seeking info on W?rttemberg Leutnant Emil Kost

[Naxos]

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

[Guest Rick Research]

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.

[Guest Rick Research]

VIZ.---

40 minutes WASTED =

NOT in Army Honor Rank List

NOT in W?rttemberg Rank List 1914

NOT in W?rttemberg Home Establishment Rank List 1917

NOT in Navy Honor Rank List

NOT in 1935 Wer Ist's?

NOT in "5,000 K?pfe"

NOT in ANY of the award rolls Daniel has done for W?rttemberg

NOT in W?rttemberg Personal Nachrichten 1918

NOT in W?rttemberg Personal Nachrichten 1917

NOT (???***) 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.

[Naxos]

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

[webr55]

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.

[Guest Rick Research]

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:

[Naxos]

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

[Naxos]

Leutnant Emil Kost later Dr. Emil Kost from Schw?bisch-Hall, W?rttemberg

the shoulder board appears to have two color piping with Fuss-Artillerie device and 98 number.

Edited February 28, 2008 by Naxos

[Naxos]

The back of the photograph :

Feuerbach is located near Stuttgart, W?rttemberg

Hardy

[Guest Rick Research]

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.

[Naxos]

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 Rick

Hardy

[Mike Dwyer]

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.