All photographs on this page are by kind courtesy of Hardy Huber, grandson of Gefreiter Jakob Maier, 5.Kompanie, II.Bataillon, I.R.169.
Above: Photograph of 5.Kompanie, II.Bataillon, I.R.169, taken just weeks before 1st July 1916. II.Bataillonskommandeur Hauptmann Schellig is on horseback. Kompanieführer Leutnant Barck (k.i.a. Autumn 1918) is fifth from the left in the third row from the front (surrounded by his Feldwebels). Gefreiter Jakob Maier is standing second from the left on the back row.
| Above: 5.Kompanie group at Lahr in the Autumn of 1915. Gefreiter Jakob Maier is standing at the far right. Click to enlarge |
Above: Wounded men of 5.Kompanie. Gefreiter Jakob Maier - who suffered a gunshot wound through the left hand on 1st July 1916 - is seated third from right on the front row. Click to enlarge |
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