Jools mckenna Posted 23 January , 2019 Share Posted 23 January , 2019 Some sort of parade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 Infantry, nearly all of them decorated with the iron cross and one of them is a medic. Does anyone know what the far right man is wearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 I'm about to list this card up on ebay, but whilst checking it to come up with a suitable description as to what regiment etc. I saw this guy: His shouldertitles (as do the ones of the two guys in the middle) seems to read "55" which would make him a soldier of the Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 55 of Soest/Paderborn, which is Prussia. But why does he have a what appears to be a Hanseatic cocarde on his hat? Or am I completely mistaken and it's a Red Cross cocarde (did they even exist, I wonder)? Or was there some sort of cocarde-swapping going on (Like Olympic pins at the Olympics) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 It´s not RIR 55 it´s LIR 55 hence the cockade of the Landwehr. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 12 minutes ago, GreyC said: It´s not RIR 55 it´s LIR 55 hence the cockade of the Landwehr. GreyC Man wird alt wie eine Kuh und lernt immer noch was dazu! Didn't know the Landwehr also had their own cockades! I learn something new every day. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 No problem. The difficulty at times is to distinguish between Landwehr- and Landsturmkreuz as Kokarde. Whereas LIR had it in silver, Landsturm-Kreuz was golden. Not to be confused with the Landsturm-Kreuz atached to the Wachsmützen (wax-caps), which was not integrated in a circular cockade and much bigger. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 On 23/01/2019 at 18:32, Jools mckenna said: Some sort of parade. Looks like the Regimental Band is giving a recital somewhere in Eastern Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 5 hours ago, Jools mckenna said: Infantry, nearly all of them decorated with the iron cross and one of them is a medic. Does anyone know what the far right man is wearing? That photo was printed mirror-inverted. Note the way the EKII´s are the wrong way round as well as the way the jackets are buttoned. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 25 January , 2019 Share Posted 25 January , 2019 (edited) Some Jolly Bavarians. Perhaps at a Pub? Edited 25 January , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 26 January , 2019 Share Posted 26 January , 2019 A quite nice close-up of a Prussian soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 27 January , 2019 Share Posted 27 January , 2019 Men of the Kgl. Bayer. 11. Infanterie-Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 28 January , 2019 Share Posted 28 January , 2019 (edited) Men standing outside of a dugout. Edited 28 January , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 30 January , 2019 Share Posted 30 January , 2019 Men of 6th Artillery munitions column for the 7th Armee Korps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarke Posted 2 February , 2019 Share Posted 2 February , 2019 Hi All Have attached a photo/ postcard that I recently bought. Not really in my knowledge area, but some good detail. Cheers Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 2 February , 2019 Share Posted 2 February , 2019 1 hour ago, clarke said: Hi All Have attached a photo/ postcard that I recently bought. Not really in my knowledge area, but some good detail. Cheers Clarke They are men of the Kgl. Bayer. 5. Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen(I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 2 February , 2019 Share Posted 2 February , 2019 A big group photo of Early war German troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 2 February , 2019 Share Posted 2 February , 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, clarke said: Hi All Have attached a photo/ postcard that I recently bought. Not really in my knowledge area, but some good detail. Cheers Clarke @Jools mckenna Sent by Peter Lorenz, 2 Bayerische Armeekorps, 4 Division, Reserve Infanterie Regiment 5, 8th Comp., 2 Battaljon http://genwiki.genealogy.net/KB_RIR_5 Very best greetings to you all from your son and brother Peter. A souvenir in case we never see eachother again. "Die Augen fern, dem Herzen ewig nah" (Far from sight, forever close to my heart) And this is most probably the same Peter Lorenz on the Verlustliste of 4th August 1916: Edited 2 February , 2019 by JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 2 February , 2019 Share Posted 2 February , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, JWK said: @Jools mckenna Sent by Peter Lorenz, 2 Bayerische Armeekorps, 4 Division, Reserve Infanterie Regiment 5, 8th Comp., 2 Battaljon http://genwiki.genealogy.net/KB_RIR_5 2 At least I was close. Edited 2 February , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 2 February , 2019 Share Posted 2 February , 2019 7 hours ago, clarke said: Hi All Have attached a photo/ postcard that I recently bought. Not really in my knowledge area, but some good detail. Cheers Clarke Excellent detail, especially nice to see the bootstraps of the chap on the right with the armband in a photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarke Posted 3 February , 2019 Share Posted 3 February , 2019 Thanks for the information. A photo with a sad story by the looks of things. being found in Australia, I have doubts that the photo ever got but to his family. Is there a reason for the armband for the soldier on the right? Thanks again Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 3 February , 2019 Share Posted 3 February , 2019 3 hours ago, clarke said: Thanks for the information. A photo with a sad story by the looks of things. being found in Australia, I have doubts that the photo ever got but to his family. Is there a reason for the armband for the soldier on the right? Thanks again Clarke A mourning band by the look of things. On 02/02/2019 at 14:31, clarke said: Hi All Have attached a photo/ postcard that I recently bought. Not really in my knowledge area, but some good detail. Cheers Clarke On 02/02/2019 at 16:00, JWK said: @Jools mckenna Sent by Peter Lorenz, 2 Bayerische Armeekorps, 4 Division, Reserve Infanterie Regiment 5, 8th Comp., 2 Battaljon http://genwiki.genealogy.net/KB_RIR_5 Very best greetings to you all from your son and brother Peter. A souvenir in case we never see eachother again. "Die Augen fern, dem Herzen ewig nah" (Far from sight, forever close to my heart) And this is most probably the same Peter Lorenz on the Verlustliste of 4th August 1916: 18 hours ago, Dave1418 said: Excellent detail, especially nice to see the bootstraps of the chap on the right with the armband in a photo Yes, a great photograph - can even see the muzzle caps on their rifles. Note also, the chap kneeling has a long S.98... So I would suggest pre-mid/late 1915. And those really BIG Bavarian cockades! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarke Posted 4 February , 2019 Share Posted 4 February , 2019 Thanks Trajan It is a clear photo for sure, I also like the added flower in the kneeing soldier jacket-something a little different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 15 February , 2019 Share Posted 15 February , 2019 (edited) As it seems to be "all quiet from the western front", as it were, perhaps a chance to catch up on posting the rest of my Ankara finds!? S-l-o-w-l-y, one at a time leaving a day to comment... So, these two I find very interesting as it is the first time I have actually seen a duplicate of a group photograph - and with the handwriting of the same person! Yes, from the photographer's point of view group photographs best as less initial outlay with a better chance of greater profit as more sales, so we all knew they existed - but has anyone managed to get two identical group photographs belonging to the same person? Anyway, men at the 1 Rekruten Depot, Ers.Batt. Inf.Reg. Nr. 152 (Deutsch Ordens-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 152), the photograph taken by a chap from Bromberg in - 14-19-16??? I don't get that date squence! EDIT - Oh, I think I see the date now - 14 -12 - 16, as the franking mark is 18-12.... Edited 15 February , 2019 by trajan As stated, correcting date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 15 February , 2019 Share Posted 15 February , 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, trajan said: but has anyone managed to get two identical group photographs belonging to the same person? Only the bottom one has been posted. I‘m happy to be told otherwise but I think they are either IR 408, 411 or 412. Charlie Edited 15 February , 2019 by charlie2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 15 February , 2019 Share Posted 15 February , 2019 Touche! But wern't those units in the 22 Inf.Div? This card says 202... I can't find my History of XXX German divisions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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