An interesting WW1 Milit?rpass (Garde Sch?tzen)

[Minen]

Hello,

This is one of my Milit?rpass of a Vizefeldwebel who had fighting in France (and Belgium at the begining) during all the war.

Before the war, he was Gefreiter (1910) and Oberj?ger (1913). During the war, he was Vizefeldwebel (1916) :

He has had the Eiserne Kreuz in 1915. We can see on the 3rd page a summary of his fightings (during 1914-1916) :

The end of this summary :

To be continued...

Stephan

[Minen]

This is the most interesting part of the pass.

He went to hospital for illness (4th line : Wegen Krankheit... Feld Lazaret)

His "travel" during 1914-1916. We can see his Eiserne Kreuz and his promotion to the rank of Wizefeldwebel :

Detail :

The end of his "travel" after 1916 :

He ended the war in a "Feld Rekruten Depot" of the Guard Division n? 1 :

Stephan

[Minen]

And finally, here is the summary of his "travel" (I'm sorry, I've made this board in french but I can translate if you want) :

I've made a correlation between the 3rd page of the pass (10th chapter : Feldz?ge) and the personal notices (pages 8-13 and the add pages in this pass)

Here is a map wich show differents places where he go in Alsace :

And some postcards (all posted during the war) from villages in the same land :

Another town which is noted in the pass and a german military cemetery near the

Hartmannswillerkopf :

This Vizefeldwebel survived the war (I also have his Wehrpass - 1942 but without fightings).

I hope this post will interessed you.

Best regards,

Stephan

Edited May 22, 2008 by Minen

[Chris Boonzaier]

For me the best part of that is the Harmannsweilerkopf entries :-)

I have visited there a few times, you can spit on the top of the hill and hit the lines of the other side.

Also a great unit to have !!

[Minen]

Hi Chris,

I often spend my hollidays in Alsace, I'll go there in one month

For those who don't know, here is a photo of the "Hartmanns" :

Stephan

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

here are a couple of things...

Flamethrowers on the Mountain...

http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/78001.html

And a bit of a history...

http://www.kaiserscross.com/40047/41321.html

Best

Chris

[Minen]

Hi,

I was on hollidays during two week near the HWK and I've seen this monument for the Garde Sch?tzen Bataillon in Cernay's (Sennheim) german cemetery, near Mulhouse.

Stephan

[bob lembke]

Just noticed this wonderful thread; thank you Stephan, and Chris for your excellent additions. I will have to go over it more carefully.

Militaer=Paesse are such a valuable historical tool, potentially much more so if there was some sort of collaboration between major collectors to facilitate sharing of these resources.

I have two Paesse from Garde=Reserve=Pionier=Regiment (Flammenwerfrer) (my father's and a copy of another kindly provided by a collector) and one Pass from Sturm=Bataillon Nr. 5 (Rohr) (from another kind collector-my father also fought with this unit at Verdun with the Flammenwerfer), and each one has revealed very interesting facts about these important and interesting units that probably could not be found in a different manner. (If anyone has a Pass from either of these units I would be very happy to swap other interesting material for a copy.)

I also am building rosters of the men of these two units. My one for S=B Rohr is in an early stage, but my one for the G=R=P=R is at about 1200 men and counting. If anyone is interested in men from these units I would be happy to do a look-up and see if I have more material on them. I have the death rolls of both units.

I also am in early stages of a study of the fighting on HWK; both of the above units had elements fighting there. Have not visited the scene yet. Alsace is lovely.

Thanks again!

Bob Lembke

[Thomas]

Stephan,

Did you see the grouping that was posted for the july update at kaisersbunker? A fantastic Garde-Sch?tzen-Battalion shako, Waffenrock, and cap. Here is the link. http://www.kaisersbunker.com/new.htm click on the grouping photo. Tom

[Minen]

Hi,

Thank you Tom for this link.

Steph