Fritz Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 A Museum's requisit in the "Gelbes Haus" in Esslingen / Württemberg. A 1916 steel helmet, Q66, without liner and most of paintwork missing as an example of a local production, this by Quist of Esslingen. Article is well described including measurements and weight of this example of a production by a local firm. Esslingen is a centre of steel production and of car parts, especially for Daimler-Benz. As described: Chromnickelstahl, lackiert Höhe: 17 cm; Breite: 31,5 cm; Tiefe: 24 cm; Gewicht: 1038 g Photo by Daniela Wolf (who sounds familiar, if she or her parents live in Köngen) Further information under original German text: https://bawue.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=4688 Recommended literature: Bayerisches Armeemuseum Ingolstadt (Hrsg.) (1984): Stahlhelme vom Ersten Weltkrieg bis zur Gegenwart (Veröffentlichungen des Bayerischen Armeemuseum, Bd. 8). Ingolstadt Stadt Esslingen am Neckar (Hrsg.) (2018): 52x Esslingen und der Erste Weltkrieg. Esslingen am Neckar. Esslingen am Neckar, S. 128f. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 The steel helmet worn by Ernst Jünger (Pour le Mérite) as he was wounded, 18 wounds! He received the Pour le Mérite and survived to become a famous author. He served in the Second World War as a Reserve Officer. His most famous work was "In Stahlgewittern", the account of his experiences in the Great War. The helmet is in the collections of the Marburger Literaturmuseum. Ernst Jünger died at the age of 102 in 1998 in Wilfingen. He also had served in the French Foreign Legion before World War I. During WW1 he served with Infanterie-Regiment 77. After the outbreak of war in 1939 he served on the Westwall, where he won the 1939 bar to the Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 for saving a wounded soldier. After that he served on the staff of the Military Governor of France, Generaloberst von Stülpnagel till Summer of 1944, leaving the city after the Allies began their Operation Overlord, along with the evacuating German troops, and returned to Kirchhorst in Lower Saxony, where he was dismissed from the regular Wehrmacht. At the end of the war he commanded a Volkssturm unit, but ordered no resistance against the advancing allied troops. Ernst Jünger at the head of his company, the march to France, 1940 A portrait by Stefan Moses A postage stamp commemorating Ernst Jünger, 1998 A recent edition of his most famous work. The war diary of Ernst Jünger 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Great story! Amazing anyone could survive wounds like that from the war. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 22, 2019 Author Share Posted November 22, 2019 I still haven't got round to getting his famous book, I would prefer an older edition, there are still a few of them around. The present day edition is in the "modern" Latin print, I prefer the old print before 1941. His war diaries would also be very interesting. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Further exibits / exhibitions / Kulturprojekte Esslingen und der Erste Weltkrieg in Stadtmuseum Gelbes Haus Esslingen, objects: A private purchase helmet of the Württemberg Artillery, complete with cover, helmet in officer's quality, with a few differences. The flat chinscales denote the Foot Artillery. Photo, similar example "Made in Württemberg" - a 1915 Segeltuchtornister, with parts manufactured by various firms in Württemberg. Marked to 126.R. and XIII. Armee-Korps. A further stamp within denotes later use by the Württemberg police after 1919. One of the main straps is marked with the manufacturer details: Gebrüder Steus in Esslingen, a leather tannery, which produced special types of leather goods, such as transmission straps. "Notgeld" of the city of Esslingen, 1917, 50 Pf. note Württemberg Kavallerie-Trompete in Es-Dur, with Banderole in the Württemberg colours. Manufactured by Franz Schediwy in Esslingen, 1915, issued to Feldartillerie-Regt. 65 Photos by Daniela Wolf Es-Dur 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 Museum in France, La Targette, 1914-18, displays and objects, very much changed since my visit in 1967 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 Uniformrock des Generalfeldmarschalls Prinz Leopold von Bayern, wohl im Bayr. Armeemuseum zu sehen (?) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 Ernst Jünger served with Füsilier-Regiment 73, here is his Gibraltar cuffband, uniform and equipment, probably not his personal uniform, but an example exmple, apparently on display in a Museum in London 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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