Ausweis

[Tom Y]

Just when I thought I was making some headway with Sütterlin, Detlev sent me this

[bhholst]

Hello Tom.

Ausweis

Lt.d.R. und Adjudant Werner vom Stab der I.Abtlg. 3 . Oberels. Feld Art. Rgt.Nr.80 ist laut Demobilmachung am 29.12.18 nach ?? b. Labendorf/Mecklenburg aus dem Heeresdienst entlassen und hat sich nach Eintreffen beim zustaendigen Bez.Kdo. zu melden.
Grawinkel (sp?) den 28.XII. 1918
A.B.
????????
Lt. und Regiments Adjudant
Dienstsiegel

[Tom Y]

Thus endeth the military carreer of Lt.d R. u Adjutant Bernhard Werner, EKII, Meckl-Schw MVK, Schaum-Lippe TDK to go back to farming in Rostock

[Tom Y]

Thanks, B

[Tom Y]

You were

[Tom Y]

a big help

[bhholst]

Hello Tom.

Thank you for showing the additional documents . They seem to have been well kept .

Bernhard H.Holst

[Tom Y]

I woke up this morning to find this in my inbox:


Dear Tom.
You have bouth the 3 docs with mini chain of Werner of me last
week,right ?

I have now received from the family his large medal bar with:
- IC 2nd cl.14
- Mecklenburg FF 2nd cl 14
- Lippe
- Hindenburg cross

In case you are interested it might go well with the docs and minis

yours
detlev
Forget Ali. Detlev's The Greatest
I'll be adding scans as soon as possible. BTW, the docs were ordered last Friday and arrived this Wednesday. How the Hell does he do it?

[Tom Y]

I don't usually post scans unless I have the item in hand, but this time I'll make an exception.

[Brian R]

Tom-

This is a sweet set!! I love small, relatively uncommon, bars like that. I guess this guy would periodically walk off the farm in the 30s and show off his WWI awards around town.

Brian

[Frosch]

Tom,

Congratulations on an excellent group, just the sort of thing I crave.

FAR 80 was part of 39. Infanterie-Division and served on the western front throughout the war.

When Leutnant Werner was awarded his EK 2 in July 1917, the division was serving in the Reims area just before transferring to Flanders and Artois at the middle of the month, where it remained until late February 1918. His Mecklenburg MVK 2 was awarded while the division was fighting in Flanders.

The division became part of the OHL reserve with 6. Armee in early March and was then involved in training in open warfare in the build-up for the Kaiserschlacht offensive, which was launched on 21st March.

Together with 3rd Guards and 20th Infantry Division, 39th Infantry Division formed XIV Reserve Corps of von Below's 17th Army, advancing behind 20th Infantry Division west of Cambrai. Here it was involved in fierce fighting and had to be withdrawn by the evening of the 23rd. Five days later, the division re-entered the line and slowly advanced to the south of Hebuterne.

In early April it was withdrawn to rest near Cambrai and was soon transferred to French Flanders, where Werner was serving when awarded his Schaumburg-Lippe cross. His Schaumburg-Lippe award document is certainly not common.

However, there is one award missing from the group.

If you bought the documents from Detlev's offering last Friday, I simply don't understand how I missed them. Did you really order them from Germany last Friday and receive them today?

/David

[Tom Y]

Thanks for saving me a lot of time and effort, David

Yup, it was listed last Friday. #2131.After all my near misses lately I guess Wotan decided to be kind to me Actually, they arrived Wednesday and I picked them up yesterday. It takes longer to send a letter across town What's missing? The only thing I can think of would be a Flandern Kreuz, which I believe was a vanity piece.

[Frosch]

Tom,

I got his Mecklenburg MVK 1st class and certificate, which only arrived here in Germany today. I picked it up about 20 minutes before I read the thread.

Normally, I don't buy single documents, but this time I made an exception. I have been after Mecklenburg docs for a while, but the good ones always seem to get snapped up by someone else. I honestly do not understand how I missed the rest of the group, or why Detlev split it up.

It's getting late here, so I'll do a scan and post it over the weekend.

All the best from Germany,

/David

[Tom Y]

Aaargh Just when I FINALLY thought I had a complete group. Congratulations, and no hard feelings I f you ever get tired of them, though.... I'm looking forward to the scans.

[Frosch]

Tom,

I know exactly what you mean and have just sent you a PM with much the same message.

ttfn,

/David