christerd Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 I think I have show this pic before but it was before the excellent Lundstr?m/Krause books was published This officer has a Hohenzollern device on his ribbon swords/crown but where does he come from ? It says 255 on his shoulder boards , but I cant find anything about Inf Rgt 255 on the net, was it a preussian unit? what rank has he ? Wonder if I could find him in the Hohenzollern book Christer
Glenn J Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 Christer,possibly Hauptmann der Reserve Erwin Carnuth of R.I.R. 255 awarded the HOH3X in July 1918.RegardsGlenn
Guest Rick Research Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 :cheers: Glenn!The HOH3X Roll as published in the 1990s was a "war security" gazetting of names and ranks WITHOUT UNITS after 1916.Daniel has been doing phenomenal work expanding and adding to that.RIR 255 was from Westphalia. It belonged to 77th Reserve Division on the Russian Front 1915-17 but ended the war in 83rd Division in France.Carnuth also got the L?beck Hanseatic Cross in 1918. So MANY Reserach Gnome Projects working towards completion this year. :catjava:
christerd Posted January 17, 2009 Author Posted January 17, 2009 :jumping: Fantastic ! Thanks Glenn and Rick Its so good to have a name to a pic Christer
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