dante Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Naxos Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Johann Stempel a carpenter from Cologne - he was wounded on July 29, 1915 during the fighting crossing the River Weichsel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 He was wounded again in 1916 by a rifle bullet. Are there any other entries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Many thanks gentlemen, no nothing else in the pass....very interesting information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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