EK 1914 EKII document help for Minenwerfer & Eisenbahn Komp

[Tony]

Today I came across some Iron Cross paperwork I thought I’d put away in a secret place never to be found again but luckily my searching skills are far better than my memory.

The first one is for Pionier Pook of Minenwerfer Komp. 50.

As the award certificate is dated 3/8/17 im Felde does it mean that that's the date he did his deed to receive the EKII or is it just the date of receipt?

Does anyone know where Pioneer Ernst Pook and his crew may have been in July/August 1917?

He also received a wound badge in black but without his Soldbuch I’ll probably never know where or when he was wounded.

Tony

[Tony]

Here’s the second one, awarded to Otto Hahndorf of Eisenbahn Bau Komp. 40 for something he did at Verdun.

Any idea where they were in the Verdun area?

I also have Otto’s vorlaeufige Ausweis, certificate for a wound badge in black and Hindenburg cross certificate. The vorlaeufige Ausweis mentions the date 2/5/16 but is signed by the Komp. Fuehrer and dated Sofia 14/5/16.

I’m assuming whatever he did was done on 2/5/16 as per the date of the vorlaeufige Ausweis so, what might he have done, were they used as fighting troops or laying railway lines for supplies?

Sofia isn’t that close to Verdun so unless he was attached to another unit I’m confused.

Tony

[Chris Boonzaier]

Today I came across some Iron Cross paperwork I thought I’d put away in a secret place never to be found again but luckily my searching skills are far better than my memory.

The first one is for Pionier Pook of Minenwerfer Komp. 50.

As the award certificate is dated 3/8/17 im Felde does it mean that that's the date he did his deed to receive the EKII or is it just the date of receipt?

Does anyone know where Pioneer Ernst Pook and his crew may have been in July/August 1917?

He also received a wound badge in black but without his Soldbuch I’ll probably never know where or when he was wounded.

Tony

Hi,

approved by the 50th Infantry Division August 1917.... i imagine you want to check where the 50th ID was in June-July ;-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

The 2nd one is very hard to make out... what are the other dates? I see 3 on the doc, but very hard to read....

[Tony]

Hi,

approved by the 50th Infantry Division August 1917.... i imagine you want to check where the 50th ID was in June-July ;-)

Yes please, if you know.

I'm sort of thinking Flanders what with Messines and Passchendaele but you can win an award for doing a daring deed during normal trench duties/raids etc.

[Tony]

The 2nd one is very hard to make out... what are the other dates? I see 3 on the doc, but very hard to read....

Here you go:

Auf Befehl Sr. Kaiserlichen und Koeniglichen Hoheit des Kronprinzen ist dem .......

unterm 2.5.1916 das Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse verliehen, worueber gemaess Verfuegung des Kommandeurs der Eisenbahn Truppen bei der 5. Armee Io Nr. 4332 vom 7.5.16 dieser vorlaeufige Ausweis ausgestellt wird.

Sofia den 14.5.16