dante Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 Recently obtained these... allegedly taken from the tunic of Wilhelm Hundrich PLM ....my question is what would the probability of this being true...or is a wild guess
dante Posted December 10, 2008 Author Posted December 10, 2008 Recently obtained these... allegedly taken from the tunic of Wilhelm Hundrich PLM ....my question is what would the probability of this being true...or is a wild guessreverse
Naxos Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) Wasn't Hundrich Kommander of the 2. Magdeburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 27Hardy Edited December 10, 2008 by Naxos
dante Posted December 10, 2008 Author Posted December 10, 2008 Wasn't Hundrich Kommander of the 2. Magdeburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 27HardyI have him as Major in 1. Magdeburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 26, ......So is it Schudmann?
Les Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 According to the 1926 Ehrenranglisten, Hundrich was in the 26th, but he wasn't the only major that was listed on the unit's roster. There was one killed prior to 1915, and four others besides him. The Ehrenranglisten lists his highest rank as Oberst a.d. and a wartime brigade commander.Hammelman's volume III in the PlM series, and a few other sources do place him in the 27th, although that doesn't fit with the Ehrenranglisten information. So...to answer your question, there's a chance the boards might have been his, but if you can't rule out the other majors, the only thing that can be said is they might be....but then again, they might not be. Because there are other majors on the units roster, the odds are against them being his. The odds are 1 in 4, far from being decent betting odds.I have a pair of m15 boards for a Leutnant in the I.R. 122. I'd like to be able to think they might have been worn by Rommel, but unless I can eliminate all the other Leutnants, that lives me be guilty of having wishful thoughts.Les
Naxos Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 Good points Les - besides that the boards are in the rank of Oberst - Hundrich was not with the 26th as such.Hardy
dante Posted December 17, 2008 Author Posted December 17, 2008 Good points Les - besides that the boards are in the rank of Oberst - Hundrich was not with the 26th as such.HardyThanks Guys yet again for your time and trouble, P
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