Stogieman Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hi Chris, did you win? A lot of Euros for the condition ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hi,My high bid was EUR260 so lost... I will regret it someday....Not forgetting1) This is THE elite unit of the war2) It is only Battalion sized3) Its an original Rohr signatureI think I shoulda gone EUR50 more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Although not an EK, this needed to be added to the "Rohr" subject. The earliest thing I have ever seen to the unit, when it was simply called the "Sturm-Abteilung"http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/129601.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 No Rohr,but for the Sturmbataillon theme.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Nice document Chris. I have the battalion history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I am forced to pass the grail to another member... I still have my docs... but he has me beat :-(It was fun at the top.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Hopefully you are trading up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Nah .... I am staying where I was... but he got a group to sink all others.... hopefully he will post it in all its many paged glory... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 This is a pretty nice one... notice the rank.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Nice. Where did you find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Nice. Where did you find it? Ebay... got it for a song.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 I have only now noticed... dont know why I missed it.... it is the only units documents I have where the wording is "The Kaiser awarded Joe the EK" as opposed to "On behalf of the kaiser, I have awarded..." Of course, Rohr could not approve EK awards himself, but it is unusual that the Kaiser is the Authority that, according to the doc, made or signed off on the award. This is true for the 4 Rohr EK docs I have. The Flame Thrower guys seem to have been awarded the EK by the unit they were attached to during the action where they eraned it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Thanks to a heads up from chip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Not Rohr, but guy who was in Sturmbataillon Nr 7 from October 1917 until Sept 1918 While there he got the Meckl Schwerin Verdienst Kreuz 1st class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunsho Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 ...and here is another one, from Sturmbataillon 15: Christian Binder, 2. (wuertt.) / bayr. Sturm - Btl. 15, winner of the Wuerttemberg gMVM for the raid at the Tête du Violu (Violenkopf) with the codename "Entwaesserung" under the command of Lt. d. R. August Hauser, 09. March 1918. Later in June, while another raid with the codename "Jagd" he was wounded by handgranade splinters (and received the wound badge). The operation "Entwaesserung" was supported by the assault troops of Landwehr Regiment 30 (you show some pictures of them in another thread). In the below shown picture of a group of the 2. company (consists of staff from Wuerttemberg only) of the Sturmbataillon 15, I can also identify the Uffz. Eugen Baitinger from Stuttgart, he received the gMVM of Wuerttemberg in September 1918. (I have posted this photo approx. two years ago, but obviously nobody was interested in) Regards, Matthias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunsho Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 ...and here is a picture of Christian Binder and Eugen Baitinger.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 That is fantastic Matthias!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Excellent! Thank you Matthias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunsho Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 If you are interested I have a closeup of Eugen Baitinger, with a textbook Sturmgrenadier uniform. I have a second group from the same Wuerttemberg Unit (2. / Sturm - Btl. 15), Uffz. Georg Brenner, same as the Christian Binder group with Soldbuch, Wehrpass, pictures and a couple of other documents (and medals). The above shown printed form in the Wehrpass by the Sturmbataillon 15 is the same you can find in Brenners Wehrpass. Georg Brenner earned his golden bravery medal for the capture of some Americans in Summer 1918 in the Vosges. Unfortunately I have never seen an award document for an Iron Cross from this Unit (the award of the Wuerttemberg bravery medal was noted in Soldbuch, Wehrpass and certainly in the Stammrolle only, as you know). Matthias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hi, Really interesting to see the reinforcing tapes of the Gamaschen, i always thought they were put on to hide the tapes. Mine have tapes as well and I tried and tried to put them on with the tapes hidden, did not work... now I know better. Great phot, thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 A nice pic of a Landwehr Assualt detachment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 This is a very interesting stamp..... It seems that at this early date the exact designation of the Sturmbataillons was not yet cleared..... a Short time later it would be Sturm-Bataillon Nr.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) This is a very interesting stamp..... It seems that at this early date the exact designation of the Sturmbataillons was not yet cleared..... a Short time later it would be Sturm-Bataillon Nr.3 . Chris, I believe it became Sturm Bataillon Nr.2 - Jager (Sturm) Bataillon 3 was in the formation of the 2. Armee Edited September 27, 2013 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now