the GRPR. He writes to an Unteroffizier of the Sturmbataillon of the Heeresgruppe Erzherzog Johann. There was one man with the name "Schlodder" of that unit the casualty lists: Vizefeldwebel Schlodder: http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/4570054 With the number "1154" you can order the regimental history of GRPR on pdf for 10€ here: https://military-books.lima-city.de/hp01/garde.html
    3. You can read it here (download unfortuantely not possible) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878856&view=1up&seq=5
    4. Hello! By the way... This "K" was also used by the Freikorps unit "Detachment Küntzel". You might know this thread...
    5. Hi David! The Kurhessen sources came from the regimental history of Hus.Rgt.13: https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/image/1674739754863/ The prussian sources came from the prussian ranklists. In the regimental history and in the ranklists he is mentioned as "v. Helmschwerdt", but in the regimental history are some other officers , named "Rüppel v. Helmschwerdt"
    6. Hello David! Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Hugo v. Helmschwerdt (* 8.4.1823, + 19.1.01) He was commander of DR6 from 26.9.71-15.6.75 NOTE: His name was "v. Helmschwerdt", NOT "Rüppel v. Hemlmschwerdt". First he served in Kurhessen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Hesse Career in Kurhessen: 1839: Cadet 27.6.1843: Portepee-Fähnrich Regiment Garde du Corps 14.8.1843: Sec.Lt. 2.DR 20.8.1851: Pr.Lt. 1.Leib-HR 30.12.1855: Rittmeister and Esc.Chef, 1.Leib-HR In 1866, Kurhessen came to Prussia Prussian ranklist entries: 1866: Rittmeister, 2./HR13 1867: Major (Patent 17.1.67) 2./HR13 (DAK, service award-cross) 1868-1869: Major, Staff, DR10 1870-1871: Major, Staff DR10 (EKII, Iron Cross 2nd class)) 1872-1873: Oberstleutnant (Patent 18.1.72), commander DR6 (RAO4, Red Eagle Order, 4th class) 1874: Oberst (Patent 19.9.74), commander DR6 1875: retired
    7. Hello! Normally, the soldiers of the "Landwehr-Bezirks-Kommandos" (Singular: Landwehr-Bezirks-Kommando) had the number of the Brigade upon their shoulder boards. In areas with a bigger population, the "Landwehr-Inspektionen" (Singular: Landwehr-Inspektion) with the gothic letter of the capital, were set-up. Those were: 1886: B for Berlin (III.AK) 1907: D for Dortmund (VII.AK), E for Essen (VII.AK) 1912: B for Breslau (VI.AK), C for Cöln (VIII.AK), A for Altona (IX.AK) 1913: I for Insterburg (I.AK), B for Bromberg (II.AK), H for Halle (IV.AK), P for Posen (V.AK), D for Düsseldorf (VII.AK), H for Hannover (X.AK), E for Erfurt (XI.AK), S for Straßburg (XV.AK), M for Metz (XVI.AK), G for Graudenz (XVII.AK), A for Allenstein (XX.AK), Saarbrücken (XXI.AK), D for Dresden (XII.AK), S for Stuttgart (XIII.AK), K for Karlsruhe (XIV.AK), C for Chemnitz (XIX.AK), M for München (I.b.AK), L for Landau (II.b.AK), N for Nürnberg (III.b.AK) Here is a nice example of a "Bezirks-Feldwebel" of Landwehr-Inspektion Essen (my hometwon...). He also wears the China-Medal.
    8. Hi Jesse! Hmmm, really? I really don´t think so. Watch the facts. He joined the army with 18,5 years in an Ersatz-unit of the fieldartillerie. The rest of 1917 he spent in hospital. Then he came in again because of Hysteria for three months in 1918. Maybe he did receive an EKII, but probably not more.
    9. Well, he was 18 years and 6 months, when he joined the army. But I don´t think, he was in action. I don´t have more infos about that regiment. It was raised November 1, 1914 from the following batteries: 1.Ers.Bttr./Garde-Korps) 2.Ers.Bttr./III.AK 3.Ers.Bttr./II.AK 4.Ers.Bttr./IX.AK 5.Ers.Bttr./VII.AK
    10. Ah, okay. I was confused. I noticed Wismar, not Wissmar. It's a different town.
    11. Hi Jesse! I´m sorry, but I have really problems to read that handscript... I can read the following things: Kanonier (Gunner), Julius Schindler Unit: Ersatz-Feldartillerfie-Regiment Jüterbog, 1st battery Born: Dec.,24,1898 in Friedrichshagen, Landkreis (District) Nieder-Barnim (near Berlin), single (not married), service entry: June, 2, 1917 Illness or injury: June, 17, 1917, Mandelentzündung (Tonsillitis) July 17, 1917 - Dec.20, 1917 in Reserve-Lazarett (Reserve-Hospital) Südende (Berlin)
    12. Hello! We would need more details. A military unit? Which town stands before the date 31.III.20?
    13. Hi Johnny! Do you need some infos from Dr. Kraus? I stil have contact with him.
    14. Do you know this book? https://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=604800&Language=en
    15. Hello! I attached a couple of RW-photos. Friedensheer. Hauptmann Feldart.Rgt.15 Friedensheer: Gefreiter Friedensheer: Vizefeldwebel Inf.Rgt.23 Friedensheer: Hauptmann, Inf.Rgt.44 Reichswehr: Gefreiter or Unteroffizier (it changed during the era) , Inf.Rgt.20 Reichswehr: Feldwebel Inf.Rgt.16 (sniper wings) Vorläufige Reichswehr: Offizier-Stellvertreter
    16. Hello Johnny! The headline is wrong. The left side (the blue ones) were worn from Jan.19, 1919 until May 15, 1919. First the stripes should be light-blue, but darker ones (made from old blue tunics) were accepted too. Those blue stripes were worn officially until May 1919, but were accepted until April 1921. The right side (the white ones) were introduced May 5, 1919 and were worn until January 1, 1921. The first era (the blue ones) were worn from the so-called "Friedensheer" (Peacearmy), the second era (the white ones) were worn from the "Vorläufige Reichswehr" (Provisional Reichswehr). Since 1921 the well-known shoulder straps were worn. In 1935 "the eagle has landed" upon the uniform... Here the uniform from 1921-1935:
    17. Hi Bernd! That's right. I know him very well. We often meet at our military Meetings here in the West of Germany. If you look for something he has not on his site, you can write him. Maybe he has it in his collection and it's not yet digitalized.
    18. Hello Bernd! The book is called: "Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr.118" by Dr. Johannes Ledroit. No publisher, no year... The page I linked is from a friend of mine. He sells a lot of regimental histories on pdf. Very good quality with all photos and maps
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