Deruelle Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Hi everybody, Have a look. I someone can read the name I will be happy. Thanks for your help. This group is not fantastic but I love and the price has been so small I can't resist.RegardsChristophe
buellmeister Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Christophe, if you just amagine the places this Officer's been and things he's seen. Great Photos...Looks like a "man of distinction."Joel
David Gregory Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Christophe,A wonderful group which seems to belong to a Landsturm man from Hamburg!In post #3 the shoulder strap seems to show battalion number 29. Can you read the corps district number in roman numerals?Do you have any indications of which Landsturm unit(s) he served with?David
Daniel Murphy Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Christophe, That is a great group of photos that show his progression in rank and awards. His name appears to be F. Bouvenir. His final rank is that of Offizierstellvertreter, A Feldwebel (in this case)serving as an acting officer. It was a wartime rank only created in 1914 due to the heavy officer casualties early in the war. It appears to be a french name, which is not unusual in Germany. I have seen generals and other officers with names of French ancestry.
Deruelle Posted January 15, 2006 Author Posted January 15, 2006 Hi everybody, Thanks for your comments. Daniel, please a better scan of the shoulderstraps. This is the best I can do, the original photo is not in good condition. The scan is better than the original. IN the back of one of the photo Offstv. had got 60 years old in 1917. I think he belong to Landsturm not Landwehr according of his old age.RegardsChristophe
Glenn J Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 That appears to be IX 29 which would make the Offizierstellvertreter a member of the 3. Landsturm-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon Hamburg (IX. 29).RegardsGlenn
Bob Hunter Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Excellent group of photos, Christophe! Congratulations on the new additions to your fine collection.
Deruelle Posted January 15, 2006 Author Posted January 15, 2006 I have got some more group photos. I'm scanning them and I hope posting them tonight. Thanks for all your commentsChristophe
Guest Rick Research Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Bonveron, maybe?Such "stage presence"-- you'd think he was at LEAST a Grand Duke! That "royal" fur collar is really the final touch for an old guy with a very theatrical sense of himself!BTW, have NEVER seen ribbons worn like this:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=4...indpost&p=47388on overcoats before!
Mike Dwyer Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) Such "stage presence"-- you'd think he was at LEAST a Grand Duke! That "royal" fur collar is really the final touch for an old guy with a very theatrical sense of himself!I was thinking the same thing, Rick. In fact in several of those photos, he could pass as the Kaiser's brother, Prince Heinrich of Prussia! Maybe he was aware of that? Edited January 16, 2006 by Mike Dwyer
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