Help with Pionier Militarpass

[dante]

Nice pass to Pionier Stempel, Pionier Batailon 5......awarded the Iron Cross 24/5/1915 and the Austrian

Silbernes Verdienst Kreuz am Bande der Tapferkeitsmedaille,

Welcome your thoughts......thanks, Paul

[dante]

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[Naxos]

Johann Stempel a carpenter from Cologne - he was wounded on July 29, 1915 during the fighting crossing the River Weichsel

[Guest Rick Research]

The Austrian award is unusual for two reasons: normally given for technical support sort of activity--I'd have expected him to get a Bravery Medal, and usually only given to NCOs, not privates.

That last scan above the big carrot colored crayon line-- "Seit 9.11.1918 in Jumet bei Charleroi vermißt"

Was that his end--so close to the war's end--or did he come back from POW camp?

[Bernhard H.Holst]

The Austrian award is unusual for two reasons: normally given for technical support sort of activity--I'd have expected him to get a Bravery Medal, and usually only given to NCOs, not privates.

That last scan above the big carrot colored crayon line-- "Seit 9.11.1918 in Jumet bei Charleroi vermißt"

Was that his end--so close to the war's end--or did he come back from POW camp?

Hello. The German Volksbund contains no information which could be him.

A Uffz.Johann Stempel is listed with DoD 1 Apr.1919, buried in Cologne is unlikely to be him. Prisoner and released after the war?

Bernhard H. Holst

[Naxos]

He was wounded again in 1916 by a rifle bullet.

Are there any other entries?

[dante]

Many thanks gentlemen, no nothing else in the pass....very interesting information