Schutztruppen/Eisenbahnregt

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Rick,
How about a super long shot ????
A bronze washed Statue from the Officers of the Eisenbahn Regt 1, to a fellow officer leaving to join the Schutztruppen in South West Africa.
I dont know anything about the unit, it has the Gardestern on the helmet, and the guy looks to have a gewehr 88, but I dont think they would have changed their stock of statues just because the rifle issued to the troops changed.
No Name on it. I think the officer may have stayed on in SWA for a longer period.

Any way of finding out about Eisenbahn troops sent to SWA? Any way about finding an Schutztruppe officer coming from the eisenbahn Regt ?

A more than long shot, but you never know.

[Rick Research]

Chris--is there any DATE on it? I don't have every issue of the Prussian Lists. Could have gone in 1901 or 1913 or any other year.

The lists DO report departures from one unit to another, so it MIGHT be possible to tell a specific man if there is a year on there. Rick

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Rick
Nope, just basically "from the officers of Eisenbahn Regt 1 to their departing Camrade"

[Rick Research]

Nasty, cheap, enigmatic b*stards!

The peak of activity there was the 1904-06 war, but there was coming and going other times as well. Just as examples:

in 1905 Oberlt Gundel, Lt Meier, and Lt Osiander left Eisenbahn Rgt 1 for ST-DSWA = three departures. In 1906 Oberlt Ehrenberg came BACK, as a Hauptmann (don't know when he left, I have no issues 1903 & 1904). In 1907 Osiander returned triumphantly festooned with Orders, but poor Oberlt Randt--who missed out on all the "action," was just being sent OUT then, after it was "all over" anyway....

there were years, like 1913, that there was no back and forth from this regiment.

No way to ever narrow this down from the lack of clues they left us!!!!

[ 05 January 2002: Message edited by: Rick Lundstrom ]

[Chris Boonzaier]

Any way to see if there were any who stayed on there?
I know his son (grandson)left GSWA to serve in the Luftwaffe in WW2 and the statue came from GSWA, So I assume he lived there for quite some time.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,
Its my wifes Grandfathers, I rescued it from the local Museum