drspeck Posted May 4, 2019 Posted May 4, 2019 (edited) Hi all, I've been wanting to share some of Kleinmann's photo's I have for some time but never gotten round to it, until now. The ones I want to share with you are some pre-ww1 photo's and some ww1 photo's. I'd like to start with some nice studio photos. I've actually also just noticed, it looks like the first studio photos are stamped "1901" and "190(2)?". Difficult to see. Up next are some photo's from 1914/1915 from his time in Givet, Belgium. I haven't been able yet to find this door in Givet via Google street view. If anyone knows, please post. Again, somewhere in Givet. Any translation of the names possible? Kleinmann is the one in the back of the car wearing the goggles. On the Engine Hood cover it looks like it says "Mariembourg", which could be correct since Mariembourg and Givet are only a short distance from each other, and Mariembourg happens to have a railway junction. Looks to be again a different building in Givet. Does anyone know what type of car this is? lastly some photos from 1917 of him in his office in Bucharest, Romania, as a Betriebsleiter der Militäreisenbahndirektion Bukarest. I've always liked the classic set up of these offices, so different from modern offices Edited May 4, 2019 by drspeck
laurentius Posted May 4, 2019 Posted May 4, 2019 Dear Drspeck, a lovely group, do my eyes deceive me, or do I see a second ribbon under the EK-ribbon in the last two pictures? I think I can also see 2 little loops for a small ribbonbar. Kind regards, Laurentius
drspeck Posted May 4, 2019 Author Posted May 4, 2019 16 minutes ago, laurentius said: Dear Drspeck, a lovely group, do my eyes deceive me, or do I see a second ribbon under the EK-ribbon in the last two pictures? I think I can also see 2 little loops for a small ribbonbar. Kind regards, Laurentius Hi Laurentius, Thanks for your reply. You are right, I hadn't noticed that before, there are 2 ribbons and loops for a ribbon bar. Here's a closeup. Regards. Peter
Nicolas7507 Posted May 4, 2019 Posted May 4, 2019 (edited) Very interesting photos. Some info about his Career Pre-1933: After studying engineering at the Technical Universities of Berlin and Hanover, he worked in the railway directorates Elberfeld, Strasbourg and Saarbrücken. In the First World War Kleinmann was deployed on the German eastern front; from 1916 on he was the manager of the Military Railway Directorate Bucharest. Edited May 4, 2019 by Nicolas7507
GreyC Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 Hi, though I have difficulties deciphering all, I´ll give you what I can make out so far: 1.) Vati/father Givet 1914 2.) Vati (Hauptmann); Betr[iebs] Ing[enieur] [=operations engineer] ??ampel; ??? Bmstr [Betriebsmeister/head of operations] Hoffmann; Amtsgehilfe [clerk] Betriebsamt Givet 1914/15 (Belgien) 3.) Betriebsamt Givet 1914/15 4.) Dein Schwager Will z.[ur] Z.[eit] Bukarest 1917 5.) Rumänien 1917 GreyC
drspeck Posted May 5, 2019 Author Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, GreyC said: Hi, though I have difficulties deciphering all, I´ll give you what I can make out so far: 1.) Vati/father Givet 1914 2.) Vati (Hauptmann); Betr[iebs] Ing[enieur] [=operations engineer] ??ampel; ??? Bmstr [Betriebsmeister/head of operations] Hoffmann; Amtsgehilfe [clerk] Betriebsamt Givet 1914/15 (Belgien) 3.) Betriebsamt Givet 1914/15 4.) Dein Schwager Will z.[ur] Z.[eit] Bukarest 1917 5.) Rumänien 1917 GreyC Thanks, it clarifies a lot
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