dante Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Here is a small group, welcome your thoughts, also any help with signatures and which (if correct) unit he won the EK1 with, as ever many thanks, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostprussenmann_new Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Interesting. Most Gefreiters did not earn the EKI. The only other one that I can think of was Adolf Hitler with the List Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Very nice indeed... and as Ostpreussenmann says, rare to a gefreiter. I have maybe only 8-10 docs to such "lowly" ranks. Bavarian EK1s to lower ranks are scarcer than Prussian as Bavarian units had other awards they could give out instead of the EK1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Very rare to a Gefreiter... Note the date... A consolation prize/ disbandment award? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Ha...love to find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The EK2 document is signed by Maximilian v. Zwehl (1863-1918), killed in action as commander of the 8. Infanterie-Brigade. The signature on the EK1 document looks like "Fuchs". Wegner's Stellenbesetzung does not have a complete list of IR 167 commanders, but if it is Fuchs, it is probably Adolf Fuchs from FR 36 (Oberst on 22.3.18). Metzler was wounded in late 1918 with 11./RIR 83, and RIR 83's Ersatz-Bataillon had already been disbanded, so that probably explains why IR 167 issued the EK1 document. This was his second wound. He had been severely wounded in April 1915 as a Musketier, also in 11./RIR 83. His hometown of Wörrstadt is in Rheinhessen, so there's a chance he also had the Hessen Tapferkeitsmedaille. Twice wounded, once severely, and several years in the field or in a Lazarett. I'd say he probably earned his EKs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Cheers Dave, really appreciate this information, best regards, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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