The Prussian

Hi IG!

Artillery shoulderf straps with metal numbers were those form Reserve-regiments. RFAR 3 (Stettin and Bromberg). Set up at mobilization, generally under command of 3.Res.Div.

Okay, Andy, if you want to compare who's gun is bigger... I'll have to jump ahead...

Munitions Kolone 863 ... and it is a pickelhaube cover!

I also have a card with the stempel of Feld-Artillerie Batterie 848 and I have a card showing shoulder strap for MunKol 934 too! But you'll have to wait for those...

In the meantime... Die Munitionskolonne

PS: If Chip ever checks in to this thread, I'm sure he'll have something in the 1000s...

IG

Are you sure with Mun.Kol. 863? Because I haven´t seen a helmet cover with a bigger number than 1000, I assume, the ammo columns didn´t have written helmet covers. (IF they had, they would have the numbers of the shoulder straps. Note, that the ammo colums wore the numbers of the active or reserve artillery units!)

"Your" man could serve with the Feldartillerie-Battarie Nr.863! Set-up 21.11.1915 (XVII.AK). Ersatztrupppe: 2.Ers.Abt./Feldart.Rgt.81

Under command of 36.Res.Div.(1916) and from late 1916 8.Armee. Armed with russian 8,69cm Feldkanone.

Like mine 833. (VII.AK) Ers.Abt./Feldart.Rgt.58. Armee with russian 8,69cm too

Hello friends.

The 9th army in feb.15 was involved in the battle of Rawka-Bzura (dec.14-july 15)

The IR116 was at the Somme with the 25.Inf.Div.

The RIR 118 was with the 25.Res.Div. ( Korps Fabeck) at the Bzura (9th army). At end of february it was engaged in the Carpathians.

I also can read "Lodz"! I attached a map from febr. 7th, 1915. And where was the staff of the 9th army? Lodz!

Hello friends.

The 9th army in feb.15 was involved in the battle of Rawka-Bzura (dec.14-july 15)

The IR116 was at the Somme with the 25.Inf.Div.

The RIR 118 was with the 25.Res.Div. ( Korps Fabeck) at the Bzura (9th army). At end of february it was engaged in the Carpathians.

That´s right. The Etappen-Inspekteur had the rank of a division-commander. The general-staff of an Etappen-Inspektion was:1 Generalstabsoffizier

1 Adjutant

1 Art.Offz.

1 Pio.Offz.

3 Veterinäre

1 Zahlmeister

Chef der Feldgendarmerietruppe

Bahnbeauftragter

Gladly...

If I may offer my humble opinion...

1 + 2: Sturmlehrgang 111.Inf.Div.Front and reverse

3 + 4: Sturmabteilung 33.Inf.Div.

5: MW-Kp.170 Markendorf (MW Ers.Rgt.1 for Sturmbataillone)

6: Sturmabteilung 239.Inf.Div.

7. Sturm-Btl.Nr.16

8 + 9 Sturmkompanie 13 Front and reverse

I follow with a few photos of my collection.

Note the last one. It written with "15-Pfünder beim Abschuß". I assume, it´s a german 280mm L/40 .But it´s really a wonderful "Boom-photo"...

Here I got a nice photo of a Feldhaubitze 98/09. I put it together with a technical drawing. It´s nice, because both pictures were made from the same angle of view

To #55. The photo in the middle:
That is a very interesting photo! It´s a 9cm Flak model "Schnetzler", also used by my grandpas unit, the FAR43

OK, I can´t reach that number... Chip did it!!! Thanx a lot!

LMK 1203: set-up 30.3.1918 from AOK 7. Was under command of Ers.Abtl./4.Garde-Feldart.Rgt.

Thanx for the song! It´s great! I love the old german marching songs!!!!

I have found another helmet cover from a Landsturm-Unit:

Ldst.Inf.Btl. Ellwangen (XIII.12)

Here's a "big" number... Reserve Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr.239

Big number?

Mine is bigger...

Unfortunately no helmet-cover, just a shoulder-board

FAR 600

and the BIGGEST number I have:

Feldartillerie-Batterie 833

The Kaserne is gone, as is the Clever Tor. The bas relief was saved and is apparently now a part of the Rathaus:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Klever_Tor_Fries01.jpg

Hi Dave!

Yes, it´s gone after the 2nd world war. Thanx for the photo. I didn´t know, that the fragment still exist!!! I´ll visit it next time. I live only 20km from Wesel!

I´ve been there earlier and took those photos of the Monument of Schill (killed by Napoléon) and the Zitadelle of Wesel:

Uggg!!! OK... maybe not ENOUGH wine.... I see the MG as well :-(

Victim of the cheap wine:

I hope you don´t blame me for getting a heart attack while searching...

And, yes, surely MG, not 16

Hi,

Plenty of things can happen to make life unusual ;-)

Wounded and sent back to a hospital in germany and landing up there... going to a cousins wedding on leave... some type of Lehrgang... stopping in there in the way from East to West front... there are so many anomolies in life that we cannot even think of....

Hi Chris! Of course, there are some possibilities. We can´t know... Which wine shows you a 16, please? I´d like to have a good wine too, but here it is 9pm and I will have toi get up at 4am...

E Williams:

No, the MGSS were set-up at the beginning of 1916. The school was in Rozoy (set up ocotber 1916), it was called MGSS Kommando West. It later came to Tongern.

Here is the list of the bavarian MGSS:

bav. MGSS Abtl. 1 (former Nr.1 of Armee-Abtl. C) - from MGSS-Trupps 46, 187 and 188 - 1.october 1916 - 1st bav. Inf.Div.

bav. MGSS Abtl. 2 (former Nr.137 of 2.Armdee) - from MGSS -Trupps 137, 189 and 190 - 7.october 1916 - 2nd bav.Inf.Div.

bav. MGSS Abtl. 3 (former Nr.2 of Armee-Abtl. Strantz) - from MGSS-Trupps 42, 43, 193 - 24.november 1916 - 1st bav. Landwehr-Division

bav. MGSS Abtl. 4 (former MGSSAbtl. 1st bav.Ldw.Div. of Armme-Abtl. Strantz) - from MGSS Trupps 135, 136, 138 - ocotber 1916 - 1st bav. Ldw.Div.

But it´s a simple soldier. I don´t think, he travelled far away. The 16th regiment came from Passau (315km) and Landshut (195km)

Pictures of the barracks of Feldart.Rgt.43 in Wesel

Hello!

Neu-Ulm was the home of the bavarian 12th Inf.Rgt.

In 1914 they had three bataillons and one MG-company

In 1916 a 2nd and a 3rd MG company were set-up. Maybe he is member of the MG-Ersatz-Zug 4, 811 or 813, who built those companies?

Oh, stupid me... Give me animal-names, hit me, beat me, or give me water to drink...

Of course! Saxon Foot-artillery had saxon cuffs and an exploding bomb!

The lying man is identified!

That makes sense, but I don´t understand, why they created a wrong shoulder strap??? The 19 with a bomb can´t be squared ones! Never! But here is the proof...

I know why Rick said, "never collect foot artillery"... Here is a list of those unites, set-up by Fott-artillery regiment 19:

Peace formation:

2. Sächs. Fußart.Rgt.Nr.19

Regiments:

Fußart.Rgt.19

Res.Fußart.Rgt.19

Independent bataillons:

58, 64, 96, 104, 105, 107, 160, 404, Landwehr 19, Landwehr 67, Ersatz 19, Landsturm XII.AK

Independent batteries:

123, 298, 440-442, 494, 508, 567, 587, 625, 685, 695, 740, 753, 788, 789, 1015

Other:

Park-Kompanie Res.19, , Landwehr 19, 45, 115, 142, Lichtmeßtrupp 44, Schallmeßtrupp 23, 110

Maybe we have on of the other 19ers???

Great infos! Thanx a lot for showing!!!!

Andy, good questions. I went with FAR 19 since there is not an "R" on the pickelhaube cover with the 19. I am a bit confused as to why the mixture of uniforms and a reserve unit or a munitions column would make sense... Perhaps a munitions column for FAR 19? Didn't artillery firing batteries also have the carbine?

Here's a shot of the shoulder strap of the old guy lying in front... Looks like embroidery to me...not metal.

Slontcha IrishGunner!

Well, so it´s not reserve. BUT, why does he have saxon shoulder boards and saxon cuffs?????

The Feldart.Rgt.19 came from Erfurt (XI.AK)

If the Ammo colums were mounted, thex had carbines too.

But this night I won´t get any sleep because of the saxon-question!

Hi IrishGunner!

Are you sure with FAR19?

The lying man has a pre-war uniform

They all have a carbine (mounted troops)

Most of them are much older than the left and the right one

Maybe there is a brass number upon the lying mens shoulder strap, so we have the Res.Feldart.Rgt.19

But why does the lying man wearing saxon cuffs???

Because of they are quite old, I assume it is an ammo column