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    Posted

    I cant remenber if I had shown this pic before ?

    Couldn´t find any earlier thread so maybe its new :rolleyes:

    The name looks like von Fouchardt or something like it ??

    He has some awards

    EK I , Wound badge on the chest and

    BMVO wKr ? EK II , Oldenburg FA II , Hamburg , and Austria ?

    Anyone who can help me with awards or name

    Christer

    Posted (edited)

    And a better pic of his ribbon bar

    First guess: V[on] Gontard.... but I could be wrong...you see. I cannot always be right! bummer....

    Edited by David M
    Posted

    :jumping:

    Aha! von Bomhard !

    After a check in Bavarian Kriegs Ranglisten I can see he was son of GenMaj Karl von Bomhard and attached to 4. Chevauleger-Regiment

    He was really in the hot spot from 1914 and on :whistle:

    In October 1914- Feb 1915 he was in Somme

    October 1915 in Tirol

    June 1916 in Verdun

    1917 August wounded

    Fighting in East, Dunaburg 1917

    and fighting in Flandern until end of war EK II 12.9.14

    EK I 21.12.15

    Austria MVK III m Krd 13.3.17

    Mecklenburg Schw KvK 22.9.17

    MVO IV X 31.10.17

    Wound badge Black

    Does anyone know if he stayed in uniform during the second world war ?

    Thanks for putting me right on the name :cheers:

    Christer

    • 1 month later...
    Posted

    Yes, very nice!

    Felix von Bomhard ended WW2 as Oberst (seniority 1.12.1942).

    And this is Felix' grandfather, General Theodor von Bomhard (1841-1945):

    http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/16130-id-possible/

    Regards

    Chris

    Posted

    Aha , thanks !

    What a family :rolleyes: , a General, a Grüppenführer ( Oberst ? ) and a Oberst

    I wonder if Felix had any children and what become of them .....

    But his grandfather had the best moustache :cheers:

    Christer

    • 3 months later...
    Posted

    More on Felix:

    Felix Ferdinand von Bomhard, born 4.5.1892 in Augsburg, died 21.2.1983 in Rosenheim.

    His grandson, Nikolaus von Bomhard, is the current CEO of the Munich Re Group.

    Posted

    Very interesting photo indeed. That must have been taken between 1934 and 1938. There is the Hindenburg, but the Austrian awards are still at the end of his bar, therefore pre-Anschluss, probably.

    He was in Finland, I see several Finnish awards, including the White Rose on his neck.

    He is not to be confused with General Theodor von Bomhard though. Do you know his exact first name?

    Regards

    Chris

    Posted

    Ahh yes, that is

    Oberstleutnant aD Theodor Ernst von Bomhard, born 20.2.1874, died 15.06.1938.

    He was the younger son of General Theodor Karl Eduard and Felix' uncle.

    Posted

    Thanks Chris for the info ;)

    I have found in my photo database another photo of an Oberst von Bomhardt. The photo has been taken near St Mihiel.

    Here I have got only name of officers.

    Christophe

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