Description
Object description
whole: the image is positioned in the right third. The title and text are partially integrated and placed across the
majority, in black. All set against a white background.
image: a full-length depiction of a German marine soldier. He holds on to the barrel of a rifle, which rests on the ground before him. A
coastal landscape is visible in the background.
text: ACHTUNG SEESOLDATEN
In Wilhelmshaven wird ein selbständiges Freikorps 'Schwarze Jäger'
zusammengestellt, das neben ehemaligen Seesoldaten folgende Mannschaften einstellt:
Infanteristen, M.-G.-Schützen, Minenwerfer, Pioniere, Fernsprecher, Sanitäter, Pferdepfleger, Fahrer, Handwerker, Musiker
Bedingungen: Mobile Löhnung bzw. Gehalt, 5 Mark tägliche Zulage, freie Verpflegung, Bekleidung und Unterkunft; Familien-Unterstützung wird
weitergezahlt. :: Straffe Disziplin im Dienst, kameradschaftliche Achtung ausser Dienst
Abzeichen: Silbernes Hirschgeweih mit schwarzem Totenkopf auf linkem Oberarm. Schwarzer Totenkopf an der Mütze
Offiziere, Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften wollen sich persönlich unter Vorlage ihrer Militärpapiere oder schriftlich im Geschäftszimmer
des II. Seebatl. in Wilhelmshaven melden
Freikorps 'Schwarze Jäger'
Schneider, Major u. Batls. Kdr.
Die Werbungen geschehen im Einvernehmen mit dem Gen. Kdo. u. Zentral S.-Rat des X.A.K.
Der kommandierende General Schmidt v. Knobelsdorf
Reisekosten
werden nach Eintreffen in Wilhelmshaven bezahlt
Werbestelle Hannover
Steintorfeldstr, 2 bei Gastwirt Danecke, nahe Bahnhof, Ausgang Raschplatz
Geöffnet 9-12 u. 3-5 Uhr.
A. MOLLING und COMP, HANNOVER
[Attention Marines. An independent 'Schwarze Jäger' [Black Riflemen] Volunteer Corps is being assembled in Wilhelmshaven that, as well as
former marines, is enlisting the following men: infantrymen, machine-gunners, minethrowers, sappers, telephonists, medical orderlies,
grooms, drivers, skilled tradesmen, musicians. Conditions: Mobile pay or wages, 5 marks daily supplement, free board, clothing and lodging;
family support will continue to be paid. Firm discipline when on service, comradely respect outside service. Badge: Silver antlers with a
black death's head on the left upper arm. Black death's head on the cap. Officers, non-commissioned officers and men, please report in
person presenting your military papers, or in writing, to the business room of the 2nd Marine Battalion in Wilhelmshaven. 'Schwarze Jäger'
Volunteer Corps. Schneider, Major and Commander of the Battalion. Recruitment is carried out in agreement with the General Command and
Central Soldiers' Council of the 10th Army Corps. General Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, Commander. Travelling expenses are paid after arrival in
Wilhelmshaven. Recruitment Centre: Hanover [address] by the Danecke Inn, near the station, exit Raschplatz. Open 9-12 a.m. and 3-5 p.m. A.
Molling and Co. Hanover.]
Label
The 'Freikorps' were formed in Germany in late 1918 predominantly recruiting from unsettled, often disaffected, First
World War army veterans. They were also joined by students and adventure-seekers with right-wing, nationalist tendencies.
Acting as an auxiliary police force they were assigned to maintain order by the new post-war republican government in Germany. Yet, many
units proved little more than violent private armies, answerable to none but their commanders as they sought to crush communist-inspired
civil unrest. Nevertheless the ruling SDP viewed them as a necessary evil and ordered them to suppress left-wing insurrection in Berlin,
the Ruhr and Munich, as well as to fight in the disputed territory of Upper Silesia.
The more moderate units were eventually merged into the newly formed 'Reichswehr' in 1920. Whereas radical elements went underground, with
some taking part in the Nazi party's 'Munich Putsch' of 1923. Although the failure of the coup brought an end to the 'Freikorps' units,
many of its members formed 'Sturm Abteilung' (SA) to serve under the Nazi's. Others joined veteran's organisations, such as
'Stahlhelm'.
Inscription
34318