Freikorps ID

[Canutt]

Hallo to all,
can you help me to identify this Freikorps?
OK, he's from 2.Garde-Reserve-Division, but what about collar insignia and arm badge?


regards,
Mario

[Canutt]

detail

[McCulloh]

ho ho!

Brilliant snapshot.
Signed too.
Wait till Bob sees this one.
Whats' the arm badge?

[pegasus]

Friekorps

"Freiwilliges-Garde-Landesschützen-Korps von Neufville"
Commanding officer:Rittmeister von Neufville-Raised in IV.Armeekorps District HQ Magdeburg,December 1918.Strength:Two infantry companies,one MG company,one MG squadron,one cavalry detachment,one artillery battery,30 officers and 600 men.Served in Central Germany.InsigniaBlack collar patches with guards star,"VN" (von Neufville) in a laurel wreath badge on shoulder straps/boards.Cuffband:Freiw. 2.G.R.D. later absorbed into Grosse Reichswehrbrigade 4 Magdeburg as RW Jäger-Bataillon 4.


Greetings,

Pegasus

[Canutt]

Thank you very much, Pegasus.

Mario

"Freiwilliges-Garde-Landesschützen-Korps von Neufville"
Commanding officer:Rittmeister von Neufville-Raised in IV.Armeekorps District HQ Magdeburg,December 1918.Strength:Two infantry companies,one MG company,one MG squadron,one cavalry detachment,one artillery battery,30 officers and 600 men.Served in Central Germany.InsigniaBlack collar patches with guards star,"VN" (von Neufville) in a laurel wreath badge on shoulder straps/boards.Cuffband:Freiw. 2.G.R.D. later absorbed into Grosse Reichswehrbrigade 4 Magdeburg as RW Jäger-Bataillon 4.


Greetings,

Pegasus

[harmel]

Freikorps ID

Hi Mario,Pegasus and the great Jeff Mc,
Terrific photo,it is the man himself Georg von Neufville Born Frankfurt/Main
27/10/1883.
WW2-Oberst z.V and Cmdr of the 195th Inf Regt(78th ID)
awarded Knights Cross 22/9/41
Died of wounds 3/11/1941 Post promotion to GM z.V
Regards Harmel

[McCulloh]

OK. I am really, really impressed Harmel. I thought you had the Admirals and genrals series but this is really, really obscure and useful knowledge. How do you know it is him? Is there a cite?

[harmel]

Freikorps ID

Jeff,sorry late in replying,I have been away for a few days.
The info is not from a site,but looked at a photo on the new DVD
on Ritterkreuztrager im Bild published in Germany and compared the
photo taken in WW2 which has a profile taken from the side,and to me
he looks the same even though he has prominent ears.
Do apologise for not answering sooner.
Kind Regards Harmel

[Canutt]

Hi Harmel,
I don't think he is von Neufville himself... where are EKI and EKII? And the signature is very different (see von Salomon's Der buch das Freikorpskampfer).

regards,
Mario

Jeff,sorry late in replying,I have been away for a few days.
The info is not from a site,but looked at a photo on the new DVD
on Ritterkreuztrager im Bild published in Germany and compared the
photo taken in WW2 which has a profile taken from the side,and to me
he looks the same even though he has prominent ears.
Do apologise for not answering sooner.
Kind Regards Harmel

[GWA]

Here is an interesting piece I picked up at a show last weekend. It may have some small relationship to the photo.

It is a 9mm Parabellum model 1914 Commercial.

[GWA]

A view of the top

[GWA]

The front grip strap...

[VerKuilen Ager]

Here's von Neufville earlier, as a Stahlhelm leader (earlier than W.W.II, that is). You be the judge on whether it's the same fellow. If so, he was aging nicely.

I'm not so sure about the unit i.d. The well-documented collar emblem for the von Neufville unit was a traditional guard star with equal-lengthed rays. The one in the photo is another traditional style that has four long rays (at the compass points) and shorter ones in between. While it's hard to see, the sleeve emblem doesn't appear to be either the "v.N" or "IG" emblems of v.N's unit.

[Jaime]

Hi,

Could someone tell me what is the medal he is wearing around the neck? And below his EK I? And his ribbon bar?

Cheers,

Jaime.

[leopold]

medals

below the EKI "Treuekreuz der Schwarzen Garde, Freiwilliges Landesschützenkorps von Neufville, Steckkreuz,1920
and around the neck "Johanniter-orden"
a think its von Neufville.

greetings,

pegasus