Alpenkorps

[Doc Wilson]

Hi,

here is a funny one.... he seems to have an officers Feldzeichen on the helmet.

It was on ebay as a bavarian Jäger, but from the collar badges I think not. Must be Schneeschu bstln?

That is a great photo

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hey Chip,

take a look at post 8... have you ever seen a number in the "S"?

And.... my buy of the week.... a postcard sent by a member of IV./Jäger Regt 3, 1 Komp in December 1915.....

[Chip]

Chris,

Yes, I know of an original one in a collection. Here is a picture of it.

Could we see the back of your postcard?

Thanks,

Chip

Edited November 3, 2010 by Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here you go....

[Chip]

Chris,

Thanks for posting that. Just one question. How can this be the first company? It's the IV.Bataillon, which would have had companies #13-16? If you look at the document in post #11, it has a very similar stamp to the one on this card. It is also the IV.Bataillon, but it is the 13.Komp..

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Chris,

Thanks for posting that. Just one question. How can this be the first company? It's the IV.Bataillon, which would have had companies #13-16? If you look at the document in post #11, it has a very similar stamp to the one on this card. It is also the IV.Bataillon, but it is the 13.Komp..

Chip

good point, will examine the stamp when I get home.

Best

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is a death card to a man killed at Verdun

[Chip]

Chris,

Nice Sterbebild. The unit name is a bit misleading. The Bavarians tended to think that the 3.Jäger Regiment was "theirs", even though they made up just half of the battalions. The 14th company really took it on the chin on June 6th and during the first attacks on the J-Werkes. The regimental history lists Rosenberger as "Josef". I have a Sterbebild to another man from the 14th company, who was killed the same day that Rosenberger was wounded.

Chip

[Naxos]

Here you go....

The sender is:

Schütze

Joseph Baumgartner

4. Schnee-Schuh-Batl.

1.Komp. - Alpenkorps

_

Edited December 4, 2010 by Naxos

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hmmmm... could it be that initially all the battalions were numbered with Komp 1-4 and were then numbred 1-16 for the regt? So this card was before they were numbered 1-16?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Another Ski guy....

[Naxos]

Interesting is also that Baumgartner refers to himself as Schütze and not Jäger.

[Naxos]

Picture dated 1918

Note: the cuffs and pocket flaps are different

Edited December 4, 2010 by Naxos

[Chris Boonzaier]

Nice pic! Do you think he is Ski Troop or regular Alpenkorps?

Best

Chris

[Naxos]

Nice pic! Do you think he is Ski Troop or regular Alpenkorps?

Best

Chris

I'm not sure Chris

[Chip]

The 1st Komp. designation must be before the formation of the regiment or very soon thereafter. "Schuetze" makes perfect sense for this time period as well, for they were not "Jaeger" until then.

Given the lack of a Reichskokarde on his cap (in post #30), the odd scalloped pockets and cloth covered cuff buttons, I tend to think that the date must have been post November 11, 1918.

The guy in post #28 is apparently a Bavarian from the looks of his cockade, but he is wearing a non-Bavarian Jaeger style Troddel.

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is a nice one of a 2nd Bavarian Jäger, pic taken in Aschaffenburg....

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is a nice one....

[Chris Boonzaier]

test

[dond]

You passed.

[Chris Boonzaier]

flying colours ;-)

[ccj]

This is a nice thread. The Bavarian headgear is the best part of it for ME.

[Chip]

Here are some Bavarian Jäger Sterbebilder.

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

OK,

Was very happy to get this this week... basically the Genisis of the Gebirgsjäger... a Guy who was in the 1st bavarian Snowshoe Battalion right from the start.....

[Chris Boonzaier]

The EK was for the fighting at the beginning of 1915... I am tending towards the date on the doc being the date the doc was signed and there having been no record of the date when the actual award was made. I am working on this, so will have the answer soon i hope...