Jäger Death Plaque

[Chris Boonzaier]

I assume this is a local Church thing.... I am guessing he was badly wounded at Verdun with the 7th Reserve Division and died in Hospital in the weeks that folowed.... nice bronte plaque that had prongs on it, so it must have been mounted somewhere.....

[paul wood]

Interesting never seen one before.

Paul

[Tony]

Is it the sort of thing you might find attached to a picture frame?

[dante]

Wooden grave marker plaque, until a more permanent stone is in place?

[The Prussian]

Res.Jg.Btl.4 belonged to 7th Inf.Div.

Engaged 1916:

Sind june 1 Verdun (Bois de la Caillette and Bois de Vaux)

Since july 1 Argonne (Ville sur Tourbe)

His heavy wound was first published july 19, so we don´t know, if he was wounded in Verdun or almost in the Argonne sector.

http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/4090616

Edited July 25, 2016 by The Prussian

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi, the Argonne is of course also possible, the 4th Komp lost a number of men on the 3.7.16,

The 251 divisions says they went to the Argonne "about" the 1st of July, so it is difficult to pinpoint. Usually Units leaving Verdun were sent to quieter zones to recover and resupply.

I wish I had the history of the battalion!

Best

Chris

[Dave Danner]

Here is the Gefechtskalender for 1916 from the battalion history:

[Dave Danner]

Here is a table with award numbers.  The large number of Reuß awards is because Heinrich XXVII Fürst Reuß j.L. was Chef of the parent JB 4.  Anhalt, Sachsen-Altenburg and part of Braunschweig were in the IV.Armeekorps area, so those awards are mostly to native sons, as are likely most of the other smaller numbers of state awards.

[Chris Boonzaier]

That is interesting, muchos Grazias!. i have just seen I have two EK2 docs to the Battalion, makes it all the more interesting to research them!!