Naxos Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 after WWI he was known as Archaeologist and Studienrat Dr. Emil Kost. He died on Feb. 15, 1953 in Schw?bisch Hall.I'm looking for any info on his service in the W?rttemberg army during WWI Regards, Hardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 WHAT have you GOT ??? I find no such person in the W?rttemberg forces. Kosts came from Westphalia and Thuringia.IF YOU/EVERYBODY DO NOT PROVIDE ALL CLUES THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME LOOKING IN MANY MANY MANY (HAVE I MENTIONED MANY?) INCORRECT PLACES THAT ARE A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.FOCUS: SPECIFICS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 VIZ.---40 minutes WASTED = NOT in Army Honor Rank ListNOT in W?rttemberg Rank List 1914NOT in W?rttemberg Home Establishment Rank List 1917NOT in Navy Honor Rank ListNOT in 1935 Wer Ist's?NOT in "5,000 K?pfe"NOT in ANY of the award rolls Daniel has done for W?rttembergNOT in W?rttemberg Personal Nachrichten 1918NOT in W?rttemberg Personal Nachrichten 1917NOT (???***) in W?rttemberg Personal Nachrichten 1916(???***) or IS he? There actually are SIX W?rttemberg buck privates named KOST but with no first names listed in 6 different units receiving the Silver Military Merit Medal in 1916...but I don't have any 1916 CLUES, do I? Research cannot WORK if EVERYTHING is not laid out up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 (edited) Sorry Rick, I just posted an innocent request.It was never my intention to waste your or anyone else's time.I have a portrait that shows a person, identified as Emil Kost, in a W?rttemberg Leutnant uniform decorated with EKI/EkII, W?rtt. Verdienst Medaille and wound badge in black.I will post the picture as soon as I can scan it.Hardy Edited February 15, 2008 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Dr. Emil Kost got a Dr. phil. from the University of T?bingen on 18.12.1922. He went on to publish extensively about local history and archaeology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Aggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh. I hope there is a REGIMENT visible on the boards, or we are stuck. There is no record of any Leutnant (of any kind) Kost being commissioned in W?rttemberg during the war. If he got a post-war charakterisiert retirement rank...back to absolutely ZERO mention of ANY W?rttemberg Kosts 1916-18 except the six privates with Silver Military Merit Medals in 1916. Of those 6, two were Reservists, one an Ersatz Reservist, and two were Landwehrm?nner. The only potential match to anybody who MIGHT have became an officer (at all) would thus seem to come down to????War Volunteer Kost (no first name) of 4./RIR 248 here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 (edited) Thanks Webr55 and Rick,Rick, there is a device visible on the shoulder board, but I cannot make it out by the poor scan I have from the seller.We have to wait until the original photo arrives in a few days (perhaps I should have waited with this post until then). It could as well be that the writing on the back "Leutnant Emil Kost" is not the person depicted on the front.Regards, Hardy Edited February 15, 2008 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 (edited) Leutnant Emil Kost later Dr. Emil Kost from Schw?bisch-Hall, W?rttembergthe shoulder board appears to have two color piping with Fuss-Artillerie device and 98 number. Edited February 28, 2008 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 The back of the photograph :Feuerbach is located near Stuttgart, W?rttembergHardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 No match. Cannot locate any foot artillery unit numbered 98 to see if there was one in W?rttemberg or Prussia.The childish, much later handwriting ("Leutnat") is not reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 No match. Cannot locate any foot artillery unit numbered 98 to see if there was one in W?rttemberg or Prussia.The childish, much later handwriting ("Leutnat") is not reliable.I appreciate your efforts - Thank you RickHardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 No match. Cannot locate any foot artillery unit numbered 98 to see if there was one in W?rttemberg or Prussia.The childish, much later handwriting ("Leutnat") is not reliable.Not of any real help, Rick, but I ran a Google inquiry on the regiment and I found a website, in German, that just appears to be a looonnngggg list of German army units from WW1 (no informative text, just a list) and it has Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr 98 on the list. No other info though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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