I just picked up this German Feldpost kit and documents from a good friend of mine. This stuff is right up my alley, as I like Imperial German unit-marked anything.
The whole grouping seems to have belonged to a soldier who I believe was from Alsheim (10mi north of Worms in the Grand Duchy of Hesse)- Unteroffizier, and later Leutnant der Reserve, Karl Kleinhauss (I'm not 100 percent sure Karl is his first name, but it does say it in the last document.) Kleinhauss served in the Kurhessisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 83 and later apparently in Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 466.
There is some interesting stuff in here that I could use some help deciphering.
First there is the actual of the kit itself, made of printed cardboard.
When opening the folder, you get a nice July 1917 to June 1918 calandar. Also inside are envelopes and paper that are ready to tear off and use- a few of these each still remain.
Next, we have a packet of 15 self-stick labels. There are about 3 of these left.
One of the remaining labels is mostly filled out with lots of great info about Lt. d. R. Kleinhauss. I'm having trouble reading what's in between his name and before "Cassel Kaserne", as well as the beginning of the 2nd line and the word in the lower left.
Back of the 15 label packet
In the grouping are a couple neat patriotic postcards, one from Baden and one from Munich.
Any information about this would be great, I'm not really sure what this is.
There are also a couple things in here that seem kind of out of place, like this 1918-dated note from what I think is the Hessian People's Writing Club in Darmstadt.
There is also this advertisement for some kind of clothing-related domesticated work academy in Worms. I have no idea what is on the back, but they seem like measurements.
There is also a 10 pack of the lick-and-stick labels, one of which remains. This last label has a stamp belonging to the 7th Company of IR 466, another unit from Electoral Hessen/Kurhessen. It's interesting how Kleinhauss was from the Grand Duchy of Hesse, yet served in Prussian/Kurhessian units.
Lastly and most importantly, we have some kind of letter/document dated 21 January 1916 that is mentions Kleinhauss as an Unteroffizer, something having to do with 29 September 1915, and notes that it is enclosed with a Iron Cross 2nd Class. I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me what this says in German, and if you want to go above-and-beyond, an English translation. I have this document scanned to a very high resolution, anyone has trouble reading a word, I can put up a bigger picture.
The whole grouping seems to have belonged to a soldier who I believe was from Alsheim (10mi north of Worms in the Grand Duchy of Hesse)- Unteroffizier, and later Leutnant der Reserve, Karl Kleinhauss (I'm not 100 percent sure Karl is his first name, but it does say it in the last document.) Kleinhauss served in the Kurhessisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 83 and later apparently in Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 466.
There is some interesting stuff in here that I could use some help deciphering.
First there is the actual of the kit itself, made of printed cardboard.
When opening the folder, you get a nice July 1917 to June 1918 calandar. Also inside are envelopes and paper that are ready to tear off and use- a few of these each still remain.
Next, we have a packet of 15 self-stick labels. There are about 3 of these left.
One of the remaining labels is mostly filled out with lots of great info about Lt. d. R. Kleinhauss. I'm having trouble reading what's in between his name and before "Cassel Kaserne", as well as the beginning of the 2nd line and the word in the lower left.
Back of the 15 label packet
In the grouping are a couple neat patriotic postcards, one from Baden and one from Munich.
Any information about this would be great, I'm not really sure what this is.
There are also a couple things in here that seem kind of out of place, like this 1918-dated note from what I think is the Hessian People's Writing Club in Darmstadt.
There is also this advertisement for some kind of clothing-related domesticated work academy in Worms. I have no idea what is on the back, but they seem like measurements.
There is also a 10 pack of the lick-and-stick labels, one of which remains. This last label has a stamp belonging to the 7th Company of IR 466, another unit from Electoral Hessen/Kurhessen. It's interesting how Kleinhauss was from the Grand Duchy of Hesse, yet served in Prussian/Kurhessian units.
Lastly and most importantly, we have some kind of letter/document dated 21 January 1916 that is mentions Kleinhauss as an Unteroffizer, something having to do with 29 September 1915, and notes that it is enclosed with a Iron Cross 2nd Class. I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me what this says in German, and if you want to go above-and-beyond, an English translation. I have this document scanned to a very high resolution, anyone has trouble reading a word, I can put up a bigger picture.
Thanks for looking, any and all comments are appreciated.
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