The Prussian

Thet´s right. Each Abteilung had one single Feldwebel.

Here is a strength-list of an A7V Abteilung (with 5 tanks):

A. Driving staff:

1 Captain or Lieutenant (Leader AND tank commander)

4 Lieutenants (Commanders of the other 4 tanks)

1 Unterzahlmeister

1 Feldwebel

1 Vizefeldwebel (Mechanic)

5 Unteroffiziere (Drivers)

10 gefreite (Driver and mechanics)

5 Unteroffiziere, Gefreite or enlisted men (Reserve)

4 Unteroffiziere

12 Gefreite and 42 enlisted men (Driver, Motorcyclist, Mechanics, Tailor, Shoemaker, Writer and div. workers)

5 enlisted men from the train

B. Weapon staff

a) from the MG-troups:

1 Lieutenant

10 Unteroffiziere, 10 Gefreite, 20 enlisted men (Tank crew)

5 Gefreite or enlisted men (Reserve)

3 Waffenmeistergehilfen (Unteroffiziere, Gefreite or enlisted men)

b) from the fieldartillery:

1 Lieutenant

5 Unteroffiziere, Gefreite and Richtkanoniere (Tank crew)

5 Gefreite or enlisted men (Reserve)

2 Waffenmeistergehilfen (Unteroffiziere, Gefreite or enlisted men)

C. Signal-staff

5 Vizewachtmeister (Tank crew)

4 Unteroffiziere

3 Gefreite or enlisted men

D. Other staff

1 Sanitäts-Unteroffizier

7 enlisted men of the train, workers

E. Vehicles

5 A7V

2 cars for staff

1 small lorry

1 lorry (Mechanic)

1 lorry (Tools)

1 lorry with trailer (Fuel)

5 lorries (each for a tank - support of ammo, tools etc)

1 motorcycle

1 Trailer with field-kitchen

Hi turtle!

The regiment belonged to to the 60.Inf.Brig. (30.Inf.Div.)

From 22.8.16-6.9.16 to the 50.Inf.Div.

From 30.5.18-3.6.18 to the 82.Res.Div.

The 30.Inf.Div. was at the following theatres:

1914: Alsace-Lorraine, Flanders

1915: Flanders

1916: Verdun, Somme, Meuse

1917: Champagne, Meuse, Cambrai, Champagne

1918: Champagne, Montdidier, Champagne, Cambrai

That will be difficulty... I only have the names of the tank commanders, not of the NCOs.

The leaders were officers or NCOs. I have that list of the leaders, no Mr. Hammer.

But the crew of an A7V were 16 men. The signal NCO was a Vizefeldwebel.

If Mr. Hammer was a Feldwebel, I don´t think, he was in action in the tanks... so he might serve in his duty as the "etatmäßiger Feldwebel"

Maybe we can sort out by looking at the battles of the Abteilung 1.

If the cross is from 1st october, for what action did he recieved it? There were six battles before october, in which the 1st Abt. was involved.

21.3.: St. Quentin

24.4.: Villers-Brettoneux

1.6.: Görtz

9.6.: Matz

15.7.: Marneschutz

31.8.: Frémicourt

I have still found something about the name "Mörser-Regiment"

The saxon Fußart.Rgt.12 had its garrisson in Metz. The I./12 was the garrisson-force, only II. and III./12 were mobile units with their 21cm. These two batallions were called "Mörser-Regiment".

Hello!

The Division was there until 30th november 1914. The major-battles were from 10th-12th november

Hello friends!

Fußartillerie-Bataillon 64

Set-up by Fußart.Rgt.19

Armed with 10cm M04 and schwere Feldhaubitze M13

In 1918 under command of 24rd Res.Div.

I stole the following infos from the milex site:

http://www.agw14-18.de/formgesch/formatio_allgemein.html

Fußartillerie

- Fußartillerie- Regimenter [62] :

- Am 02.August aufgestellt: 1.G (III. 15.09.16), 2.G (III. 30.12.16), 1 (IV. 04.08.16), 2 (III. 14.08.16; IV. 02.07.17), 3 (III. 15.01.17), 4 (I.-III.), 5 (III. 01.06.15), 6 (I.-III.), 7 (IV. 24.09.17), 8 (III. 26.01.16), 9 (I.-III.), 10 (III. 15.01.17), 11 (III. 15.01.17), 12 (IV. 21.09.16), 13 (III. 22.07.16; IV. 28.08.16), 14 (III. 03.11.15; IV. 15.01.17), 15 (III. 30.12.16), 16 (III. 15.09.17), 17 (III. 19.07.18), 18 (IV. 09.11.15), 19 (III. 01.06.15), 20 (III. 15.01.17); 1.b. (III.03.03.15), 2.b. (III. 17.09.16), 3.b. (nur I.und II.).

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: 21 (I. 28.11.16; II. und III. 15.01.17), 22 (I. 28.11.16; II. und III. 15.01.17), 23 (I. 28.11.16; II. und III. 15.01.17); 4.b. (I. und II. 27.12.16).

- Im Jahr 1917 aufgestellt: 3.G (I.-IV. 12.12.17), 24 (I.-II. 19.12.17), 25 (I.-III. 15.01.17), 26 (I.-III. 15.01.17), 27 (I.-III. 15.01.17), 28 (I.-III. 15.01.17).

- Am 11.Mai 1918 aufgestellt: 5.b. (I.-II.), 6.b. (I.-II.) [63] .

Reserve- Fußartillerie- Regimenter:

- Am 02.August 1914 mobil gemacht: 1.GRes (III. 04.11.18), 2.GRes (III. 18.10.16; IV. 21.10.17), 1 Res. (I.-II.), 2 Res. (III. 04.11.16), 3 Res. (III. 28.08.15), 4 Res. (III. 04.11.16), 5 Res. (I.-II.), 6 Res. (III. 11.09.15), 7 Res. (I.-III.; V. 12.03.16) [64] , 8 Res. (I.-II.), 9 Res. (III. 25.08.15; IV. 01.09.16), 10 Res. (I.-III.; IV. 18.10.16), 11 Res. (III. 30.12.15), 13 Res. (III. 22.08.15; IV. 16.06.17), 14 Res. (III. 01.02.15; IV. 04.11.16), 15 Res. (I.-II.), 16 Res. (I.-II.), 17 Res. (III. 01.01.16; IV. 04.11.16), 18 Res. (III. 08.09.15), 20 Res. (III. 01.02.15); b. 1.Res. (I.-II.), b. 2.Res. (I.-II.), b. 3.Res. (III.-IV. 28.01.16)

- Am 31.März 1916 aufgestellt: 12 Res. (I.-III.) [65] .

- Am 19.Januar 1917 aufgestellt: 19 Res. (I.-III.) [66] .

Landwehr- Fußartillerie- Regimenter:

- Am 11.Juli 1918 aufgestellt: Ldw.Fußa.Rgt. „Borkum“ [67] .

Landwehr- Fußartillerie- Regimentsstäbe [68] :

- Am 02.August 1914 mobil gemacht: 1, 3-5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14-16, b.3.

- Am 27.Oktober 1914 aufgestellt: b.2.

- Am 19.Februar 1915 aufgestellt: b.1.

- Am 10.Juni 1915 aufgestellt: 20.

Fußartillerie- Regimentsstäbe:

- Am 22.August 1915 aufgestellt: Fußa.Rgt.St. 203.

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: Fußa.Rgt.St. 101-110, 206-208, 210, 212, 215, 218, 219, 223-225; b.1-3 [69] .

- Am 20.November 1916 aufgestellt: Fußa.Rgt.St. z.b.V. 1 [70] .

- Im Jahr 1917 aufgestellt: Fußa.Rgt.St. 111-125 [71] .

Fußartillerie- Bataillone [72] :

- Im Jahr 1915 aufgestellt: Nr. 21-24, 26-28, 29-31, 36, 38-40, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 84; b.10.

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: Nr. 25, 32-35, 37, 41-49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59-83, 85-99, 150-157, 401-404; b.4, b.5, b.7-9, b.11-17.

- Im Jahr 1917 aufgestellt: Nr. 100, 101, 106-118, 124, 158, 159, 405-407; b.18-27.

- Im Jahr 1918 aufgestellt: Nr. 102-105, 110-123, 125-149, 160-164, 167-170, b.28, b.29.

Reserve- Fußartillerie- Bataillone [73] :

- Am 02.August 1914 mobil gemacht: Res.Fußa.Btle 12, 19; b.6.

Landwehr- Fußartillerie- Bataillone [74] :

- Am 02.August 1914 mobil gemacht: 1.G, 2.G, 1-11, 13-20; b.1-3.

- Im Dezember 1915 aufgestellt: 3.G, 4.G, II./1, II./4, 22, 26, 27, 28.

- Im Frühjahr 1916 aufgestellt: II./6, 21, 23-25.

- Im Herbst 1916 aufgestellt: 29-36, 38-45.

- Im Jahr 1917 aufgestellt: 12, 37, 46-71.

- Im Frühjahr 1918 aufgestellt: 72-76.

Landsturm- Fußartillerie- Bataillone [75] :

- Am 02.August 1914 mobil gemacht: I.-XV., XVII.-XX., b.I.-II.; 1./ und 2./b.3.

- Am 05.Februar 1915 aufgestellt: 2./VIII.

- Am 02.November 1916 aufgestellt: 2./VII.

Feldartillerie- Ersatz- Bataillone:

- Im Jahr 1914 aufgestellt: Nr. 21, 26-28, b.2, b.3 [76] .

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: Fußart.E-Btl. der 1., 2. und 5.Armee [77] .

- Im Jahr 1917 aufgestellt: Nr. 1-5 [78] .

- Im Jahr 1918 aufgestellt: Nr. 6.

Fußartillerie- Bataillonsstäbe [79] :

- Im Jahr 1915 aufgestellt: Nr. 201 (FB55), 202 (FB28), 203 (Stab FR203), 204 (13.b.FB), 205 (FB 30), 206 (Stab FR206), 207 (Stab FR 207), 208 (Stab FR208), 209 (FB25), 210 (Stab FR210), b.211 (4.b.FB), 212 (Stab FR212), 213 (FB82), 214 (FB29), 215 (Stab FR215), 216 (15.b.FB), 217 (9.b.FB), 218 (Stab FR218), 219 (Stab FR219), 220 (8.b.FB), 221 (5.b.FB), 222 (FB12), 223 (Stab FR223), 224 (Stab FR224).

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: Nr. 225 (Stab FR225), 226 (FB98), 227 (FB65), 228 (16.b.FB), 229 (FB83), 230 (III./1.GFR), 231 (24.b.FB), 232 (FB85), 233 (FB53), 234 (FB33), 235 (FB86).

Fußartillerie- Batterien [80] :

- Im Jahr 1914 aufgestellt: ResFußa.Battr. 22-31 [81] .

- Im Jahr 1915 aufgestellt: Fußa.Battr. 11, 83, 84, 101-138, 199, 201-631.

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt. Fußa.Battr. 139-149, 632-797.

- Im Jahr 1917 aufgestellt: 182-198, 1000-1021, 1023-1025.

Kurze Marine-Kanonen- Batterien (42cm) [82] :

- Am 02.August 1914 mobil gemacht: Battr. Nr. 1-3.

- Im Jahr 1914 aufgestellt: Nr.4.

- Im Jahr 1915 aufgestellt: Nr. 5-7.

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: Nr. 8-10.

- IM jahr 1917 aufgestellt: Nr. 7(neu) und Nr.11.

Schwere Küstenmörser- Batterien (30,5cm) [83] :

- Am 02.August 1914 mobil gemacht: Nr. 1-5.

- Im Jahr 1914 aufgestellt: Nr. 6-7.

- Im Jahr 1915 aufgestellt: Nr. 8-9.

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: Nr.10.

Schwere 15cm Kanonen- Batterien [84] :

- Im Jahr 1915 aufgestellt: Nr.1-9.

- Im Jahr 1916 aufgestellt: Nr. 10-31.

- Im Jahr 1917 aufgestellt. Nr. 32-41.

- Im Jahr 1918 aufgestellt: Nr. 42-48.

Ah, ok. I think,m we have to wait, until themissing casualty reports will be published

I don´t think, that a soldier of the Feldrekruten-Depot was sent into action.. Maybe someone has the Divisional-history of that division

Hi Chris!

Unfortunately there ain´t no infos about the regiment.

In 1917 the 1.GRD constisted of 1st Garde-Res.Rgt; 2nd Garde-Res.Rgt. and 64.Res.Rgt.

I didn´t find him in the casualty reports

Hello!

Here I have a death certificate of Hans Eberhard Steffens.

He´s got a stomach wound and died the same day in the San.Kp. 266 of that division.

The 1.Garde-Res.Div. stood in line towards Bapaume against the british II. army corps and the australian/New Zealand I.army corps

Nice find, Chris! I love it, if things comes together, who belong to each other! Congrats!

I don´t think so. The official Sturm-Bataillone were set-up by AOKs or Armee-Abteilungen, The only army-corps, which set-up such a unit, was the I.AK and his 13.Sturm-Kompanie.

Additional to that there cwere the storm-units of the divisions

Hi Chip!

That´s possible. Bataillons normally had roman numerals

Well, Chris. The numbers 100 and 60 stand for

60: Charlevill, Mouzon

100: Longuyon

I´m not sure, when they got a 2nd company, but the book "Le Sturmbataillon Rohr 1916-1018" mentioned, that there were in 1917 a Leutnant Schiele (1.MGK) and Lt.d.R. Saynisch (2.MGK).

I think, you speak french, so I recommend those two books:

Le Sturmbataillon Rohr 1916-1918 (Histoire&Collections, 2010, written by Jean-Claude Laparra and Pascal Hesse)

Les Gladiateurs - les formations offensives dans l´armée allemande 1914-1918 (YSEC, 2007, written by Jean-Claude Laparra)

Hi Chris!

Well, that´s possible too, but remember, the SB5 Rohr had two MGK. So I miss a 1 or a 2 on the card.

I´ve seen a few postcards in the book "Le Sturmbataillon Rohr 1916-1918". which had the fieldpostnumber 60 (from june 1917). Do you have more stamps? If yes, please check the fieldpostnumbers in that period.

Hi Chris!

The mentioned Feldpost 672 was the fieldpostnumber of the 3rd army HQ

The sender is:

Schütze Schröder, II.Sturm-Bataillon, deutsche Feldpost 672, MGK

That fits. The 2nd Sturm-Btl. belonged to the 3rd army!

The photo must be taken after january 1917, so you might be right with 1918.

The former Feldflieger-Abteilung 62 did change the name into Feldflieger-Abteilung 27 in january 1917.

I have found, that the Flieger-Abteilung 27 was under command of the Heeresgruppe Linsingen in march 1918. It changed into Heeresgruppe Eichhorn (Kiew) in april 1918)

Hello!

The question is: Which staff is it?

Karl v. Knoerzer led the 7th Ldw.Div from 26.7.1917 until armistice. The Korps Knoerzer was the staff of the 7th Ldw.Div., led by the staff of the 20th. Ldw.Div.

I´ve found some officers of the 7th. Ldw.Div.

24.january 1917:

Commander: Gen.Lt.z.D. v. Wencher

Chief of staff: Prussian Hauptmann v. Berghes (Ritter des kgl. württembergischen Militär-Verdienstorden, 20.2.1917)*

1. adjutant: Hauptmann Ritter v. Molo

2. adjutant: Hauptmann d.L. Greiß

* The were two v,Berghes. Both served in the Hus.Rgt.11, I didn´t find a Hauptmann, but Rittmeister

Rittmeister Kurt v. Berghes (last duty: Generalstab den General-Quartiermeisters), later Major a.D.

Leutnant Bruno v. Berghes (last duty: Generalstab 216.Inf.Div.), later Rittmeister a.D.

Maybe the man on the photo is Kurt?

Oh yeah, great photo Thanx a lot!!!

Does anyone know the man with the large medal-bar?

Hello Bernhard!

I read 2nd comp., but , anyway the infos that I have is, that those Trupps were treated like companies, so the "2nd company" is right and wrong...

We´ve seen, that the Trupps were the Trupps 33, 38 and 36. , so the 2nd company should be Trupp 38.

Maybe one wrote "company", because those three Trupps did wear the shoulder-strap-buttons and the Troddeln of 1.-3. company (since august 1916).

So, Johannes Müller should have had a shoulder-strap with a "4", shoulder-straps-buttons with a "2", and Troddeln of the 2nd comp.

Hello Bernhard!

MG-Ss-Abtl. 4 was set-up oct.,1st.1916 by AOK 4 under command of the 4th army It constisted of MG-Ss-Trupps 33, 38, 36.

Well, the blue is a modern trend, because the americans wear blue too. And because of Germany is the 51st star in the stars´n stripes, our police has to wear blue too... I don´t like it.

The green was a traditionally colour, came out after the great war, when the first police units wore the green Jäger-Uniforms.

In order of the americanizing in Germany, the new police cars just have got a new siren, like the american ones.

Hello!

They wear the so-called "Brustschutz" (breast-protector?). It was used during manouevres to protect the tunic from dirt and damages

Please note, that the ZDv was published in 2008. My information about the schools came from the ZDv from 1982