EK 1914 Very young EK1 recipient

[Chris Boonzaier]

Photo taken in Mainz,

Pretty young looking recipient! Scarce for a Gefreiter

[Chris Boonzaier]

Does anyone have any other extremely young recipient Photos?

[Ulsterman]

Ah ha! I wondered who bid against me.....

[The Prussian]

Nice picture!

Does he wear a hessian cocarde?

But I can´t recognize a hessian buckle...

To me he wears a red-white-red cocarde and white shoulder board-pipings (I., II., IX, X.AK) , so he served with the Inf.Rgt. 75 Bremen. (17.Inf.Div.)

Because the regiment was in a quiete sector near Bailly/St. Mard since october 1914, he could have earned the EKI before at the Marne. Because he wears the 07/10 tunic, I assume, the picture was taken before 1915.

Because he is almost Gefreiter, he should have fought a few weeks after mobilization.

Possible battles at the Marne in september:

6: Châttilon s/Morin

7,8: Esternay-Courgivaux

16-21: Tracy le Mont

Maybe he was wounded at was sent to a hospital near Mainz

Edited December 31, 2013 by The Prussian

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

the hospital in mainz may be likely. However, there are plenty of late war photos of men still wearing 07/10 tunics, I dont think we can date it from that.

Best

Chris

[The Prussian]

I´m not sure. You´re right, that plenty of units did wear ther 07/10 late, but mostly infantry units in combat zones did rfecieve the simplified or the M15 quiet quickly.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

my 07/10 is close to mint, the owner was killed in 1915 and he had sneaked it home presumably ;-)

I think we have to take into account reissuing, recycling etc. etc... I am sure they got less and less pretty rapidly, but not a "flick of the switch" change...

Best

Chris :-)

[KIR]

Hi,

first picture: (Gustav Hans) Günther P a u l u s (* 17. Okt. 1898 in Rawitsch/Posen)

Begann als Kadett und trat am 10. Aug. 1914 zum Königs-Inf.-Regt. Nr.145, mehrere Gefechte als

Fähnrich an der Westfront, erhielt am 1. Sept. 1914 bei Dannevoux ein schweren Schulterschuß und

erhielt Mitte September als jüngster Soldat (16 Jahre alt) das Eiserne-Kreuz II. Klasse.

Die schwere Verwundung hatte die fast völlige Lähmung seines linken Armes zur Folge, infolgedessen

konnte seinem Wunsch, später wieder in die vorderste Front zu kommen, nicht Folge gegeben werden.

Nachdem er sehr rasch Leutnant wurde, fand er anschliessend bei verschiedene Stäben Stellungen (EKI).

Nach der Demobilmachung ging er zum Freikorps und machte als Kompanieführer bei Kämpfe gegen die

Bolschewiken und Littauer mit (Deutsche Schutzdivision (31.ID auch Division von der Lippe)).

März 1920 nahm er seinen Abschied und wurde Bankbeamter in Braunschweig.

And the second picture I also found in the net - unfortunately I can't rember where.

Best regards,

Jens