Jools mckenna Posted 11 December , 2019 Share Posted 11 December , 2019 Tunnelers Unfortunately nothing on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 Jools great photo thank you for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 Hello, Saxon belt buckle IR 107, years ago found in Flanders soil, on the side 107 R. 11th company Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 1 hour ago, Cnock said: found in Flanders soil, What an excellent find !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierast Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 2 hours ago, Cnock said: Saxon belt buckle IR 107, years ago found in Flanders soil, on the side 107 R. 11th company A wonderful find indeed - where exactly did it turn up? I'm interested to know whether it can be tied to the known movements of IR 107 / 58. Inf. Div. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 Un fortunately I don't know where it was found, the owner before was from Ypres. regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 1 hour ago, bierast said: exactly I was going to make a guess ... BUT we will never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierast Posted 13 December , 2019 Share Posted 13 December , 2019 22 hours ago, Martin Feledziak said: I was going to make a guess ... BUT we will never know. [overlay map of La Houssoie sector] That's definitely a strong possibility (up to March 1915), but IR 107 was in Flanders again later with 58. Inf. Div.. They were at Railway Wood in October 1916, then in the horrific fighting for Houthulst Forest in autumn 1917 and near Poelkapelle that winter. From May to August 1918 they were on the Mont Kemmel front with billets at Ploegsteert Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 22 December , 2019 Share Posted 22 December , 2019 "Grenade Throwing Course"? Heuberg. 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 23 December , 2019 Share Posted 23 December , 2019 Dear All, I made out the NCO with EKII in the Group photo, also standing at Right of the mass Group photo, on his own. Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 23 December , 2019 Share Posted 23 December , 2019 (edited) Hello! Yes. Granatwerfer-Kurs. An exercise for using the small grenade launchers. By example this one: https://www.bulgarianartillery.it/Bulgarian Artillery 1/Granatenwerfer 16.htm Edited 23 December , 2019 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 23 December , 2019 Share Posted 23 December , 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Kimberley John Lindsay said: Dear All, I made out the NCO with EKII in the Group photo, also standing at Right of the mass Group photo, on his own. Kindest regards, Kim. By Jove! Certainly looks like it! I assume he is wearing his EK II in the second photo to impress the new boys! And/or recently awarded? Best wishes, Julian Edited 23 December , 2019 by trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger6 Posted 26 December , 2019 Share Posted 26 December , 2019 On 22/12/2019 at 22:53, GWF1967 said: "Grenade Throwing Course"? Heuberg. 1917. Does anybody know where exactly the Heuberg is situated? I read it several times in the Erinnerungsblätter of the Jägerregiment 6, but it is not clear where to place it. Several times it is mentioned as a place to retreat from Bulgarenwald to the Wilhelmstellung, north of Herzog-Albrecht-Weg. On Oude Zonnebekestraat is an s-bend with a bus stop and an information panel about Bassevillebeek Valley; this could be the place. Any other guess out there? Best wishes, Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 26 December , 2019 Share Posted 26 December , 2019 (edited) Hello Markus! No, Heuberg was a german training ground near Sigmaringen (XIV. Army Corps) in Baden. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truppenübungsplatz_Heuberg Please note the stamp on the reverse from Offenburg (Baden) and the other stamp of the Baden Ers.Btl./Inf.Rgt.170 from Offenburg and Donaueschingen. Edited 26 December , 2019 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 27 December , 2019 Share Posted 27 December , 2019 And sometimes they used well known placenames as that of the training ground Heubrg to name significant places after them at the front. Be it because of similar function or because of similar apperance. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 27 December , 2019 Share Posted 27 December , 2019 Markus, I can‘t help with Heuberg, but this sketch from the history of IR 413 shows the approximate position of the Bulgarenwald. http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht/?no_cache=1&tx_dlf[id]=762&tx_dlf =1 Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 27 December , 2019 Share Posted 27 December , 2019 Ha, and in the middle of the map my hometown... By the way. It must be Heuberg in Baden. Otherwise there would be no stamp from Offenburg on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 28 December , 2019 Share Posted 28 December , 2019 There is a better sketch of the area and a description of the sector in the history of IR 415 https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/306441/1/ Of course The Prussian is correct as to where the card was posted, the postal service in Essen, according to Andy, is abysmal Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 28 December , 2019 Share Posted 28 December , 2019 and a saxon regiment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger6 Posted 3 January , 2020 Share Posted 3 January , 2020 On 27/12/2019 at 18:13, charlie2 said: I can‘t help with Heuberg, but this sketch from the history of IR 413 shows the approximate position of the Bulgarenwald. Thanks a lot, Charlie. Also quite interesting maps with regards to my interest in the Jäger-Regiment 6. The Bereitschaft Bulgarenwald points at the place which is nowadays still a small forest called Bulgar Woods in English. It even has about the same size as in 1917. It is part of a local recreational area. The company of the JR 6 in which my grandgranduncle served was responsible for the "M.G.-Nest in der nordöstlichen Ecke des Bulgarenwaldes" as the Erinnerungsblätter say. This could be the M.G.-Nest in your map. Still, the only reference I could not pinpoint is the "Heuberg". A picture of it is exhibited in Hooge Crater Museum but they couldn't help me with a localization. Here a useful sketch which Lee Ingelbrecht at Passchendaele archives made and a picture of the Bulgarenwald nowadays. Markus e Archives made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 4 January , 2020 Share Posted 4 January , 2020 Position on the Oise October 1916 Nice to see the Mg badge, the men are likely Pioneers, not artillery as there is a man struggling with a handful of pickaxes on the background(or at least that's the my logic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 4 January , 2020 Share Posted 4 January , 2020 On 23/12/2019 at 01:00, Kimberley John Lindsay said: Dear All, I made out the NCO with EKII in the Group photo, also standing at Right of the mass Group photo, on his own. Kindest regards, Kim. Great spot Kim, many belated thanks. On 23/12/2019 at 04:29, The Prussian said: Hello! Yes. Granatwerfer-Kurs. An exercise for using the small grenade launchers. By example this one: https://www.bulgarianartillery.it/Bulgarian Artillery 1/Granatenwerfer 16.htm On 23/12/2019 at 10:35, trajan said: By Jove! Certainly looks like it! I assume he is wearing his EK II in the second photo to impress the new boys! And/or recently awarded? Best wishes, Julian Many thanks to all for your help, and a Happy New Year to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 4 January , 2020 Share Posted 4 January , 2020 German Engineers, 1913. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 4 January , 2020 Share Posted 4 January , 2020 Artillery card game, 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 23 January , 2020 Share Posted 23 January , 2020 (edited) Camouflage Trench scene. 4 Company? Infantry Regiment 168, 25th Reserve Division. 11 Pionire is written at the bottom. Edited 23 January , 2020 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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