Regiment "Graf Barfuss "

[Chris Boonzaier]

A young officer from the 17th Infantry Regiment...

[Naxos]

Leutnant d.R. Otto Mayer or Maya - October 5, 1916

Edited October 12, 2013 by Naxos

[Dave Danner]

There was a Lt.d.R. Otto Mayer who was wounded in May 1917. He was born on 12 January 1892 in Straßburg in Elsaß. I can't say for certain if it is him, since 1917 casualty lists don't include units, but he's the only officer with that name I came across. Oddly, I would never have thought of "Otto Mayer" as a regional name, but around two-thirds of them in the casualty lists were Württembergers, and many of the rest were also south Germans - mostly Badeners and Bavarians.

The second ribbon is likely the Hessen General Honor Decoration "For Bravery", since Ernst Ludwig Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein was the Inhaber of IR 17.

[Chris Boonzaier]

O would also have thought it was a non regional name.. I wonder how the Meyer/Mayer/Meier variations got their "regions" ?

[Naxos]

O would also have thought it was a non regional name.. I wonder how the Meyer/Mayer/Meier variations got their "regions" ?

... don't forget Maier

[Dave Danner]

Meyer:

Meier:

Mayer:

Maier:

[dond]

Did someone say Barfuss?

[Naxos]

barfuss?

Very nice bar, Don