saschaw Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 (edited) I'm having this framed, nice portrait for some years now and realized it it still actually not named. It has the name handwritten, but... can someone read it? I could not... I think it most likely has to be OSA dL aD Dr. Karl Fähndrich who can be found with exactely this three awards on the (pre-war) medal bar: LD1, BFL, RKM3. But he is listed with a BZ3aX, not BZ3bXE! Do you think it is still him, and how can this happen? Edited March 8, 2023 by saschaw
saschaw Posted August 22, 2009 Author Posted August 22, 2009 (edited) Close up of his decorations: Edited March 8, 2023 by saschaw
Leutwein Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 (edited) Hello Sascha, I read something like Baumstark. The first letter of his lastname is for sure a "B". Best wishes Karsten Edited August 22, 2009 by Leutwein 1
Guest Rick Research Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 Looks like "Baumstock" to me. Now I go in search of a Baumstock... set clocks. (I have never seen this photo before-- what else are you hiding on us?)
Guest Rick Research Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 Baumstark. BZ3bXmE 06.10.14 in RIR 109. PS Ah-- Karsten is quicker typing than me. :cheers:
Guest Rick Research Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 Stabsarzt dL I Dr. Baumstark (LWB Karlsruhe) added PrRKM3 to his PrLD1 between May 1913 and May 1914 Rank Lists.
Komtur Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 GREAT picture I like that way of wearing the pre-1914 bar with the single shiny fresh awarded wartime decorations. Kind regards, Komtur. 1
saschaw Posted August 23, 2009 Author Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) Well okay, not Fähndrich... thank you! On 22/08/2009 at 17:44, Rick Research said: (I have never seen this photo before-- what else are you hiding on us?) If you knew... Edited March 8, 2023 by saschaw
Guest Rick Research Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Just think of all the other "unsolved mysteries" we already know the answers for... :whistle:
saschaw Posted March 11, 2023 Author Posted March 11, 2023 (edited) Still in my collection and still one of my favorite portraits, so I did some additional research. This must be Dr. Artur Baumstark, who received Baden's Friedrich-Luisen-Medaille as praktischer Arzt on June 11, 1909... right? On 22/08/2009 at 18:09, Rick Research said: (...) added PrRKM3 to his PrLD1 between May 1913 and May 1914 Rank Lists. Rick was right, of course. Dr. Baumstark's RKM3 Erlaubnis zur Annahme und zum Tragen dates to the first quarter of 1914. Here, he's listed more precisely as a praktischer Arzt in Karlsruhe-Mühlburg - and yes, that's the neighborhood I spent my early childhood in! It seems noteworthy Baden's Staatsanzeiger für das Großherzogtum Baden, 1914 issue, did not accomplish to combine information on the pre-war civil doctor with the war-time Stabsarzt der Landwehr. He's listed as if he were two different persons! A lousy job, but luckily, we can fix such 100+-year-old errors today... ! I wonder if his medal bar, the one worn in the picture or an "updated" one, still exists... someone, maybe? Edited March 11, 2023 by saschaw 1
webr55 Posted April 20, 2023 Posted April 20, 2023 He didn't live long to enjoy his awards: Dr. Arthur Wolfram Baumstark, born 25. Sept 1870 in Karlsruhe, died there 28. Mai 1921. Dr. med. from the University of Erlangen in 1895.
chuck Posted April 25, 2023 Posted April 25, 2023 His Baden Order of the Zahinger Lion 2nd class with Oak leaves and Sword award was announced as part of the Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 in the Badische Landes-Zeitung, Mittagsblatt on Wednesday April 11, 1914. page 4 Regards Chuck
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