A gent at work gave me these photos of his father-in-law. All he knows is he was from Stuttgart and served in Macedonia. Born in the 1880s. See anything else?
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Wuttemberg
Both Bavaria and Wuttemberg have lion supporters on their coats of arms; however, the Wuttemberg arms are broader at the base and the lion's legs are less "hairy". I think the second image shows a Wuttemberg picklehaube with perhaps (?) Landwehr/Reservist cross mounted atop the helmet plate.
Wuttemberg:
Bayern:
[images borrowed from www.saxoniamilitaria.com]
A better image of the two may be found here: http://www.kaisersbunker.com/hp/hw2.jpg
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Garde Litzen, with a star on the Wurt wappen, from Stuttgart, looks to be Dragoner-Regt. K******246;nig (2. W******252;rttembergisches) Nr.26 (Stuttgart-Cannstatt) XIII Armee Korps.
Unit List >> http://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/New/dragon0.htm
A plate which unfortunately only shows the Mannschaften Wappen, but the officer's was enamel>> http://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/dragon2.htm
A close-up of the stap cypher would say for sure. He is wearing the M15 Bluse and appears (?) to be a Lt.Comment
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Thanks so much - you guys amaze me. My friend will be very happy.
MarcComment
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Wow .... that's a Garde star? I'd like to someday see a clearer image of the Wappen.Originally posted by Tony & Kaiser View Post
What ribbon might he be wearing? The light stripes are too broad and the dark area too narrow for the EKII, right?
Thanks for the lesson Tony (& Kaiser).
--Guy PowerComment
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Name?
Marc,
can you tell us his name?
Regards
GlennComment
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I will have it on Monday.
MarcComment
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His name was Walter Strauss, born 1889. He was in some sort of motorized unit and was in Macedonia for a time. His family oral history says he was turning the crank on a vehicle and it swung backwards, breaking his arm. He was from Stuttgart.
MarcComment
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Leutnant der Reserve Walter Strauß
Hi Marc,
Vizefeldwebel der Reserve Walter Strauß (II Stuttgart) was commissioned into the Württemberg Detachment of the Royal Prussian Motor Battalion (Kraftfahr-Bataillon) as a Leutnant der Reserve on the 23rd of November 1917.
Thus he wears the uniform of the Prussian Garde-Pionier with the Württemberg helmet embellished with the Order of the Crown of Württemberg.
Interestingly at this rather late stage in the war he equipped himself with the very nice helmet!
Regards
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Glenn,
That is amazing! Thanks so much for the info. He left Germany in the interwar period as he was jewish, though he had a very respectable career in Germany up to then. His son-in-law works with me and is a concentration-camp survivor. His father also served in WW1. Amazing stuff...
Thanks,
MarcComment
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From his son-in-law:
Thank You very much. This tallies with what I know. Walter came from a very rich family and I doubt that it was a hardship for him to get the pretty helmet...<O
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