Chris Boonzaier Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I like this one :-) Unfortunately not possible to say if he was part of one othe Gebirgs MG Abteilungen und from one of the Jäger Battalons.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi Chris! That´s hard to say... The MG-Ss-Abt. were under command of the OHL and were detached to the different divisions, corps or armies. The MG-Ss-Abt.24 was the only MG-Ss-Abt, that was attached directliy the Alpencorps from 12.2.18-23.9.18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi, indeed, but there were various Gebirgs MG Abteilungen who were part of the alpenkorps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) Yes. But did they wear the Sniperbadge??? Edited April 13, 2017 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 6 hours ago, The Prussian said: Yes. But did they wear the Sniperbadge??? Good question.... many people say only MGSSA members did, but I have a couple of Photos somewhere of the Machine Gun Company in a bavarian Reserve Inf Regt and many of the guys are wearing the badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Maybe they recieved the badges before they came to the other unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 It is possible. I often wonder if what we usually accept as the purpose of the badge (Members of a MGSSA) was not ignored by certain units and men in some Regiments wore them as long as they had qualified as a machine gunner in one of the machine gun schools (Hammelburg, Beverloo etc) as opposed to unqualified guys carrying ammunition etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Sometimes the stamp on the postcard could help. The MG-Scharfschützen-Trupps 1-200 were formed since january 1916. Non-prussia were: bavarian: 41-446, 87-90, 135-138, 187-193 saxon: 91, 92, 139, 140, 194-197 württ.: 93, 94, 141, 142, 198-200 These Trupps formed since september 1916 the MG-Ss-Abteilungen (3 Trupps = 1 Abteilung) 1-49, 50-52 (saxon), 53-54 (württ.), 55-75, 76 (saxon), 77 (württ.), 78-79, bavarian 1-4 Since february 1916 the Trupps wore the infantry uniform with shoulderstraps with their Trupp-number and a Troddel of a 1st company. Since august 1916 they had their Abteilungs-number and Troddeln of 1.-3. company Also, NCOs and enlisted men recieved the MG-Ss-badge. This badge might have been worn only during the war. Officers recieved the badge since august 1917. The Geb.MG-Abt. were formed in may 1915 (201-210 for the Alpenkorps), since august 1915 N° 211-255, since november 1918 N° 260-264. Those last Abteilungen were built from other Abteilungen. (3 old Abt. = 1 new Abt.). Here I´ve got an interesting photo with an MG-Ss-badge. Because of the tunic it could be a post-war photo. Until now I couldn´t explain the shoulder strap. A crown with a gothic L. These shoulder straps were worn by Inf.Rgt.47 and bav.Inf.Rgt.10. But only officers had metal letters. The Litzen seem to be early Reichswehr. Probably it´s a Freikors unit. Any ideas??? Edited April 14, 2017 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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