The Prussian Posted 10 June , 2020 Share Posted 10 June , 2020 (edited) Hello! I can´t read anything, but he mentioned the regiment: Fuß.Art.Rgt.3 Edited 10 June , 2020 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 10 June , 2020 Share Posted 10 June , 2020 and sends greetings from a manoeuvre. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Brayley Posted 13 June , 2020 Share Posted 13 June , 2020 Thank you both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger6 Posted 16 June , 2020 Share Posted 16 June , 2020 It just says "best wishes from my great drill/exercise [Übung]". The name is Bruno Stockhardt, he is a Landwehrmann in the Fuß-Artillerie-Regiment 3, Munitionskolonne (ammunition column) stationed in Mainz. The official name of the regiment was Fußartillerie-Regiment General-Feldzeugmeister (Brandenburgisches) Nr. 3. The regiment was split up in August 1914. The 1st battalion was assigned to 6. Infanterie-Division, the 2nd battalion to 19. Reserve-Division, and the 3rd battalion to 2. Garde-Infanterie-Divison. I guess that Bruno was in the 1st battalion because only 6. Infanterie-Division mentions a Munitionskolonne among their units. I couldn't find any Bruno Stockhardt or someone with a similar name (presumably from Lubau, this is where he sent the postcard) in the Verlustlisten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 17 June , 2020 Share Posted 17 June , 2020 On 23/03/2020 at 13:02, themonsstar said: Anything more on these gentlemen ? I am thinking about Pioneer Battalion No29 From Poznan (Pozen) But to be fair I would not know how to recognise a Pioneer. On 23/03/2020 at 13:02, themonsstar said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 18 June , 2020 Share Posted 18 June , 2020 Hello Martin! These guys have brandenburg cuffs (three buttons vertical). So it´s infantry. Because of the old ammo pouches and the ages of the men, I assume Reserve or Landwehr 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 27 August , 2020 Share Posted 27 August , 2020 (edited) "Group of Austrians". Complete with fingerprints from a previous owner! Edited 27 August , 2020 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Maz Posted 29 August , 2020 Share Posted 29 August , 2020 Hello, Attached is a photo of a soldier who is most likely my wife's grandfather, Wilhelm Jochmann born Oct. 10, 1901 in Hesse (?). Would anyone know more about the uniform? I do not have the original. Thanks for any suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 29 August , 2020 Share Posted 29 August , 2020 (edited) Hello JR! Unfortunately the photo is too small to recognize details. But anyway, how old could he be on that photo? Born 1901, so he was 17 at the end of the war. I´m sorry, but on the photo he looks like around 30... He has brandenburg cuffs, so he will be infantry; if the capband is black, foot artillery. Edited 29 August , 2020 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Maz Posted 29 August , 2020 Share Posted 29 August , 2020 Thank you for the quick response - I agree with the age, so likely someone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 29 August , 2020 Share Posted 29 August , 2020 Maybe could find out more infos about him. I couldn't find a Wilhelm Jochmann from Hesse in the casualty list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Maz Posted 29 August , 2020 Share Posted 29 August , 2020 I was sent the photo & may have made an assumption it was him. According to some family history he was in WWII and so if in WWI survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 29 August , 2020 Share Posted 29 August , 2020 That's hard to research. Try to collect every single piece of infos. Maybe we could find the right one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 30 August , 2020 Share Posted 30 August , 2020 Unfortunately that doesn´t help in military research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 30 August , 2020 Share Posted 30 August , 2020 The cockade on the cap on the photo posted could well be Hessian. So maybe a relative or a friend of the familiy. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 22 June , 2021 Author Share Posted 22 June , 2021 On 26/12/2014 at 14:51, 4thGordons said: I received an interesting Christmas gift from my better half. A "grab-bag" of about 300 what appear to be 1900-1920 photographs. These originated from a dealer in Germany so it is unlikely that there is anything really special in them (by which I mean I suspect they have been sorted through) but a quick glance does suggest that there are some interesting group shots. While I am reasonably comfortable with British photos - these are exclusively German - and an area about which I know very little. My knowledge of German military organization is relatively limited also so I was hoping to pick the brains of experts here. Quite a number of the photo-cards have writing on and a quick glance through suggests both the handwriting and the language is going to challenge my 30 year old O-Level German! BLIMEY -- 6 years on...... In addition to a collection of 200+ photos relating to IR 21 in Bulgaria and Galicia etc which I have posted about in other threads, I was just given another mixed batch of about 70 German photos with a number of quite interesting ones in it: so I'll scan a few in to start with. I just got them and had a quick sort through and found 8 showing various different machine guns: Shoulder strap of chap lying by dog appears to be 22, wheeled carriage looks interesting, No real detail discernable on uniforms - man at front appears to be aiming a flare pistol Shoulder strap appears to be 55 Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 22 June , 2021 Author Share Posted 22 June , 2021 Shoulder boards appear to read 120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 23 June , 2021 Share Posted 23 June , 2021 On 29/08/2020 at 19:35, JR Maz said: Hello, Attached is a photo of a soldier who is most likely my wife's grandfather, Wilhelm Jochmann born Oct. 10, 1901 in Hesse (?). Would anyone know more about the uniform? I do not have the original. Thanks for any suggestions! 1. I see Landsturm numbers on the collar, you should be able to read them on the original (a roman number over arabic numbers). 2. If he was born in 1901, it is very unlikely that he served in WW1. The youngest class that was called up (in 1918), were the men born in 1900. Enlisting underage was rather rare early in the war and later almost non-existent (one had to be at least 18 before being allowed). Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 24 June , 2021 Author Share Posted 24 June , 2021 Nice clear pic of: made better by the fact the men are named and there are several postmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 24 June , 2021 Share Posted 24 June , 2021 Hello! An intersting photo! Note the special collar of the paymaster (3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 24 June , 2021 Share Posted 24 June , 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, The Prussian said: Hello! An intersting photo! Note the special collar of the paymaster (3) I’d never heard of a ‘Feldwebel-Leutnant’ (Engel) before? Edited 24 June , 2021 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 24 June , 2021 Share Posted 24 June , 2021 It's a wartime rank of higher NCOs. They are between a Feldwebel and a Leutnant to support the officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 24 June , 2021 Share Posted 24 June , 2021 Hello, It was not a pure wartime rank, it was a peacetime rank for long serving NCOs of the reserve. See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldwebelleutnant (the info on wikipedia seems correct from what I have read elsewhere). Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Maz Posted 24 June , 2021 Share Posted 24 June , 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 23:25, AOK4 said: 1. I see Landsturm numbers on the collar, you should be able to read them on the original (a roman number over arabic numbers). 2. If he was born in 1901, it is very unlikely that he served in WW1. The youngest class that was called up (in 1918), were the men born in 1900. Enlisting underage was rather rare early in the war and later almost non-existent (one had to be at least 18 before being allowed). Jan thank you for the information & tips - JMaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 25 June , 2021 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2021 These lads look very young to me.... Again appears to have a partial list of names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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