Waterloo minenwerfer officer

Lieutenant Albermann, a Hanoverian, was transferred hereafter as ab infantryman to Minenwerfer Komp. 20, which was formed in 1915.
Now the question arises, whether this company has put on the “skull“ out of arbitrariness.
I am not sure, the regulations do not give any hint.
Does anyone know more about this topic, this question has always been discussed in the German “Uniformkunde”.
Frank
 
Oldenburg said:
Lieutenant Albermann, a Hanoverian, was transferred hereafter as ab infantryman to Minenwerfer Komp. 20, which was formed in 1915.
Now the question arises, whether this company has put on the “skull“ out of arbitrariness.
I am not sure, the regulations do not give any hint.
Does anyone know more about this topic, this question has always been discussed in the German “Uniformkunde”.
Frank
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Dear Frank,

You are absolutely right. I remember the “skull-debate” from Sturmbatallion Rohr helmets. Steve posted an interesting article in the “Jarl Hartze” - thread #6.

Best wishes,

GardeUlan
 
The name is Alvermann. Hermann Georg Karl Alvermann, was commissioned as a Leutnant der Reserve into Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 73 on 18 August 1915. He is shown serving in Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 77 at the time of his death on 30 March 1918 at Serre. Both IR 77 and Minenwerfer-Kompanie 20 were components of 20. Infanterie-Division.

Regards
Glenn
 
GardeUlan said:
Dear Frank,

You are absolutely right. I remember the “skull-debate” from Sturmbatallion Rohr helmets. Steve posted an interesting article in the “Jarl Hartze” - thread #6.

Best wishes,

GardeUlan
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Thank you GardeUlan that is correct .I was just reading the thread and I was going to post about the Hartze articles .
I don't read German , but the jest of them was that some collectors believe at the time in the Totenkopf on the helmet
and some others did not .It would be hard to prove via AKO
I have a collector friend who has a Garde Pioneer officers helmet with the Totenkopf.
In his opinion it is 100 % correct .
Otherwise he would not own it
Steve
 
Having consulted the regimental history of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 77, I can add a couple of more details:

Karl Alvermann was born in Munster, Kreis Soltau on 30 August 1876 and was commanding the regiment's Minenwerfer-Kompanie when he was killed in action by British machine gun fire. Presumably, he had been attached to MWK 20 for training prior to this appointment?

Regards
Glenn
 
That sounds plausible!
Still the question with the skull on the helmet….
Has he then skull arbitrarily pinned on his “peacetime helmet”?
Frank
 
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