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    Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 5 (Thorn, Westpreussen)


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    Dear Friends,
    I need all informations about Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 5 (Thorn, Landwehr Inspektion Graudenz, Westpreussen). Its very hard to find anything. I need something about a history (Tannenberg battle especially), uniforms, photos, staff, etc.
    Apart this I will reenact a oberleutnant of this regiment (August 1914) and I need a little bit of help. My first question is IO Degen field hanger (not parade). I have no informations about it. Could you help me? .
    Best regards,
    Piotr M. Rudnicki
    Poland

    P.s.
    Nice Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 5 soldiers photo you find http://www.flickr.com/photos/35636458@N ... 380259305/
    Monument of the death soldiers of the Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 5 in Mielno (Muhlen) of which I have care http://www.rowery.olsztyn.pl/wiki/miejs ... kie/mielno

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    Piotr,

    As far as I know, LIR 5 was part of 11 Landwehr Division. It seems that (based on Ruhmeshalle...) this 11 LD was not involved in Tannenberg battle at all. The first battle on the eastern front was Winterschlacht in Masuren, from 7 to 22 February 1915. After that engagement they were involved in battles at Lomza/Osowiec and Bialystok.

    You can find more information on-line, here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/11._Landwehr-Division_%28Deutsches_Kaiserreich%29

    Wish you luck with your reenacting.

    Marcin

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    Sorry Marcin,

    A zresztą chyba możemy pisać po polsku. Poniżej orde battaile 8 armii - sierpień 1914:

    70. Landwehr-Brigade
    6 Bataillone, 6 Schwadrone, 2 Batterien (12 Geschütze)
    Kommandeur: Generalmajor Breithaupt

    • Landwehr-Infanterieregiment 5: Oberstleutnant Zimmer
      Landwehr-Infanterieregiment 18: Oberstleutnant von Wedel
    • Zugeteilt von der Festung Graudenz:
      1 Festungs-Maschinengewehrabteilung
      1 Ersatz-Maschinengewehrkompagnie
    • 5 Landwehr- und 1 Landsturm-Schwadron vom XVII. und XX. Armeekorps: Rittmeister Dahms
    • 2 Landsturm-Batterien vom XVII. Armeekorps

    Zresztą nie chce mi się o tym dyskutować, a więc krótko:

    Landwehr-Infanterieregiment 5 sformowano w początkach sierpnia 1914 r. w Toruniu (Landwehr Inspektion Graudenz, oczywiście głównie w oparciu o Landwehr Bezierk Thorn), ale oficerowie byli z różnych jednostek, np. sam d-ca z Grenediereregiment 5 (Danzig), a znani mi d-cy wszystkich 3 batalionów z Infanteieregiment 128), itd, itd. Poniżej znajdziesz np. kamień nagrobny z cmentarzyka regiment z okresu bitwy pod Tannenbergiem, którym zresztą się trochę opiekuję latem, itd, itd. Jeśli wiesz coś ciekawego o LIR 5, to napisz...

    http://www.rowery.olsztyn.pl/wiki/miejsca/1914/warminsko-mazurskie/mielno

    Pozdrawiam, Piotr

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