Dr. phil. Eugen Gantter

[Giannis S.]

 

Dr. phil. Eugen Gantter (1848-1931) was born in Stuttgart on 11 January 1848, died at the age of 83 on 15 April 1931 in Frankfurt am Main. 

 

His 1908/9 German Orders Almanac entry calls him a Schriftsteller (writer) and shows as of that date, as a k.w. Hauptmann d.R. a.D. He lived in Frankfurt am Main (Böhmerstrasse 58) 

 

He was a writer, a teacher and a journalist. In March 1870, he received his doctorate in philosophy. He wrote on stenography and gave many lectures on this. He published a manual of stenography (Handbuch der deutschen Einheitskurzschrift). He also wrote poems and songtexts ("Volkstuemliche Lieder"), even a stenographer's song (Liederbuch für Kurzschreiber). 

 

During the German-French War, he joined the Grenadier Regiment "Queen Olga" (1st Württemberg Regiment) No. 119. After his military service, he worked for the Schwäbischer Merkur

 

Medal Bar: 

1. Württemberg Friedrich Order-Knight 1st Class 

2. Württemberg 1911 Jubilee Medal (2,020 struck) 

3. Prussian Red Eagle Order 4th Class 

4. 1870 War Medal 

5. Württemberg XX Years Reserve-Landwehr Cross 

6. 1897 Wilhelm I Centenary Medal 

 

Button hole: 

1. Württemberg Crown Order 

2. Hessian War Effort Medal (perhaps) 

 

 

Ref:  

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Gantter   

https://dewiki.de/Lexikon/Eugen_Gantter   

https://www.teubo.de/history/0244.htm 

 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier-Regiment_„Königin_Olga“_(1._Württembergisches)_Nr._119   

 

Credit: originally researched by Rick Lundstrom, webr55 and Daniel Krause.

Edited November 9, 2023 by Giannis S.

[Stogieman]

Nice picture and research 

[Dave Danner]

From the Württ. Militär-Verordnungsblatt:

 

10.11.1916 Charakter als Major der Reserve a.D., z.Zt. bei der Militärischen Postüberwachungsstelle des XVIII. Armeekorps
25.02.1917 Erlaubnis zum Tragen der Uniform der Reserveoffiziere des GR 119
 

20.12.1916 Wilhelmskreuz mit Schwertern

[Giannis S.]

Thank you both!