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Hello, I can offer the following: Irminbert Konrad Bertold Woldemar Freiher von Biedermann was born 17.07.1887 in Straßburg. He entered the Saxon Schuützen R. 108 as a Fahnenjunker on 14.03.1907. Promoted to Fähnrich on 19.11.1907, he received a commission as a Leutnant dated 14.02.1907 on 14.08.1908. Oberleutnant on 25.09.1914 and Hauptmann on 11.08.1916 Wartime assignments: 02.08.14-06.02.15 in Schützen R. 108 07.02.15-11.07.15 in Flieger Ers. Abtl. 6 12.07.15-22.03.16 Jagdflieger 23.03.16-16.01.17 Kampfgeschwader 3 17.01.17-30.12.18 Flieger Abtl. (A) 213 31.12.18-14.07.19 Inspektion d. Fliegertruppen 15.07.19-31.03.20 Schuützen R. 108 Andy

Rob, The award is the Saxon Albrechts Order, Ritterkreuz 2nd class with swords Andy

According to the Saxon Militär Verordnungsblatt, he was promoted Leutn.d.R. in IR 106 on 16.04.1915. An entry in an Oct 1914 casualty lists him as an "Unteroffizier: in Landw. Inf. R. 101 and states he was wounded while serving in the 4th company of that regiment in Aug/Sep 1914 His marriage registry entry on ancestry lists him as a "Herzoglich Schauspieler und Lt.d.R. vom Gren. R. 101" when he was married on 25.07.1915. I also found an entry in a non-public source that he was awarded the SA3bX while serving in IR 192. No date given. At least now you have a few pieces of information to help in your search. Andy

Claudio, First, let me congratulate you on a fine medal bar! Assuming Glenn is correct, and that is normally a very safe assumption☺☺, I can provide Rohrscheidt's career information. I believe that this is a fine example of the career path of a Prussian military intelligence officer prior to the war. I have seen many like this. First, War Academy, then a two year stint at the General Staff. Then, they spend several years attached, but not assigned, to an army corps HQ on either the eastern or western border. His short detachment to the General staff late in 1910 to early 1911 convinces me he went back to learn the latest information the Gen. St. had and, perhaps more importantly, what information requirements the Gen. St. had that he would try to satisfy while on assignment. That he went from the Kr. Min. to the intelligence department of the Gen. St. at mobilization makes it clear to me what his role was- intelligence officer. We know that the military attachés (subordinate to the Gen. St.) conducted intelligence operations, Franz von Papen is a fine example of this, but these other officers, who moved quietly from post to post, must also have been tasked with intelligence requirements. It is particularly telling that the detachments to the AK HQs were not listed in the MWB, just their attachment to the Gen. St. They just showed up in the Rangliste as at the AK HQs. Again, congratulations of an exquisite medal bar. Andy Walter von Rohrscheidt (25.03.1875-??) 30.11.20 d. Char. als Oberstlt. erhalt. Ehrenrangliste Kom. d. Inf. R. 329 27.12.15 Verbindungsoffiz. b. k.k. Ob. Komdo. Süd 02.08.14 in Nachr. Abtl. d. Gen. St. d. Feldheeres 17.02.14-02.08.14 in Min. Abtl. (Z 1) im Kr. Min. 1914-17.02.14 k.z. Dienstl. b. Kr. Min. 23.05.11-1914 k.z. Dienstl. b. XVI. AK (Metz), zuget. d. gr. Gen. St., U.d. Gren. R. 7 [01.11.10-31.01.11 k.z. Dienstl. b. gr. Gen. St.] 21.03.08-23.05.11 Chef 7./Gren. R. 7 (Liegnitz) 01.04.06-21.03.08 k.z. Dienstl. b. gr. Gen. St. v. Füs. R. 80 01.10.02-21.07.05 k.z. Kr. Akad. 01.10.01-01.10.02 in 4./Füs. R. 80 (Wiesbaden) 01.10.98-30.09.01 Adj. III./Füs. R. 80 (Homburg v.d. Höhe) 22.03.9301.10.98 Komp. Offiz. in Füs. R. 80 (Wiesbaden) 22.03.93 als Sek.Lt. v. Kad. K. d. Füs. R. 80 überw. Major 19-08-14 M5m Hptm. 21-03-08 F8f Oberlt. 22-03-02 U3u Leutn. 22-03-93 K

Chris, Here is the limited entry from ancestry- unfortunately not too much information Andy This is not working. Here is the link http://interactive.ancestry.com/1631/31421_BH19061-00108?pid=4317279&backurl=//search.ancestry.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWUe5%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DBavariaWWI%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3D%2520%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dschuster%26gsln_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dzl3%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D4%26h%3D4317279%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D5&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=WUe5&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=31433_bh06850-00104

Gents, That would be Major z.D. Eugen Schuster. 1914 he was Bez. Offiz. d. Landw. Bez. I München. He does not have much of a file on ancestry.de, but he is listed there under Ers./bay. 18. IR. Andy

Chris, #158 is Heinrich Ulfert, in IR 138 in May 1914 #159 is Karl Winke, in IR 121 in May 1914 Andy

Andreas, The EH3a is the 1924 abbreviation for the 1914 abbreviation HSH3a- Sachsen-Ernestinischer Haus Orden, Ritterkreuz 1. Kl. and you are correct about the two Turkish awards. Andy

Andreas, As requested here is the bio I have for him. Please note that I do not include information from the Biblio series on the Generals, , so, there are a few gaps which can be filled in from that source. II choose not to simply copy directly from someone else's work. Andy Ulrich Henning auf Schönhoff (22.08.1873-17.05.1942) 01.05.27-31.01.29 Kom. d. 1. Kav. Div. (Frankurt a.O.) 01.02.26-01.02.27 Art. Führ. VI (Münster) 01.07.23-01.02.26 Komdt. von Königsberg 01.02.23-01.07.23 b. St. d. 1. Div. 01.10.20-01.02.23 b. St. d. Art. R. 2 27.02.18 Ob. Quartiermstr. d. HG Scholtz 17.11.17 Verbindungsoffiz. b. k.k. Gr. Komdo Conrad 22.07.17-17.11.17 Kom. d. Feldart. R. 33 16.10.16-31.10.16 Chef d. Gen. St. d. Etappen Insp. 11 08.07.14-1914 Gen. St. d. 28. Div. (Freiburg) [13.01.14 Mitgl. d. Stud. Komm. f.d. Kr. Sch.] 26.10.12-08.07.14 i. gr. Gen. St. 20.04.10-26.10.12 Chef 5./Feldart. R. 61 (Babenhausen) 27.01.08-20.04.10 i. Gen. St. d. 25. Div. (Darmstadt) 18.05.07-27.01.08 i. gr. Gen. St. 22.03.07-18.07.07 aggr. d. Gen. St., b. Landesaufn. 01.04.05-22.03.07 k.z. Dienstl. b. gr. Gen. St. v. Feldart. R. 46 21.07.03-01.04.05 in 6./Feldart. R. 46 (Celle) 01.10.00-21.07.03 k.z. Kr. Akad. v. Feldart. R. 46 18.08.96-01.10.00 in 5./Lehr. Abtl. d. Feldart. Schießsch. 1895-18.08.96 in 5./Feldart. R. 10 (Hannover) 1894 in 4./Feldart. R. 10 (Hannover) 18.08.92-1893 in 7./Feldart. R. 10 (Celle) 18.08.92 Sek.Lt. 17.12.91 Port. Fähnr. Orden 1924: PRAO4 PHOvH3mSchw EK1 PDK HE3mSchwu.Kr BM4mSchwu.Kr SA3 WK2cmSchw BZ3amSchw HP3a HH EH3a ÖE3K ÖM3K TL2mSchw TH BO2 Orden 1914: PRAO4 HP3a HSH3a Gen.Lt. 01-03-28 (1) Gen.Maj. 01-02-26 (2) Oberst 01-07-21 (2) Oberstlt. 18-05-20 Major 01-10-13 U13u Hptm. 22-03-07 V2v Oblt. 23-03-01 H4h* Leutn. 18-08-92 *ern. 22-07-00

Chris, Recognizing that a person's signature does not always resemble his name, here are my suggestions: Helmut Witting Karl Schultz was commander of 1. Matr. Art. R. 25.07.18-23.11.1918, but it looks like someone signed for him, but I can't make out the name. Otto Schulze-Höing Titus Türk Hermann Brinkhaus Andy

Chris, Looks like (Georg) Keller, (Kurt) Davids, Frhr. von Gienanth, (Max) Winter and Hptm. Fitzer. The odd thing is that there was only one Frhr. von Gienanth, Kurt, in 1914. He made Major on 22.03.1916 but was a cavalry officer and general staff officer who went on to become a Wehrmacht Gen.d.Kav. At the time the doc was signed, he supposedly was the Ia of the Garde Kav. Div. Curious....... Andy

Chris, That would be Albert von Lengerke (1868-1923). In 1914 he as a staff major in IR 49. Andy

Chris, As you probably already know, Jürgen Kraus' 2 volumes on the infantry 1914/18 shows that LIR 84 had its own Ersatz Batl. and IR 410 was supported by I. Ers. IR 85. FYI- Christian was born 21.04.1877 in Flensburg and leased the royal domain know as Nygarrd, Kr. Hadersleben from 1902, when it was acquired by the Prussian crown, until 1926. Andy

Chris, According to the MWB, when he was promoted Hptm. d.L. on 23.01.1915 he was serving with Landw. Inf. R. 84. Andy

Andreas, In the 1935 Stellenbesetzung, there is a Major Hellwig, commander of II./IR 75 (Donaueschingen) (Major 01.08.1933). He is listed as coming from the Landespolizei. The Dienstaltersliste d. Polizei Offiziere für 1928 lists a Hptm. Walter Hellwig (*11.9.1890), stationed in Erfurt. His Dienstalter as a Polizei Hptm. is 17.06.1911. This corresponds exactly with the date of rank of a Leutn. Hellwig in IR 71 in 1914. IR 71 was garrisoned in Erfurt!. In the 1937 Stellenbeseztung he is listed an an Oberstlt. (01.03.1936) and commander of III./IR 75. In 1939 we find him as Kom. d. Wehrbez. Heilbronn. According to a small booklet "Wehr Ersatz Inspektion Suttgart 1934-1945" published in August 1952, we find him listed as an Oberst a.D. living in Heilbronn. His date of birth is 11.09.1890, place of birth Geestemünde. I am quite confident that this is the man in your photograph. Andy

Chris, #122 is Dziobek. However, I can't tell you which one for certain (though I tend to think it was Otto from IR 162), as the Ehrenrangliste does not list any of them as having RIR 74 as a last command. Andy

Chirs, That would be Max Schindler, later a Gen.Lt. He was an Ordonannz Offiz. b. 11. Div. from 01.04.15-01.06.16 Andy

Dave, I read the missing word as "sachgemäß" Andy

Chris, I read "Abschnitt" and "dem" Andy

Just to amplify on Glenn's comments and answer Andy's question regarding his connection to FR 80, here are the highlights of Nowina's career from the FR 80 Stammliste: Andy He was born 13.09.1852 in Nauen (Brandenburg) and he served in FR 80 from 01.11.1869-14.02.1895 (over 25 years!), in IR 131 as Batl. Kom. from 14.02.1895-16.06.1900 and then in IR 124, first as Oberstlt. b. St. then commander. He was placed "zur Disposition" on 14.02.1905 with the uniform of FR 80 (his original regiment). He retired completely on 18.11.1907 as a char. Gen.Maj. (Charakter received 27.01.1907) and died in Hanau on 21.02.1908. Below are his dates as a regimental commander and training area commandant: Tr.Üb.Pl. Döberitz 15.06.1907 18.11.1907 Tr.Üb.Pl. Neuhammer 14.02.1905 15.06.1907 IR 124 27.01.1903 14.02.1905

Ingo, He was a Saxon officer in Gren. R. 101 when the war began. In the 1914 Saxon Rangliste you will find him at the Unteroffizier Vorschule (he transferred to GR 101 around March 1914). He was promoted Major in 1918. Andy

Ingo, According to Erhard Roth's work, he was awarded the PHOvH3mSchw on 19.10.1918. Andy

Chris, This is what I came up with (with holes, of course). I'll leave the translation to you ☺ Andy … Schneid und große Umsicht ausgezeichnet; den ihm unterstellten Mannschaften und seinen Kameraden war er stets ein .??achstandes Vorbild In den Kämpfen bei Foillinghe.., nördl. Armentiers, am Somme er als Gefreiter teilnahm, führte er einen Werfer, trotz stärksten feindlichen ?? brachte Berg seinem Werfer und seine Munition in Stellung und schoß sich ein; am Tage des Sturms trug Berg durch sein umsichtig und schneidig gehaltens und ?? ?? sehr zum Gelingen des Angriffes bei. Darum(?) hatte Berg den letzten Schuß erschossen, als er sich mit seiner Werferbedienung der sturmenden Infanterie anschloß. Er brachte einigen Gefangene zurück. Bei den Stellungskämpfen in Flandern im Sommer 18 zeichnete sich Berg wiederholt aus. Ende August 1918 wurde die Kompanie nördl. Havringcourt, ostl. Cambrai, bei der Abwehrkämpfen wiederholt (NEXT PAGE) unter größten Erlittens eingesetzt. Ferner wieder war es Unteroffiz. Berg, der durch größten Schneid und Fleiß beim ??, Munitions.... uns ?? Bei den Abwehrkämpfen Ende Oktober 1918 war Berg mit seinem leichten Werfergruppe bei ??, westlt. Oudenorde eingesetzt. Hier leistete Berg ?? ein so gut gelangtes Verichtungsfeuer, daß es den Engländer trotz hartnäckigsten, wiederholten Angreifens nicht gelang, vorwärts zu kommen. Hier hat hauptsächlich Berg mit seinem vortrefflichen Schießen zum Standhaltens der Infanterie beigetragen. Ich bitte nun ganz gehorsamst, dem Unteroffiz. Berg das EK II verleihen zu wollen. ??? Leutn.d.R. u. Kompführ der Minenwerferkomp. d. Res. Inf. R. 228

Andreas, in 1901 he was aboard SM Linienschiff Kaiser Barbarossa and in 1902 he was attending the Technische Hochschule zu Charlottenburg, detached from I. Werftdivision. From the Ranglisten 1901-1902. Andy

Gentlemen, That is the signature of Werner Pinckvoß, later Gen.Lt. Andy