Gordon Williamson Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Picked this one up from a Germn dealer for just 20 EuroThe name is Walter Bergmann, 5 Kompagnie / Infanterie Regiment Nr 184. Can anyone decypher the rank abbreviation ?Signature on the doc seems to be a Major v. LangsdorffStrange no date though ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Ersatz reservist,bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Jeez that was quick Chris. Was it common for these to be undated ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 No, often there are two dates, one when the award was made, and the other when the certificate was signed. occasionally there is no date, I guess an oversight. I have the same doc to the 183 I.R., it is dated 1916 and was the sister regt of this one in the 183 I.D. so I think at a rough guess this doc was distributed within the 183 I.D. (maybe one will turn up to another unit to proove that theory wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Glenn J isn't around at present, but his list of regimental commanders may provide a date range for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 (edited) Gordon,nice to have a document signed by a PLM winner!Major Julius von Langsdorff (23 Oct 1866-25 Jul 1945) was the commander of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 184 from 6 Oct 1916 until assuming command of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 43 on 23 Sep 1918. He retired on the 23rd of May 1919 and received a charakterisierter promotion to Oberstleutnant on 27 Oct 1919 with a further bump-up on 27 Aug 1939 to Oberst (Tannenberg promotion for PLM winners)PLM on 22 Apr 1918 as commander of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 184.RegardsGlenn Edited September 24, 2005 by Glenn J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted September 24, 2005 Author Share Posted September 24, 2005 Fabulous ! Many thanks Glenn. An even better bargain than I'd thought and we now know at least a timescale of between 1916-1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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