Chris Boonzaier Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 This is Wihelm Malzan (or so I read it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 And this may clear up what Regiment he is in.... Does anyone have an Idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) Hello Chris. So do I read the name: Malzan. But the regiment ??? Bernhard H. Holst Edited October 2, 2013 by Bernhard H.Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Hi, The Card was sent with the stamp of "Oberkommando der 9. Armee" in Feb 1915.... only possibility of getting the regt will be from the boards i think.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Oh ye of little faith... Malzan, Wilhelm • born 10.12.1883 in Darmstadt • Dr. phil. (Diss. 11.6.08 Univ. Gießen) • 18.12.12 Lt.d.R. (Gießen), Inf.-Regt. Kaiser Wilhelm (2. Großherzogl. Hess.) Nr. 116 Wounded in 1914 with 3./IR 116. The ribbon below the EK2 is undoubtedly the Hessen Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen "Für Tapferkeit". There were two other Malzans commissioned as Lts.d.R. of IR 116, one in 1915 and one in 1916. One was Friedrich Malzan, also born in Darmstadt, and killed at Verdun in August 1917 with RIR 118. The other was Karl Malzan, born 22 August 1886 in Darmsadt, who received his Dr. jur. from Gießen in 1919 and was a Ministerialrat in the Reichsjustizministerium in the Third Reich. They were possibly brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 That IS cool, the 116 is reasonably "local" to my german abode. Thanks Dave :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) Hello friends. The 9th army in feb.15 was involved in the battle of Rawka-Bzura (dec.14-july 15) The IR116 was at the Somme with the 25.Inf.Div. The RIR 118 was with the 25.Res.Div. ( Korps Fabeck) at the Bzura (9th army). At end of february it was engaged in the Carpathians. Edited October 2, 2013 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Hello friends. The 9th army in feb.15 was involved in the battle of Rawka-Bzura (dec.14-july 15) The IR116 was at the Somme with the 25.Inf.Div. The RIR 118 was with the 25.Res.Div. ( Korps Fabeck) at the Bzura (9th army). At end of february it was engaged in the Carpathians. I also can read "Lodz"! I attached a map from febr. 7th, 1915. And where was the staff of the 9th army? Lodz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Hi, we have him wounded with the 116 in 1914... but no 116 after that.... It seems he was posted to the 9th Army HQ? A different front, but have a few groups to guys who switched fronts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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