Mike Dwyer Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Absolutely fantastic! I enjoy nothing more than seeing family collections like this. I know it would make collecting difficult, but I wish every family loved their ancestors enough to have kept all the things like this.
webr55 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 Thanks for your comments!Still waiting for an answer. Hint: It is right there in the last two documents!
Pete A Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 All right then, I'll take a stab in the dark.. It's that Kallwehlen? It was in Memelland, today known as Kalveliai in Lithuania.Pete
webr55 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 All right then, I'll take a stab in the dark.. It's that Kallwehlen? It was in Memelland, today known as Kalveliai in Lithuania.PeteYou got it Pete! Ludwig lived in the Memel District. During the Allied occupation right after WW1, he could still be promoted by the Germans there in 1921, as the first doc shows. But after the Lithuanian occupation in 1923, no further awards could be issued until the return of the Memelland in March 1939. That's why it took Ludwig until December 1940 to get his Hindenburg. Does anyone else have a Hindenburg doc this late?
webr55 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 Also, if I'm not completely mistaken, Ludwig - as an officer - would have been eligible for the Landwehr DA 1st cl (XX). Could anyone confirm this?In that case, he probably couldn't receive it, being in Memelland. There is no evidence he got it.
webr55 Posted March 10, 2006 Author Posted March 10, 2006 Is this correct? Did former reserve NCOs who ultimately made officer get the XX after the war?
webr55 Posted March 11, 2006 Author Posted March 11, 2006 Any ideas about the presumed "Offizier-Stellvertreter" uniform in post #7?
Guest Rick Research Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 I cannot SEE the scans on page 1-- apparently this is a file size/dpi/???? "issue" however you scanned them and they do not download, just sit there at "18 processing" with the tops of only some of them showing at all, no change in 10 minutes of waiting. THIS page takes forever to download but does eventually come through-- and I notice things like your EK2 taking 60+ KB space that would be about 10 KB if I scanned it that way and size. (Black backgrounds do NOT help-- they EAT KB UP while producing no positive benefit for clarity, just look like walking into a dark room with no lights on.)So... couldn't say. Can't SEE too many ? too large KB sized scans. What SETTINGS are you using for your scans? My computer is old and slow (like me) but it is THIS thread that causes me problems, not other ones.Regarding the XX-- I do not believe any officer who was not a dR/dL officer BEFORE the war was even considered. I have never seen any such award to a wartime ex-NCO.
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) By popular request , here are the scans in smaller size: #1: Ludwig in Grenadier-Regiment 3, Königsberg. Probably before 1900. It seems he is Gefreiter here. Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #2: Ludwig as One-Year-Volunteer - Unteroffizier Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #3: Ludwig enters Landwehr in 1913, probably (?) as Vizefeldwebel der Reserve: Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #4: Close-up of Ludwig. Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #5: In WW1, Ludwig served in Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 4. Apparently, hestarted as Offizier-Stellvertreter. This is his "Verwundetenkarte" from 1914, where his rank is given as "Offz. St.". The original writing was "Feldwebelleut", but this has been crossed out. Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #6: L. with his brother who apparently served in army postal service (?). Ludwig with NCO Tresse - does that denote an Offizier-Stellvertreter? Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #7: Closeup Ludwig Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #8: Closeup brother Franz: Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #9: This is the "official" picture of L.'s EK2 award. No NCO Tresse here, so Leutnant (?). Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #10: EK2 doc as Leutnant der Landwehr. What's the signature of the regimental cdr., something like Oberstleutnant Kniesing? Kirnsing? Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #11: BWB doc. Signature Oberst...? Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #12: Char as Olt. 1921 Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
webr55 Posted March 12, 2006 Author Posted March 12, 2006 (edited) #13: And the exceptionally late (Memelland!) Hindenburg doc. Edited November 11, 2017 by webr55
Glenn J Posted May 16, 2006 Posted May 16, 2006 I managed to find the promotion date of Ludwig Weszkalnies to Leutnant d.L. Vizefeldwebel Weszkalnies of Landwehrbezirk Tilsit was commissioned as a Leutnant der Landwehr Infanterie 1. Aufgebots into Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 4 on the 1st of February 1915.RegardsGlenn
webr55 Posted May 16, 2006 Author Posted May 16, 2006 I managed to find the promotion date of Ludwig Weszkalnies to Leutnant d.L. Vizefeldwebel Weszkalnies of Landwehrbezirk Tilsit was commissioned as a Leutnant der Landwehr Infanterie 1. Aufgebots into Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 4 on the 1st of February 1915.RegardsGlennWOW! Excellent work! I don't have that date, where on earth did you find that? Chris
Glenn J Posted May 16, 2006 Posted May 16, 2006 Hi Chris,the promotion was gazetted in the February 1915 edition 37/38 of the Milit?r-Wochenblatt. Three Vizefeldwebel were commisioned with seniority as Leutnants der Landwehr I in L.I.R. Nr. 4 on the same day:Vizefeldwebel GaedeVizefeldwebel KunzeVizefeldwebel Weszkalnies RegardsGlenn
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