Chris Boonzaier Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Someone likes my Breuer stuff... http://www.geschichte-kripp.de/230.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 At least he linked the Trench to the page and gave it credit for the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 At least he linked the Trench to the page and gave it credit for the photos. Indeed. I have no problem with such guys... his site seems to be a labour of love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'm with you Chris. I don't mind someone nipping my stuff as long as they give me credit. I know from experience that it's quite surprising to see your photos on a website you never heard of. I even have been asked to prove that the pictures were mine in order to get them properly credited. Some people..... Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 A Nice postcard from 2 guys from the MGK, the stamp used is still just "Sturmbataillon" and no Nr. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hi Chris! The mentioned Feldpost 672 was the fieldpostnumber of the 3rd army HQ The sender is: Schütze Schröder, II.Sturm-Bataillon, deutsche Feldpost 672, MGK That fits. The 2nd Sturm-Btl. belonged to the 3rd army! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hi, It may be 3. Armee FP number but it is a Roman II, more often used for "Müller IV" or "Schroeder II" when having more than one guy with that name? There is also no number on the stamp, just "Sturmbataillon"... which makes me think "Rohr" as Rohr was the only one to have no number at the beginning, before others were formed. "Sturmbataillon Nr. XY" is the standard form all my Sturmbataillon stamps have. So far I have no Beleg of SB Nr.2 so that would be okay as well, but I am still tending towards the original "Sturmbataillon" Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hi Chris! Well, that´s possible too, but remember, the SB5 Rohr had two MGK. So I miss a 1 or a 2 on the card. I´ve seen a few postcards in the book "Le Sturmbataillon Rohr 1916-1918". which had the fieldpostnumber 60 (from june 1917). Do you have more stamps? If yes, please check the fieldpostnumbers in that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hi, do you know when they got the 2nd MG company? The Feldpost Numbers I have are 100 and 60 It also depends if men from Rohr were training people elsewhere... If so, they would have had the stamp of the unit they were visiting as a FP number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) Well, Chris. The numbers 100 and 60 stand for 60: Charlevill, Mouzon 100: Longuyon I´m not sure, when they got a 2nd company, but the book "Le Sturmbataillon Rohr 1916-1018" mentioned, that there were in 1917 a Leutnant Schiele (1.MGK) and Lt.d.R. Saynisch (2.MGK). I think, you speak french, so I recommend those two books: Le Sturmbataillon Rohr 1916-1918 (Histoire&Collections, 2010, written by Jean-Claude Laparra and Pascal Hesse) Les Gladiateurs - les formations offensives dans l´armée allemande 1914-1918 (YSEC, 2007, written by Jean-Claude Laparra) Edited June 28, 2014 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 What would the stamp "St.B.XIV" mean? I have it in a cap. Could it be Sturm Batl.14? Did they use Roman numerals for the Sturm Bataillone? Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Hi Chip! That´s possible. Bataillons normally had roman numerals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Hi Chip! That´s possible. Bataillons normally had roman numerals But I have never seen a Sturm bataillon use one. Normal Battalions, Armee Korps etc, but I have never seen a Sturmbatailion Nr. XY... If the dicument in question just has St. b. XIV, then maybe a transitional thing, when the Sturmbataillon had been formed within the AK but not yet numbered? i.e. Sturm Bataillon XIV Armeekorks? Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I don´t think so. The official Sturm-Bataillone were set-up by AOKs or Armee-Abteilungen, The only army-corps, which set-up such a unit, was the I.AK and his 13.Sturm-Kompanie. Additional to that there cwere the storm-units of the divisions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Ignore my comment, Gehirnfürz on my side... of course it was the AOK not Armeekorps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 A studio shot of a man from the 4th Company... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 2 Cards from the ex members meeting in the late 1930s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 A card from an NCO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leiber Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Hi,I recently joined up to this forum and enjoyed reading the topics so far. This topic on the Sturmbataillon Rohr is really great. Chris my compliments on your website and the information you have shared in this topic.Enclosed is a picture I bought some years ago. At first I was not sure if this was Sturmbataillon Rohr. But when I looked at the early date and the fact that they were Pioniere, I got convinced that it indeed were members of Sturmbataillon Rohr. On the picture there are the unteroffiziere of the 5th company in June 1916.Greetings,Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Hello Tom!That´s an intersting card. Could you please show the entire reverse and a larger scan of the photo because of the uniform details? What about the stamp? Is it 1915 or 1916? It´s hard to read.I agree with the Bataillon Rohr, because there are several postcards known, which the same sender-unit ("5.Poinier-Kompanie, Sturm-Bataillon im Westen")Im april the bataillon Rohr consisted of (I use the german terms)4 Sturm-Kompanien1 MG-Kompanie1 Minenwerfer-Kompanie1 Flammenwerfer-Abteilung1 Batterie 10,5cm Haubitzen1 Pionier-KompanieBut because the Bataillon Rohr called themeselves a Pionier-Sturm-Bataillon, those companies were called "Pionier-Kompanien"Glad to say, I couldn´t find a name "Zarges" in the list of casualties of the 5th companie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IR 134 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Chris, That last one you have shown is the first one of these that I have seen that has writing on it. Like your other ones, my two are unsent. I wonder how many there were in the series?I picked up this card from an auction recently. (NO Ebay) It was written and sent in July 1918 by a member of 10. Bavarian Infantry-Regiment. Greetings Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hi Stefan!One of the nicer cards from the series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hi,I recently joined up to this forum and enjoyed reading the topics so far. This topic on the Sturmbataillon Rohr is really great. Chris my compliments on your website and the information you have shared in this topic.Enclosed is a picture I bought some years ago. At first I was not sure if this was Sturmbataillon Rohr. But when I looked at the early date and the fact that they were Pioniere, I got convinced that it indeed were members of Sturmbataillon Rohr. On the picture there are the unteroffiziere of the 5th company in June 1916.Greetings,Tom Hi Tom,really nice... and I think without a doubt Rohr, it was simply called "Sturm Bataillon" at that time and was the only one... nice find!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IR 134 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) Historische Bildpostkarten - 13.3 Bildpostkarten/Heil Stosstrupp 1917 The artist's signature APW seems to refer to the famous A. Paul Weber though he wasn't a stormtrooper Edited June 25, 2015 by IR 134 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hi, the Heil Stosstrupp seems to be part of a series.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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