Chris Boonzaier Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hi, A very long shot indeed... I am looking into a man with the comman name "Richard Wolf"... I think he was from Köln, He was an MG officer... born in 1900! But from Photos seens to have been an LT in 1918. Probably badly wounded in the Verdun Area in 1918. Needle in a haystack... but maybe someone knows? Any tips where I should look? Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 OK, some extra info, He was not from Köln, rather he was born, grew up and lived in Leipzig. Parts of the Family moved to Köln after the war. He was born in 1896 and was (it seems) a Lt or Lt d. Res. in 1918. Does anyone have the Saxon Rolls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Which Saxon rolls? Award rolls? The archive in Dresden has the rolls of the Saxon Army, but was he a Saxon officer? Unless they were active Wehrmacht officers, I don't have much information on Saxon junior officers, and there I have not gotten to Wolf. The only Lt. Richard Wolf in the published Albrechtorden rolls was a field artillery officer, Lt.d.R. Richard Wolf of RFAR 23. He also received the Silver St. Henry Medal as a Vfw.d.R.. The other two were an OLt.d.L. commanding Flakzug 403, and a Feldwebelleutnant. But the published rolls are missing a lot of late-war awards. As for machinegunners, there was a Richard Wolf born in Leipzig-Möckern who was wounded in 1915 as a Reservist in the MGK/JB 13 and in 1916 as a Gefreiter in the same company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hi Dave, All that I have on top of the above that he was Saxon through and through... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/61827-guess-the-maker/#entry582926 I am not sure if the pics are any help... he has no ribbons. At first I thought he was cutting it a bit fine... born 1900, Lt in 1918... but as he was actually born in 1896... that gives him a bit more time to have served. By "Rolls" I mean all the esoteric different records the Gnomes use... Do you think he may be the RFAR23 guy? Or is he too young? Maybe the Flakzug 403 has something to do with the MG badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I would think the OLt.d.L. was too old. Possibly not the RFAR 23 officer, either, since he was artillery. Maybe the JB 13 guy, since he was a machinegunner. If he made Lt.d.R. relatively late, he might not have gotten the Albrechtorden until late 1918, if at all. There are no rolls for the Friedrich-August-Medaille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Hi, Of 17 Saxon Divisions the most likely is the 32nd Division, it was the only one at Verdun for a reasonable period in 1918... it was the Div I guessed he may be in... coincidently the JB13 is in the Division..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Seems the JB13 was in a different division by 1918... but it is possible that he may have been transfered within the 32nd division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 As for machinegunners, there was a Richard Wolf born in Leipzig-Möckern who was wounded in 1915 as a Reservist in the MGK/JB 13 and in 1916 as a Gefreiter in the same company. You nailed it.. The relative confirms that he was from Leipzig - Möckern :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 OK, the 13th Saxon Jäger battalion became part of the 7th Saxon Jäger regiment of the 197th infantry Division. They were at Verdun from June-July 1918 in the Ornes Sector. Thats where he must have been wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Chris, i have found a Lt d.R Erich Wolf who served in Reserve Jäger Bataillon Nr. 13. He received the SA3bX, EK and RE3X In the history of the Jäger Bataillon Nr. 13, I have found a Lt d. R Karl Wolf who received SA3bX Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hi, I am guessing the 2nd one, the grandson says his second name was Karl-Theodor.... And that Wolf in Leipzig-Möckern was rather rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 TaDAAAAA! Info from the family... Voller Name: Karl Richard Theodor Wolf geboren am 4. März 1893 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Good news Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Good news Christophe Indeed... it was a lucky break, the seller was going on memory... then got the correct info from his sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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