Small group, unusual unit...

[Chris Boonzaier]

The man in question did his national service in the 1st garde uhlanen Regt, when the war broke out he landed in the Stabswache of the 22nd reserve Korps.

The Group has what looks to be a leather wallet that was an Xmas gift from the men of the Freiwillige-Autokorps attached to the 22nd.

Our guy, shown in prewar photos, served in the Stabswache of the Korps.

[Chris Boonzaier]

I have 2 EK docs to Stabswache NCOs, both are hand written ones where the superior winged it on the text. The Stabswache did not have the usual routine of issuing docs like the inf regts did.

I can read about 80% of this... does anyone want to have a go at translating it all?

Anyone know who signed?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Of course.... the added bonus for moi is the Height 304/Dead man entries from Verdun...

[Great Dane]

I'll have a go at the first part:

"Anbei empfangen Sie, dass Ihnen heute, im Namen Sr. Majest?t der Kaiser und K?nig von Sr. Exellenz dem kommandierenden Herrn General verliehene Eiserne Kreuz II Kl."

/Mike

[Chris Boonzaier]

Thats the part I had pegged aswell ;-)

[Naxos]

Anbei empfangen sie das Ihnen heute im Namen Seiner Majest?t dem Kaiser und K?nigs von Pr(eussen) von Seiner Excellenz dem kommandierenden Herrn General verliehene Eiserne Kreuz II Kl.

Eine Empfangsbest?tigung haben Sie nach Erhalt dieses sofort einzureichen.

F?r den ? Kommandanten

Rittmeister

Regards, Hardy

Edited January 28, 2007 by Naxos

[speedytop]

Hi,

f?r den beurlaubten Kommandanten

Regards

Uwe

[Naxos]

Hi,

f?r den beurlaubten Kommandanten

Regards

Uwe

- Of course - "beurlaubten" that's a first for me in an Award Document.

Regards, Hardy

[Dave Danner]

I think the signature might be Rittmeister von Martius. In the 1914 rank list, he commanded the 1st Squadron of the 2. Garde-Dragoner-Regiment, but the Ehren-Rangliste only shows Major a.D., no last wartime assignment.

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think the signature might be Rittmeister von Martius. In the 1914 rank list, he commanded the 1st Squadron of the 2. Garde-Dragoner-Regiment, but the Ehren-Rangliste only shows Major a.D., no last wartime assignment.

Hi Dave,

That indeed looks like a very possible match. Cav officers seem to have been regularly detached for such positions.

The seller said "Von Manstein" but at second glance, it takes a bit too much imagination to see that...