Who are these EKI recipients?

[lewjian]

Greetings gentlemen, I hope you all had a great christmas, before the new years celebration I hope some of you can take a little time to help me on finding relative information of EK recipients. I have these engraved EK I in my collection for long time and don't know anything about the recipients. Please let me know if you have any data or may be a picture, or anything related to the names. Thanks in advance.

17027
Hans Bäumker
Lt. d. Res.
10.5.17.


Leo Behrendt
Bapaume, Juli 1918.

Happy new year!

[Glenn2438]

Bäumker

Hello lewjian,

Of the two names at least Bäumker is relatively rare. I have found just one Officer of that name - Leutnant der Reserve Bäumker of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 99. He was promoted to that rank on 22 November 1915. He survived the war.

Regards
Glenn

[lewjian]

Thanks Glenn, that's very important information.