I found out some interesting things about this unit and the GMGAs in general in the book "Die Württ. Gebirgs- und Sturmtruppen im Weltkrieg" which I read into today in the library.
It so happened that I acquired a death card from this unit showing the scroll helmet just this evening! I will post it as soon as it arrives.
Anyway, back to the GMGA 250. The unit was established in September 1915 and sent to the Balkan frontier in October. At this time, it consisted of 3 officers and 175 other ranks. It was attached to the 25. reserve division and assigned to the reserve dragoner regt. 4.
The book gives a short description of the units movements on about 10 pages, and also offers some details in the appendix. It is not as detailed as a unit history, but does provide some insight. For example, during a single allied offensive on May, 30. 1918 the unit lost 2 officers, 38 other ranks (wounded and missing) and 3 machineguns.
In the appendix a general order describes that a depot was established for GMGA units in the town Alexinac. This was in charge of providing reserves and caring about the wounded personnel from these units. The order also describes the issued men beeing trained for 4 week in machinegun usage and "suitable for tropical service". It also states the a GMGA has 9 machineguns. Concerning the uniform, the order states that the GMGA is equiped with the grey-green uniform of the machinegunners, with the unit number on the shoulder flaps. No mentioning of helmets regretably, but the order is not printed completely only an excerpt.
Particularly interesting, the appendix contains an overview of all GMGA units from the different states:
Württemberg: GMGA 250
Saxony: 249
Bavaria: 206-209 (later GMGA 262), and 248
Prussia: 201-205, 210-247, 251-255 (in 1918, 15 of these these bacame the new units 260, 261 and 263-265)
It so happened that I acquired a death card from this unit showing the scroll helmet just this evening! I will post it as soon as it arrives.Anyway, back to the GMGA 250. The unit was established in September 1915 and sent to the Balkan frontier in October. At this time, it consisted of 3 officers and 175 other ranks. It was attached to the 25. reserve division and assigned to the reserve dragoner regt. 4.
The book gives a short description of the units movements on about 10 pages, and also offers some details in the appendix. It is not as detailed as a unit history, but does provide some insight. For example, during a single allied offensive on May, 30. 1918 the unit lost 2 officers, 38 other ranks (wounded and missing) and 3 machineguns.
In the appendix a general order describes that a depot was established for GMGA units in the town Alexinac. This was in charge of providing reserves and caring about the wounded personnel from these units. The order also describes the issued men beeing trained for 4 week in machinegun usage and "suitable for tropical service". It also states the a GMGA has 9 machineguns. Concerning the uniform, the order states that the GMGA is equiped with the grey-green uniform of the machinegunners, with the unit number on the shoulder flaps. No mentioning of helmets regretably, but the order is not printed completely only an excerpt.
Particularly interesting, the appendix contains an overview of all GMGA units from the different states:
Württemberg: GMGA 250
Saxony: 249
Bavaria: 206-209 (later GMGA 262), and 248
Prussia: 201-205, 210-247, 251-255 (in 1918, 15 of these these bacame the new units 260, 261 and 263-265)
