Bayerische Feldgeistliche set

drakegoodman

drakegoodman

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Thanks mate. The first image is particularly nice and sold me on the set. The destroyed church in the background and grubby hands of the chaplain leaves us in no doubt of the tough times in which this photo was taken.
 
Great stuff Brett, :thumb up: .... the clarity is amazing especially so in the first image. This is difficult subject matter to find from any era, and to have so many good ones from one source. Interesting too that the Pastor is wearing the Combatants EK2 ribbon in his buttonhole, not the non-combatant ribbon.

Here's a Pastor from a slightly earlier era...

pastor1.jpg


He is Pastor Emil Frommel 1828-1896. Chaplain to the lmperial Court and Garrison Church in Berlin. During the war with France 1870-1871 he served as a Chaplain to the troops during the Siege of Strasbourg. He also was decorated with the Iron Cross, but in his case with the non combatant ribbon.

Larry
 
Difficult to trump that kind of picture Larry. I mean that medal is just sweet. I have a Bavarian picture and one from Hesse. Not quite up to your standard and neither of them have a dog in the picture!


ps1256 by joerookery, on Flickr


ps748 by joerookery, on Flickr
 
Great additional photos Brett, that is truly a nice set, too bad we don't know his name.

I was lucky with my guy, found him on EBAY and the seller had him ID'd so no work on my part. However if you google his name wikipedia has a very nice article on him..

Joe, I'd say you trumped me for sure, two fer one . I really like the hat the fellow in the first image is wearing. I wonder if we saw a hat like that sitting on a table at the SOS would we believe it.. the second photo shows the Pastor with a combatant ribbon for his EK too (no pun intended). I wonder what the criteria was for the non-combatant ribbon during the Great War.

I just finished reading a book based on a diary of a WWII US Army Chaplain. Bronze Star, Purple Heart, three invasions North Africa, Sicily, Normandy to the Surrender. It was a very enlightening read, his war was certainly not an easy one. The title of the book is Chappie, World War II Diary of a Combat Chaplain.

Cheers Guys

Larry
 
Great fotos all! Just excellent....I have never seen such a collection as these on this subject.
 
I am not so sure you were trumped. But here is an interesting comparison of the Protestant staff chaplain in the same division. This guy is Hessian and you can see both Hessian pictures the differences in the cross between Catholic and Protestant. If you look at this guys hat you will see that there is no cross. I do not know why.


ps1422 by joerookery, on Flickr
 
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