Chris Boonzaier Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Deyr fé,deyja frændr,deyr sjálfr et sama;ek veit einn,at aldri deyr:dómr um dauðan hvern. Possesions diekinsmen dieyou yourself die;I know one thingwhich never dies:the judgment of a dead man's life. DU STIRBST – BESITZ STIRBTDIE SIPPEN STERBEN.EINZIG LEBT – WIR WISSEN ES –DER TOTEN TATENRUHM. Translations all vary slightly....... Edited August 14, 2015 by Chris Boonzaier
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 14, 2015 Author Posted August 14, 2015 The guy made a big effort to keep his stuff together for future generations..... He seems to have worked as a Railway inspector between the wars...
IrishGunner Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Your favorite? 'Cause with no Bavarian... must be because of the note on the box
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 14, 2015 Author Posted August 14, 2015 Your favorite? 'Cause with no Bavarian... must be because of the note on the boxAhh... sorry,I meant to type "favourite Non Bavarian Bar" !
Beau Newman Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Unusual to see the Wurtt. Cross between the 2 Baden awards. There's probably a good story there. Definitely a senior NCO.
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 14, 2015 Author Posted August 14, 2015 Dave dug the date of the Württemberg award out for me.... Georg Jockers, württ. Verdienstkreuz on 20.12.1916 as a Feldwebel., 1.MGK/IR 126. (a Württemnerg Unit)I am tending to think he started the war in a baden unit.... Leib Grenadier Regt 109.... Kork is a small town, The Verlustliste have 2 Georg Jockers from there listed, but it is a great leap of the imagination..... a Private in Leib Gren 109 wounded in late 1915, and a Vizefeldwebel injured in IR 126 in Late 1916.... However, it is possible that he was in the IR126 all the time, but he WAS a Badener by birth, his hometown listed as Kork.
dedehansen Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Hello Chris,I think he got his Baden awards because the8.Württembergisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 126 Großherzog Friedrich von Badenhad Friedrich II. Großherzog von Baden as chief.Kind regardsAndreas
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 14, 2015 Author Posted August 14, 2015 Hi Andreas, Duh! I missed that one, thanks, I shoulda thought of that.Combine the fact that Großherzog Friedrich was chief, and Jockers was from baden, and you have it in a nutshell.I am working on getting the rest of the group, if it is still there...
Beau Newman Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 The Baden Long Service Cross would seem to show that he spent some time in a Baden unit pre-war.
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 14, 2015 Author Posted August 14, 2015 So to recap... the small Gold Baden Verdienst Medal with Karl Friedrich Ribbon, 395 awardsWürttemberg Verdienstcross with swords, 2284 awards...For me quite a bit better than a knights cross ;-)
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 I am guessing this is him....Name:Georg JockersGender:MaleMarital Status:WidowedAge:79Birth Date:10 Mai 1877 (10 May 1877)Death Date:30 Jun 1956Burial Date:3 Jul 1956Burial Place:Baden, GermanySpouse:Marie Baas FHL Film Number:1189651
chuck Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 silly question,Why would the owner place a wurttemberg medal between two Baden medals?Does wurrtemberg have a strange orders precedence?chuck
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 15, 2015 Author Posted August 15, 2015 Good question, it is listed in that order in his papers.... He must have been really old when he made the list, he was a service medal 1st and 2nd class listed, but the treuedienst cross on the bar....
dedehansen Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 I think that he meant:Baden Dienstauszeichnung 1. KlasseTreuedienstehrenzeichen 2. KlasseRegardsAndreas
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 17, 2015 Author Posted August 17, 2015 The Full info from Dave so far... "Georg Jockers, württ. Verdienstkreuz on 20.12.1916 as a Feldwebel., 1.MGK/IR 126.Also, there was a Sgt.-Fahnenschmied Jockers in IR 126 who got the Baden Silver Merit Medal on the Karl-Friedrich ribbon in March 1915. Presumably the same guy." I am guessing he will be pretty elusive, have ordered the Regt History which should arrive this week.
Dave Danner Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Unfortunately, the Kriegstammrollen for IR 126 are among those that the Stuttgart archives have not yet digitized. That would probably answer a lot of questions.
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 17, 2015 Author Posted August 17, 2015 Thats the Murphys law of research ;-)
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 I was happy to find this postcard of Machine Gunners from the regiment....
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 Here you go.... all framed up....
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