Gunther Ramsauer kia 1917 letter and pc +map of grave

[27kills]

Letter home to family from a Lt. Schulte? to the Ramsauer family with a map and pcs of there sons gravesite

somewhere near Beaumont-hamel and Serre.

very nice pack of stuff in this feldpost letter home.

has 4 postcards,1 hand drawn map by the LT. schulte and a later map from a book or something.

poor Gunther Ramsauer was killed 2-11-1917

his family got this letter on 3-7-1917

he was a member of res-inf-rgt #229

in the postcard with the 3 men lined up for the pic. Gunther is the one on the left with the cross on his arm in pencil, he won the iron cross 2nd class.

sad story that happened over and over during the war,

but neat to still have all these in one packet.

enjoy the photos, and scans, thxs joe

just click on thumbs for bigger pics

Edited January 25, 2012 by 27kills

[army historian]

Very nice!

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

that is indeed very nice! Are you going to do a bit of research into the fighting he was killed in?

Best

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

Just to be sure, you mean American 2.11.1917 not German? i.e. 11.2.1917.

The 50 RD was at Beaumont Hamel and lost a lot of men on Feb the 11th. on the 2nd of November they had long moved on.

Best

Chris

[27kills]

Chris, thxs for the help you are correct on the american date feb 11th 1917.

if you can find any info on that unit res-inf-rgt #229 that would be great as i really can not read german , i can get by with a little but not much.

thxs in advance

joe