A super group to Gustav Roeder, Imperial Germany to West Germany !

[Paul L Murphy]

Just realised I never posted this one, it is a huge promotion document from 1938 which comes in a very nice document folder.

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[Paul L Murphy]

I decided to purchase this since it shows someone who served his country under five different regimes in his lifetime - Imperial Germany, Weimer Germany, 3rd Reich, Allied Occupation Forces, and finally the Federal Republic.

Any help in deciphering the script in the earlier documents would be very much appreciated.

:cheers:

[webr55]

First let me say what a WONDERFUL grouping!!

He was quite a high Post official. Abteilungspr?sident - that should equal to at least Oberst rank, maybe more.

I will see what I can translate.

[Guest Rick Research]

Post #4 is an official copy (Abscrhift) of his Patent as Leutnant der Reserve, with seniority of 20 May 1914.

Posts 5 and 6 are Doctor Scribbles, going on and on about how he needs 3 more weeks of recupaeration leave at home.

Post 7 is his own request putting himself forward for said leave, annotated that he really SHOULD get the next available leave, then a leave notice that since his departure required reassignment of an officer from another unit, he is to report to THAT unit when he returns.

Oddly enough, the 1st Year Zero document (Post 21) asserts that he is promoted to Oberstleutnant backdated 1.5.45 "with the understanding of the U.S. 7th Army"!!!!! (Subsequent document refers to him still as Major, so that mustn't have flown....)

[webr55]

Faster than me! :cheers:

[Paul L Murphy]

Many thanks for the additional information. It is a fascinating group, I will need to get my teeth into researching it soon.

One of the French groups in my collection is to a member of the FFI who was awarded the Croix de Guerre for blowing up telephone lines so it is nice to have groups to both sides with a common theme.