Bernhard H.Holst Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Hello. Here are a few items just added to my collection. Letter to father of Johannes Mueller by commander of M.G.Scharfschuetzen Abteilung 4 in which he is asked to forward the enclosed Iron Cross II. class and document because present address is unknown to the unit. The father is requested to acknowledge receipt by return mail. The group picture has an inscription in back which says" My brother Hans ( short for Johannes) in the first World War". A date of December 1917 with locale of Altkirch-Walheim Haugnest are given. The fellow with x-mark must be the one. They look business like. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Hello Bernhard! MG-Ss-Abtl. 4 was set-up oct.,1st.1916 by AOK 4 under command of the 4th army It constisted of MG-Ss-Trupps 33, 38, 36. Edited June 21, 2014 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Hello Bernhard! MG-Ss-Abtl. 4 was set-up oct.,1st.1916 by AOK 4 under command of the 4th army It constisted of MG-Ss-Trupps 33, 36, 38. Hello Andy. Thank you for the information. The E.K. document states that he belonged to the 3rd Company. Was a company then part of a Trupp? It always seemed to me that a trupp was smaller than a company. Can you enlighten me? Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Hello Bernhard! I read 2nd comp., but , anyway the infos that I have is, that those Trupps were treated like companies, so the "2nd company" is right and wrong... We´ve seen, that the Trupps were the Trupps 33, 38 and 36. , so the 2nd company should be Trupp 38. Maybe one wrote "company", because those three Trupps did wear the shoulder-strap-buttons and the Troddeln of 1.-3. company (since august 1916). So, Johannes Müller should have had a shoulder-strap with a "4", shoulder-straps-buttons with a "2", and Troddeln of the 2nd comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Hello Bernhard! I read 2nd comp., but , anyway the infos that I have is, that those Trupps were treated like companies, so the "2nd company" is right and wrong... We´ve seen, that the Trupps were the Trupps 33, 38 and 36. , so the 2nd company should be Trupp 38. Maybe one wrote "company", because those three Trupps did wear the shoulder-strap-buttons and the Troddeln of 1.-3. company (since august 1916). So, Johannes Müller should have had a shoulder-strap with a "4", shoulder-straps-buttons with a "2", and Troddeln of the 2nd comp. Hello Andy. You are right re. company number is indeed 2. Thanks for the further information. Bernhard H. Holst Edited June 21, 2014 by Bernhard H.Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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