Bavarian big brass...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Major Paul Schmitt, chief of staff of the Bay. Gen Kdo 63.....

First of an original pic of him commissioned and signed by General von Ge?ling, done by O. Graf in Tournai 1918....

[Chris Boonzaier]

A pic of Gen von Fasbender... I have a number of EK docs to guys in his units with a stamped siganture. Here is a Photo given to Schmitt by v. fasbender himself.

[Chris Boonzaier]

There is a guy who has split up what must have bene a large group and is ebaying it ... I am hoping to keep as much of it together...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is Scmitt's map of the area to the South of Verdun. Just below the Binos is St-Mihiel. He was in the sector just below Verdun, which is on the top left. From the Units on the map he must have been there in mid 1916.

Funny to think of this in the map case of the chieff of staff, poured over by old guys with monacles....while guys whose EK docs I have were less than a pinprick....

Does anyone know where von Ge?ling served?

[Dave Danner]

Gy?ling, not Ge?ling. Otto Ritter von Gy?ling.

On mobilization, he was a Generalmajor in command of the 6. Feldartillerie-Brigade of the 6. bayerische Infanterie-Division. From 17 February 1915 to 17 April 1916, he commanded the 6. bayerische Infanterie-Division. He was replaced then due to illness by Genlt. z.D. Albert Koch. From 14 June 1917 to war's end, he was Inspekteur der Etappen-Inspektion der 6. Armee. He was promoted to Gen.d.Art. z.D. on 28 May 1918.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Dave,

Thanks! That fits in very well indeed. The 6th Bavarian division is on the map in the post above, fits in perfectly with the area of operations that Schmitt was in.

Best

Chris

[Dave Danner]

After not finding a Ge?ling in the rank lists, I figured the vowels were just hard to read. I tried every other vowel combination - Ga?ling, G??ling, Gi?ling, Go?ling, G??ling, Gu?ling, G??ling. No luck. I searched the web.genealogie and lexikon-der-generale sites for Generale der Artillerie ending in "ling". Then I just started going down the Bavarian rank lists, hoping a name would jump out. After a few pages, like a brick to the head... oh yeah, "y" is a vowel too.

By the way, that drawing is the same one that illustrates Gy?ling in Das Bayernbuch vom Weltkriege.

[Chris Boonzaier]

By the way, that drawing is the same one that illustrates Gy?ling in Das Bayernbuch vom Weltkriege.

Hi,

was looking through the book but cannot find the pic.

Have you any idea where it was?

Thanks

Chris

[Dave Danner]

Hi,

was looking through the book but cannot find the pic.

Have you any idea where it was?

Thanks

Chris

Page 57 of Volume 1.

Best regards,

Dave

[Dave Danner]

Here's another picture of Gy?ling from Unsere Bayern im Felde: Erz?hlungen aus dem Weltkriege 1914/16:

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

thanks,

thats the page I needed (top one).

I am trying to figure out if mine is the original now...

[Chris Boonzaier]

I just managed to add another Fasbender Pic... from 1905 just after he had passed General....