EK 1914 Pretty rare lil thingy...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is a cross to a man who was pulled into an Eisenbahn erstaz unit for a month or so at the end of 1916. Milit?rpass for Eisenbahntruppen... was done as "Pionier" then as "Ingenieur ??"

[Chris Boonzaier]

According to his Pass he recieved no military training... and landed up at the end of the war in the Hauptlaborotorium in Ingolstadt...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Somehow related to the M.A.N. factory (which made my MG 08/15) he served at the "Head Lab" (Which was a huge ammunition maker) till the end of the war...

[Chris Boonzaier]

After the war he got the White ribboned cross for the homefront, a rare Bavarian version of the award doc...

[Alex K]

That's a very nice find Chris.

regards

Alex K

[Motorhead]

Aaaahhhh-from Ebay,eh? It seems to be that you are the one who has beaten me here......That's a superb group,even for me(I'm not going for documents normally).Next time we should talk.........sorry that it went so high!

Micha

[Christian J]

I too were a competitor. Chris didn't you get the ehrenkreuz?

[Paul R]

They do not get any better than that!! Congratulations!!

[Chris Boonzaier]

I too were a competitor. Chris didn't you get the ehrenkreuz?

yup... will scan it later.

Best

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

can anyone read what is on the cover of the Militärpass and EK2 doc? "Ingenieur u: ?? Willy Bucher", Thanks

Chris

[speedytop]

Hi Chris,

Militärpass des Ingenieurs a[uf] W[iderruf.] ...

 

Dem ehem[aligen] Ingenieur a[uf] W[iderruf] des früheren Hauptlaboratoriums,

Herrn Dr-.Ing. Wilhelm Bucher ...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

 

thanks, thats a new one! What would that mean in this context?

 

All the best

Chris

[speedytop]

That is for me difficult to explain in English.

He had no military training, see No. 11 in his Militärpaß > militärisch nicht ausgebildet

But he was studying something, and that ended in May 1917. He could now be a civilian Ingenieur [later called Ing.(grad)], or, on a higher level, Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.).

Since 01.06.1917 he received provisionally (auf Widerruf) the rank "Hilfsingenieur", since 01.08.1918 provisionally the rank "Ingenieur auf Widerruf". All that as civil servant candidate (Beamter auf Widerruf). Limited up to the demobilization (längstens bis zur Demobilmachung).

He left the Army on the 31.12.1918 (Demobilmachung).

A short time later, as a civilian, he acquired the higher qualification "Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften" > Dr.-Ing.

Uwe

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Uwe,

Thanks, That has been a bit of a head scratcher for me since I bpught the group.

 

Best

Chris