12 Pionier Bataillon : photo album of an officer

[Minen]

Hi,

Here are some photos in a same album.

Engagements :

1914-1917 : 12 Pionier Bataillon (he was Fahnrich and Leutnant)

1917-1918 : 333 Pionier Mineur Kompanie

Januar-marz 1919 : Reserve Pioniere Kompanie 45

1919-1920 : Baltisches Landeswehr (Hauptmann)

Belgique : Dinant, Achêne

Aisne : Laon, Berry au Bac et cote 108, ferme du Choléra, Amifontaine, Prouvais, Neuchatel sur Aisne, Guignicourt, Juvincourt (ferme de Mauchamp), Crepy, Coucy les Eppes, Menneville, Sapigneul

Somme : Roye, Ablaincourt, Ham, Morchain, Potte, Béthencourt sur Somme, Fontaine les Pargny

Alsace et Bade : Kaiserstuhl, Hilsenfirst, Baden Os, Rabenfelsen

Baltikum (Estonie and Lettonie, 1919-1920, Baltisches Landeswehr) : Windau, Mitau, Riga, Backhusen, Pampeln, Jakobstadt, Dubna, Rosanowkaja, Rossitten

(1) Pontonbrücke (3 Pi 12) bei Dinant :

(2) Hauptmann Stein in Achêne :

(3) Berry au Bac :

(4) Balkon M.G., Berry au Bac

(4bis)

(4ter) Gren Rgt 101 :

(5) Kraftwagen in Amifontaine :

To be continued...

Stephan

Edited April 28, 2012 by Minen

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(6) French prisonners in Prouvais :

(7) Prouvais :

(8)

(8bis)

(9) Hauptmann Stein :

(10) Autotankstelle in Neuchatel :

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(11) Eisenbahnbrücke in Guignicourt :

(12)

(13) Major Binkau with Peter :

(14) Hauptmann Stein :

(15) Aisne :

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(16) Berry au Bac (Le Cholera). From the left to the rigth : Leutnant von Rockow, Ltn Klug, Ltn Kutzshmann :

(16B)

(17) Berry au Bac - Le Cholera, Ltn Binkau, Ltn Wende, Sgt Ermisch, Ltn von Rockow

(18) Flak Geschutz in Laon (3.7 cm MaschinenKanone) :

(19) Leichte Minenwerfer :

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(20) Leutnant Wende (Aisne) :

(21) Crépy (Aisne)

(22) Somme. "Fesselballon", Morchain (near Roye)

(23) Morchain

(24) Béthencourt sur Somme

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(25) Roye, Zuckerfabrik

(26) Roye, Zuckerfabrik

(27) Roye, Zuckerfabrik

(28) Bahnhof Roye :

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(29) Aisne (Menneville, near Berry au Bac) : Ltn Binkau, Doktor Haustein, Ltn Sypmanski, Ltn Thieme-Harmann (JR 102).

(30) angriff am 4 avril 1917, Sapigneul vor "cote 108" :

(31) Menneville :

(32) Berry-Sapigneul :

(33) Mineur Kompanie Auenmüller :

(34) Leutnant Binkau, Auenmüller, Hartmann and Thieme Harmann :

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(35) Übung das Sturm Bataillon A.A.B. am Kaiserstuhl mit Flammenwerfer :

(36) Kaiserstuhl :

(37) Kaiserstuhl :

(38) Luftschiffhalle, Baden Os :

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(39) Hilsenfirst (Elsass) :

(40) Hilsenfirst again :

(41) Épinal (caserne Contades) :

(42) Épinal, "quartier de la Vierge" (caserne Dorsner and quartier Bonard)

Stephan

[Deruelle]

Hi Stephan,

To be honest with you, I'm jealous. You have got a vey impressive album. congrats.

in several photos you said that Lt Thieme-Harmann, the real name is Leutnant Erich Thieme-Gamann from IR 102. He received both iron crosses and knight cross 2nd class with X of Albert Order.

Thanks for sharing those photos with us.

Christophe

Edited April 28, 2012 by Deruelle

[Söderbaum]

Very interesting photos indeed..!

I especially liked these with aviation connection, like nr 41. I have problem reading the name of the pilot. Could it be Vfw Mohrenschultz or similar..?

I do think that the observer is Lt Binkau. I do not have his first name but he was living in Leipzig after the War, so maybe he have a Saxon connection..

Gunnar

[Deruelle]

I have found only one Binkau in PB 12.

Lt Hans BINKAU, he received the SA3bX on22 December 1916.

Christophe

[Deruelle]

Recently I have bought this photo of an officer of the PB 12. Unfortunaly there is no name.

Christophe

[Minen]

Hi,

in several photos you said that Lt Thieme-Harmann, the real name is Leutnant Erich Thieme-Gamann from IR 102. He received both iron crosses and knight cross 2nd class with X of Albert Order

Christophe

Yes, I was wrong about the name. But I think he is Thieme-Garmann (with "R") as we can see here :

Very interesting photos indeed..!

I especially liked these with aviation connection, like nr 41. I have problem reading the name of the pilot. Could it be Vfw Mohrenschultz or similar..?

I do think that the observer is Lt Binkau. I do not have his first name but he was living in Leipzig after the War, so maybe he have a Saxon connection..

Gunnar

You're right, the observer is Leutnant Binkau. The pilot, I'm not sure but I think Mahrenholtz :

Thanks for comments

Stephan

Edited April 29, 2012 by Minen

[Minen]

Hi,

Here are two other photos showing the same officers :

(43)

(44)

To be continued...

Stephan

[Chris Boonzaier]

Very, very nice indeed!!!!

[Minen]

Hi,

The end of engagements of this officer : fightings against Bolchevicks in Latvia.

A links :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltische_Landeswehr?oldid=cur

(45)

(46) Windau (today Ventspils), März 1919 :

(47) same location :

(48) Gefecht bei Pampeln (today : Pampaļi) 18.2.1919 :

(48bis) Entfernungsmesser 14 :

(49) Gefangener in Pampeln, 18.2.1919 :

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(50) Brückenbau über die Windau bei Niegranden (today : Nīgranda)

(51) Vormarsch auf Riga, Kavalerie Abteilung bei Schlock (Sloka), 22.5.1919 :

(52) Mitau (Jelgava). Kompanie Rhaden auf der Palais straße

(53) 22.5.1919, Fürstl. Lievensche Artillerie auf Vormarsch gegen Riga

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(54) Gefangene Rotgardisten bei Riga

(55) Juli 1919, vor Wenden (Cēsis) :

(56) Artillerie 15 cm Batterie bei Wenden (Cēsis) :

(57) Maschinengewehr Kompanie bei Wenden :

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(58) Pontonbrücke zwischen Kreuzburg und Jakobstadt (Jēkabpils)

(59) Minenwerfer Kompanie in Jakobstadt. Kornett Graf (I'm not sure for his name).

(60) Stellung meiner M.W.K. an der [Naradka ???]

(61) M.W.K. Stellung, Naradka :

(62) Funkenstation Lievenhof :

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(63) relaxation

Kornett von Hahn (I'm not sure : von Halm ????), Doktor Schönfeld, Fähnrich Wallmann, Cornett von Grotthus, von Ropp, Von Stromberg (Commandant of the Pionier-Abteilung Stromberg) :

(64) Minenwerfer

(65) Rittmeister Binkau :

(66) Major von Rhaden :

(67) Rittmeister Binkau, 21.1.1920 :

(68) Schlittenkolonne :

Stephan

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(69) Vormarsch januar 1920, lettisches Batterie in Stellung

(70) Januar 1920 gefangener Rotgardisten

(71) Januar 1920, lettisches Batterie auf dem Vormarsch

(72) Feldgeschutz

(73) Unsere Batterie

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(74) Unsere Batterie

(75) Februar 1920, in Rosanowskaja : Fähnrich Wallmann, Rittmeister Binkau, Doktor Schönfeld

(76) [... ?] auf Bahnhof Rosanowskaja

(77) Februar 1920, Minenwerfer

[christoph.maho]

Hi!

I am a Mahrenholtz and probably could figure out who pilot Mahrenholtz was. Do you have any more details? In particular, I would like to see the photo showing the persons, i.e. Leutnant Binkau and Mahrenholtz.

Cheers

Christoph Mahrenholtz

christoph.maho at gmail dot com