Giannis S. Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Beautiful photo, unusual combination. Nice! Thanks for sharing. You don’t see many photos of a White Falcon being worn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giannis S. Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 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... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giannis S. Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 @Dave Danner, @The Prussian, @Glenn J Thank you all, I appreciate all this researched information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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