Landsturm?

[drakegoodman]

Nothing on reverse.

Three Landsturm battalions came out of Braunsberg, but no mention of a 102nd, and what about those collar dogs :

1. Ldst.-I.-Btl. Braunsberg (XX. 10) - Deployed to Lithuania

2. Ldst.-I.-Btl. Braunsberg (XX. 11) - Became 20th L.I.R.

3. Ldst.-I.-Btl. Braunsberg (XX. 21) - Remained inside Germany

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[joerookery]

This is a strange deal. I have been looking without anything definitive. I am pretty sure it is not XX 21. I cannot see the collar dogs -- could you post a close up? I think it is XX 11. I really do not know what the abbreviation ARM is does anyone?

Very cool picture and an especially nice doll! :knob: :knob:

 

[drakegoodman]

Joe - if you click the link underneath the preview picture, you will be taken to the image in glorious 3248 x 2064 resolution.

Most dogs are "102", but there are at least two fellows who have a "12" on their collars.

I'd kinda like the toy Dachshund myself

 

[Gustaf]

My thought on the two boys with 12 on their collars, I think they were short of "0"s, notice how the numbers are spaced apart, with room for the "0" when they get them.
Best wishes
Gus
ps cool doll

 

[joerookery]

Joe - if you click the link underneath the preview picture, you will be taken to the image in glorious 3248 x 2064 resolution.

'gawd!

I think Gus maybe the right. I am still trying to find out what unit it is.

 

[Gustaf]

'gawd!

I think Gus maybe the right. I am still trying to find out what unit it is.

Oh no! Is the world coming to an end, just proves taht even a blind hog can find a truffle sometimes

 

[Pierre Grande Guerre]

I really do not know what the abbreviation ARM is does anyone?

"Arm" stands for Armierungs Bataillon, Joe, or a Construction Battalion, guys who were digging trenches , Stollen, and who constructed masonry shelters and later on concrete bunkers, etc. Like engineers.
These guys did this often under fire! I have seen quite some graves with "Arm. Bat." along the Western Front.

 

[Pierre Grande Guerre]

I have seen quite some graves with "Arm. Bat." along the Western Front.

"Zum Beispiel" on the Tete de Faux, France:

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"Armier" is an abbrevation for "Armierungs". Armierung means Reinforcement of structures.

 

[drakegoodman]

=D> Well done Pierre! I'll add this tidbit to my burgeoning Landsturm files.

- Brett

 

[joerookery]

Well done Pierre! I'll add this tidbit to my burgeoning Landsturm files.

I don't think there is any mention in Busche of a unit of that number. This has been really fun!

 

[drakegoodman]

I don't think there is any mention in Busche of a unit of that number. This has been really fun!

That was the first place I looked - no ceegar!

 

[Pierre Grande Guerre]

For whom, who is still interested:
Another inscription of a Bavarian Armierungsbataillon, which I found this year on the "Azannes I Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof", "behind the German"lines , nort-east of Verdun.
In a couple of weeks I will launch a photo page about German cemeteries in this front sector.

 

[drakegoodman]

Thank-you Pierre and I look forward to seeing your forthcoming pictures from Verdun.

- Brett