Landwehr Leutnant

[Ian]

Attached is a picture postcard (taken in 1915) of a Landwehr Leutnant in dress uniform.

His signature is bottom right, would some one be kind enough to have go at his name please.

Regards,

Ian

[The Prussian]

Hello Ian!
Unfortunately I can´t read the name, but I can help with the unit.

Because he wears two Edelweiß (one at the Kappe and one at the collar), it is one of the three Tiroler Landesschützen-Regiments of the XIV.AK.

1.Regiment Trient

2.Regiment Bozen

3.Regiment Innichen

 

[Ian]

Andy,

Outstanding information...thank you.

I now have a much narrower base to search.

Regards,

Ian

 

[The Prussian]

It´s quite easy and complicated, Ian...

There were two different kinds of Edelweiß.

1) with a stalk

2) without a stalk

The one with the stalk was worn at the collar from the following units:

Those three Landesschützen from Tyrol AND Landwehr-Inf.Rgt. Klagenfurt N°4 and since 1911 the Landwehr-Inf.Rgt. Laibach N°27.

 

In august 1914 the stalkless Edelweiß was intruduced.

This one was worn at the Kappe from all troops of the XIV.Korps in Innsbruck.

 

Summary (since 1914):

Only a single Stalkless Edelweiß at the Kappe: XIV.Korps Innsbruck

Only a single Stalked Edelweiß at the collar: Landwehr-Inf.Rgt. 4 and 27 (since 1917 they were called Gebirgsschützen-Regimenter 1 and 2) of the III.Korps Graz

Both Edelweiß: Tiroler Landesschützen (since 1917 named: Kaiserschützen)

 

Note: The second photo shows a stalked Edelweiß at the Kappe. That was initially wroing, but it has been tolerated durng the war.

I added a few stalked Edelweiß (metal left and metal right and cloth)

Edited September 8, 2015 by The Prussian

[Ian]

Andy,

Thank you for the explanation.  I do get confused by who wore what Edelweiß.

I have had another look at my Leutnant under a magnifying glass and whilst it is far from clear, his buttons do have either II or III (definitely not a I), so this narrows it a bit more.

I assume he is wearing an STM 1 klasse and a STM 2 klasse and not a STM 1 klasse and a bronze TM?

 

Regards from Australia,

Ian

Edited September 8, 2015 by Ian

[The Prussian]

So, probably it is the 2nd or 3rd regiment. Unfortunately I don´t know much about the medals.

Here is a nice website for austrian units

http://www.mlorenz.at/

look for "Landwehr-Gebirgstruppen"

 

 

 

Here is a link to a k.u.k. Landwehr ranklist from 1916!!!!!

But it´s not online, maybe you have to order it

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000678645

Here is a ranklist from 1906

http://www.archive.org/stream/schematismusder05landgoog#page/n4/mode/2up

The 1916 seems to be here, but I have problems to open it

http://kramerius.nkp.cz/kramerius/PShowVolume.do;jsessionid=42B65FC42D63B131C0C87851C004812F?it=&id=15621

Another interesting link:

http://www.familia-austria.at/index.php/forschung-und-service/netzrecherche/132-beitraege/565-militaer

About the troops in Tyrol:

http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/VeroeffFerd_40_0059-0209.pdf

Edited September 8, 2015 by The Prussian

[Ian]

I have been lucky enough to identify the mystery Leutnant.  It is Oberleutnant (1 Nov 17) Dr. Jr  Friedrich KARGL from                  k.k. Landesschützenregiment 'Innichen' Nr. III.

Thanks to Andy for putting me on the right path.