Tony Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Here’s a pair of pretty much complete Robra, DRPa marked gasmask glasses and tin (stamped Schumacher Crefeld) including spare straps and needle and cotton to sew them on. I don’t know where or when I bought them but wouldn’t mind some help regarding the man named inside the lid. It looks like Wilhelm Janssen or Janßen from Krefeld, his street(?) and house number but I've no idea about 2/118. Is 2/118 his unit perhaps? After checking the Verlustlisten I’ve found a couple of names that fit but to different units: 1 - 13/7/15 Wilhelm Janssen III, Krefeld, 2/7 Jaeger died of wounds 2 - 16/8/16 Wilhelm Janssen I, Krefeld, 2/7 Jaeger killed 3 - 19/9/16 Wilhelm Janßen, Krefeld, 1 Garde Regt. zu Fuss, slightly wounded Any ideas about 2/118 inside the lid and the name of the street? Could they be Reichswehr rather than Imperial? Tony Edited July 29, 2016 by Tony Can't spell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIR Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hi Tony, I read: Stadtwall 89. and 2. Kompanie / Inf.-Rgt. 118 . http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/IR_118 Best regards, Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Nice one Jens! I imagine he must have been a later entry into the war as I can't find him in the casualty lists and the contents of his tin are as new. Is there any way of researching him online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 I dug these out again the other day and am just wondering if any other online research possibilities have become available over the past couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) Hello! There was a Johann Wilhelm Janßen in that regiment. But he fell in 1916 and came from Bremen (250km north of Krefeld) http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/3603953 Edited September 24, 2019 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Andy, thanks for taking the time to check. Do you think there's any chance of this being the same man? Not that anything can be proven. I've just been looking at the German Adressbueche and the family name seems to crop up mainly on the North Sea coast area and Ruhr/Rheinland. Anyway, WWI gas mask glasses don't crop up often, so a nice and possibly rare item to have especially as the tin is named. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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