andy Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Hijust obtained this from a fellow member and could do with a little help.Includes his pass book EK/HB and WB certifictes and a few other bits.I would appreciate any help or information you can let me have about Robert Kallweit.First picture is of the EK2 Certificate-Smaller than I am used to seeing at only6 inches long and dated 30 November 1919 which I do not understand-Can someoneexplain this to me.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Next his his wound badge certificate. again, smaller than usual at again 6 inches.Has a stamp on the rear and It would be nice to know what this says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 stamp on the rear of the wound badge certificate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 any ideas on this little booklet-Appears to be some sort ofdonations record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 inside of little book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 unknown certificate 1- any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 unknown certificate 2-again any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 a document stuck in the rear of his pass book-any ida what it says please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 inside pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 more entries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 last entries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 lastly his pass book,cover and HC certificate-thanks for getting this farregardsandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 a document stuck in the rear of his pass book-any ida what it says pleaseK?nigsberg 12.9.10Musketier Robert Kalweit6. Kompagnie Inf. Regt. No. 43war von Herbst 1909 bis Herbst 1910bei mir Bursche. Er hat sich in dieser Zeitgut gef?hrt, war ...., eifrig, ehrlich undgen?gsam.von G....Oberstleutnant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 Thanks-put this into an online translation and got the gist of it-Anyone help with the rest of the group-~Wouldreally like to know about the EK certificate datesthanksandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 any ideas on this little booklet-Appears to be some sort ofdonations record?It's an instructional booklet to assist in estimating distances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 inside pagespost a better scan - I get a headache trying to read this :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 First picture is of the EK2 Certificate-Smaller than I am used to seeing at only6 inches long and dated 30 November 1919 which I do not understand-Can someoneexplain this to me.thanksAndy;Many EK were given out after the war; I'm not an expert on medals, but I think I saw someone stating that it might have been 1.5 million. In my father's case, he volunteered for Gallipoli, and then volunteered for the flamethrower arm, and fought (sporatically) as a flamethrower operator for 2 1/2 years, being wounded four times, and serving as a Trupp leader.But he only got his EK II in 1921, when he applied to the War Ministry for one, I believe. And he never was promoted past Pionier (private). He was a good combat soldier, I believe, and was wounded four times in combat, but he was a naughty, naughty soldier, not a team player at all; the leadership of his company was corrupt and abusive, and he hated them. He (and others) shot and killed the company CO, and he shot a sergeant in the ass on live fire manuvers, and he kicked in the face of another sergeant in such a way that the sergeant was put on charges for getting kicked, and he was likely to freely say his mind to anyone, such as officers. (I have a lot of correspondence, and family history, and there are many incidents; he really exasperated his father, a staff officer.)He got away with all of these misdeeds.He was quite a manipulator. But no EK during the war, not the slightest promotion, but they could not deny him his wound badge, of course. Another factor was him serving after the war in a Freikorps and then in the Schwartze Reichswehr. That is one case for a post-war EK, I imagine that most of the many others were not that dramatic. It was said by someone that the only way to avoid an EK II as a combat soldier was the grave. I imagine that, postwar, they had certain standards, months in combat, wounds, that would allow a post-war award of an EK II. But I do not know for certain. Bob Lembke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I can not, even with magnification, read the unit stamps. Can you post them separately?Abt. ll 0 and a what I assume is a stammroll # is interesting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 (edited) Many thanksWhat confused me was that the date of award on the certificate reads 30 november 1919 and the issue date 20 December 1919-I understand the late issue but still am a little confused about the award date-Am I just being thick??Here is a closer scan of the stamp on the EK certificate-Any ideas about any otherof the documentsregardsandy Edited May 3, 2009 by andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 unit stamp on wound badge certificate. sorry its very faded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIR Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 "K?niglich Preussisches Bezirks-Kommando Hagen i. W. (in Westfalen)"Best regards, Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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