EK 1914 EK2 set

[Gordon Williamson]

Just picked up this litle set. Can anyone ID the unit. Chris, any idea where this unit would be at this point in time ?

[Gordon Williamson]

The EK2 has a maker mark but difficult to say what it is. Any guesses ?

My first thought was WILM but it doesn't match a clearly marked Wilm that I have. Could be initials followed by a silver stamp ?

[David Gregory]

Gordon,

I read the unit as 3. Kompagnie, Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 85 from the image of the document.

The regimental staff and I. (to which 3. Kompagnie belonged) and II. Bataillon were raised in the Flensburg area and initially assigned to the garrison on the island of Sylt (which is now a very expensive holiday resort). III. Bataillon was raised in Schleswig and intially assigned to the garrison on the island of Pellworm.

In autumn 1914, the regimental staff, I. and II. Bataillon were transferred to the West. The regimental staff became the staff of IR 362. After a number of assignments to different formations, I. and II. Bataillon became part of RIR 79 in the autumn of 1916.

Apart from the fact your man was almost certainly somewhere on the Western Front when he was awarded the EK2, I don't have anything else on the unit at the moment.

David