Lt. Meyer, Magdeburgisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 4

[Giannis S.]

 

Lt. Meyer of Magdeburgisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 4, commissioned on September 17, 1906.

In this photo he is wearing the pre-war pioneer uniform. He survived the war and was demobilized as a Hauptman aD.  

 

Medal Bar:

1. Prussian Crown Order 4th class

2. Saxe-Weimar Order of White Falcon, Knights Cross 2nd class

 

Edited December 16, 2023 by Giannis S.

[Stogieman]

Beautiful photo, unusual combination. Nice! Thanks for sharing. You don’t see many photos of a White Falcon being worn!

[Glenn J]

A first name for you: Georg. he was awarded the Crown order fourth class on 1 April 1909. I assume it was for his participation in helping in the aftermath of the serious Elbe flooding in 1908.

 

Regards

Glenn

[Giannis S.]

7 hours ago, Stogieman said:

Beautiful photo, unusual combination. Nice! Thanks for sharing. You don’t see many photos of a White Falcon being worn!

 

Thank you Rick!

 

46 minutes ago, Glenn J said:

A first name for you: Georg. he was awarded the Crown order fourth class on 1 April 1909. I assume it was for his participation in helping in the aftermath of the serious Elbe flooding in 1908.

 

Regards

Glenn

 

Thank you Glenn for the additional info.

[Dave Danner]

Meyer, Georg Karl Paul
*18.6.1888 in Münchenbernsdorf, Neustadt an der Orla, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach

 

He is not in the 1928 Mitglieder-Verzeichnis of the Offizier-Vereinigung des ehemaligen Magdeburgischen Pionier-Bataillons Nr. 4.

[The Prussian]

Hello!

An interesting photo!

 

He promoted to Leutnant 17.9.06, his first ranklist entry was in 1909 (already with KO4!)

 

Promotions:

17.9.06: Leutnant

28.11.14: Oberleutnant

18.4.16: Hauptmann

 

Ranklists:

1909: 3./Pi.Btl.4 (KO4)

1910: 3./Pi.Btl.4 (KO4, GSF3b)

1911.1912: commanded to Militärtechnische Akademie (Military Technical Academy)

Autumn 1912-1913: 2./Pi.Btl.4

Autumn 1913-1914: 4./Pi.Btl.4

 

Unfortunately I couldn´t find him in the war-history of the bataillon. Probably after his promotion to Oberleutnant he changed the unit...

 

[Glenn J]

A good example of the pre-dating of commissions for an Abiturient of about two years. Georg Meyer was commissioned as a Leutnant on 18 August 1908 but with a Patent of seniority of 17 September 1906. As the 1908 Rangliste was published in May of that year, he does not appear until the 1909 edition.

 

Regards

Glenn

[Giannis S.]

@Dave Danner, @The Prussian, @Glenn J

 

Thank you all, I appreciate all this researched information.