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Auszeichnungen von Alwin Metz Item 7
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Besitz-Urkunde
Dem Kriegsfreiwilligen Herrn Alwin Metz
ist in dankender Anerkennung seiner dem Vaterlande während des Weltkrieges
geleisteten Dienste die von der Gemeinde Oppurg gestiftete
Denkmünze
verliehen worden, was hiermit bezeugt:
Oppurg, den 12. März 1921
Im Namen der Gemeinde:
G. Haase.
Links unten ovaler schwarzer Stempel:
GEMEINDE
ZU
OPPURG
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Oppurg (50.7001, 11.6497)
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Auszeichnungen von Alwin Metz
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1921-03-12
1921-12-01
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1921-03-12
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Alwin Metz | europeana19141918:agent/afb33e3756028bc2ef373a0e2f31f609
Reinhart Metz | europeana19141918:agent/c3084ff3f75e957c9583f99dee61d594
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2019-09-11T08:48:01.819Z
2019-09-11T08:48:01.792Z
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Auszeichnungen, Besitzzeugnisse und Soldatenmarke von Alwin Metz: ********************************************************************************** (1) Besitzzeugnis für das Verwundetenabzeichen in schwarz ********************************************************************************** (2) Soldatenmarke von Alwin Metz ********************************************************************************** (3) Besitzzeugnis für die Kriegsdenkmünze 1914/18 des Kyffhäuser-Bundes, 1. Dezember 1921 ********************************************************************************** (4) Schreiben über die Übersendung des Eisernen Kreuzes II. Klasse nebst Besitzzeugnis, 17. Juni 1921 ********************************************************************************** (5) Besitzzeugnis Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse, 17. Juni 1921 ********************************************************************************** (6) Besitz-Urkunde für die Denkmünze der Gemeinde Oppurg, 12. März 1921 **********************************************************************************Der spätere Lehrer Alwin Metz, geb. am 2. Januar 1896 in Oppurg, Thüringen, absolvierte vom 7. Januar 1914 bis zum 1. Oktober 1914 seine Reservistenausbildung an verschiedenen Orten. Als Kriegsfreiwilliger meldete er sich 1914 zum Heeresdienst. Er diente im 9. Bataillon des 224. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiments und war zunächst bis zum 18.12.1914 an der Westfront in Frankreich im Einsatz. Im November/Dezember 1914 wurde er in die Karpaten verlegt. Bei einem Gefecht gegen russische Soldaten in der Nacht zum 1. Februar 1915 erlitt er einen Unterleibsdurchschuss und wurde bei Tuchla gefangen genommen. Sein Lazarett befand sich in Stryj, in der Nähe von Lemberg. Metz wurde nach seinem Aufenthalt im Lazarett in Stryj über Brody, Kiew und die Krim nach Moskau gebracht (März 1915). Ab November 1915 war er in Blagoweschtschensk am Amur (Благове́щенск) interniert, nahe der chinesischen Grenze. Aus seinen Aufzeichnungen gehen weitere Zwischenstationen in Petropawlosk, Omsk, Tobolsk, Tjumen und Nowo Nikolajewsk hervor (August bis November 1915). Als Metz nach Blagoweschtschensk verlegt wurde, war er Leiter der Lagerbibliothek (Bücherwart und Inventarverwalter) und gründete auch einen Chor oder eine Laienspielgruppe. Metz war maßgeblich an der Gestaltung des Lagerlebens beteiligt und an der Freizeitgestaltung der Mitgefangenen. Spätestens ab Mai 1919 befand sich Alwin Metz in dem Kriegsgefangenenlager in Zairkutny-Gorodok bei Irkutsk. Alwin Metz wurde während seines Rückwegs in die Heimat mehrfach zurückgeschickt. Wahrscheinlich war es nicht der offizielle Rücktransport, sondern eine Flucht aus dem Lager, bei der er wieder gefangen genommen und ins Lager zurückgeschickt wurde. 1920 verließ Alwin Metz endgültig das Lager und kehrte am 2. Juli 1920 nach Hause zurück. Vier Tage später, am 6. Juli 1920, entließ man ihn offiziell aus der Armee. Während seiner Rückkehr aus der Gefangenschaft, vom 4. Juni bis zum 2. Juli 1920, auf dem Weg von Sibirien nach Thüringen zurück, führte er ein Tagebuch, dass er in alter Gabelsberger Stenografie verfasste. Zurück in der Heimat unterhielt Alwin Metz in Briefen Kontakt zu ehemaligen Mitgefangenen. Ihm wurde nachträglich am 1. Dezember 1921 vom Weimarischen Krieger- und Vereinsbundes die Kriegsdenkmünze 1914/18 des Kyffhäuser-Bundes sowie im Juni 1921 das Eiserne Kreuz II. Klasse verliehen. Metz hielt zahlreiche Vorträge über seine Kriegsgefangenenzeit in Sibirien vor interessierten Bürgern und Einwohnern in Oppurg und in Neustadt und als Lehrer vor Schülern. Er war bei verschiedenen Vereinen aktiv (Imker, Geflügelzüchter, Kaninchenzüchter). Alwin Metz zog als kriegsbegeisterter Soldat in den Krieg, um gegen die Russen als Feinde zu kämpfen und kehrte nach über fünf Jahren in Gefangenschaft als Freund der Russen zurück.
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Besitz-Urkunde
Dem Kriegsfreiwilligen Herrn Alwin Metz
ist in dankender Anerkennung seiner dem Vaterlande während des Weltkrieges
geleisteten Dienste die von der Gemeinde Oppurg gestiftete
Denkmünze
verliehen worden, was hiermit bezeugt:
Oppurg, den 12. März 1921
Im Namen der Gemeinde:
G. Haase.
Links unten ovaler schwarzer Stempel:
GEMEINDE
ZU
OPPURG
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Besitz-Urkunde
Dem Kriegsfreiwilligen Herrn Alwin Metz
ist in dankender Anerkennung seiner dem Vaterlande während des Weltkrieges
geleisteten Dienste die von der Gemeinde Oppurg gestiftete
Denkmünze
verliehen worden, was hiermit bezeugt:
Oppurg, den 12. März 1921
Im Namen der Gemeinde:
G. Haase.
Links unten ovaler schwarzer Stempel:
GEMEINDE
ZU
OPPURG
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Besitz-Urkunde Dem Kriegsfreiwilligen Herrn Alwin Metz ist in dankender Anerkennung seiner dem Vaterlande während des Weltkrieges geleisteten Dienste die von der Gemeinde Oppurg gestiftete Denkmünze verliehen worden, was hiermit bezeugt: Oppurg , den 12. März 1921 Im Namen der Gemeinde: G. Haase. Links unten ovaler schwarzer Stempel: GEMEINDE ZU OPPURG
Besitz-Urkunde Dem Kriegsfreiwilligen Herrn Alwin Metz ist in dankender Anerkunng seiner dem Vaterlande während des Weltkrieges geleisteten Dienste die von der Gemeinde Oppurg gestiftete Denkmünze verliehen worden, was hiermit bezeugt: Oppurg, den 12. März 1921 Im Namen der Gemeinde: G. Haase. Links unten ovaler schwarzer Stempel:
Besitz-Urkunde Dem Kriegsfreiwilligen Herrn Alwin Metz ist in dankender Anerkennung seiner dem Vaterlande während des Weltkrieges geleisteten Dienste die von der Gemeinde Oppurg gestiftete Denkmünze verliehen worden, was hiermit bezeugt: Oppurg , den 12. März 1921 Im Namen der Gemeinde: G. Haase. Links unten ovaler schwarzer Stempel: GEMEINDE ZU OPPURG
English Translation
Awards, certificates of ownership and soldier's mark from Alwin Metz: ***************************************** ***************************************** (1) Certificate of possession of the Wound Badge in black ************************************************** ******************************** (2) Soldier's stamp from Alwin Metz *********** ************************************************** ********************* (3) Certificate of ownership for the 1914/18 war commemorative medal of the Kyffhäuser Association, December 1, 1921 ********** ************************************************** ********************** (4) Letter about the sending of the Iron Cross 2nd Class together with certificate of ownership, June 17, 1921 ******** ************************************************** ************************ (5) Certificate of ownership of the Iron Cross, II class, June 17, 1921 ************ ************************************************** ******************** (6) Ownership certificate for the commemorative medal of the municipality of Oppurg, March 12, 1921 ************* ********* ************************************************** ********** || The later teacher Alwin Metz, born on January 2, 1896 in Oppurg, Thuringia, completed his reservist training at various locations from January 7, 1914 to October 1, 1914.
As a war volunteer, he volunteered for army service in 1914.
He served in the 9th Battalion of the 224th Reserve Infantry Regiment and was deployed on the western front in France until December 18, 1914.
In November/December 1914 he was transferred to the Carpathians.
During a battle against Russian soldiers on the night of February 1, 1915, he was shot through the abdomen and was captured near Tuchla.
His hospital was in Stryj, near Lemberg.
After his stay in the military hospital in Stryj, Metz was taken to Moscow via Brody, Kiev and the Crimea (March 1915).
From November 1915 he was interned in Blagoveshchensk-on-Amur (Благове́щенск), near the Chinese border.
From his notes further stopovers in Petropavlosk, Omsk, Tobolsk, Tyumen and Nowo Nikolayevsk emerge (August to November 1915).
When Metz was transferred to Blagoveshchensk, he was head of the camp library (bookkeeper and inventory manager) and also founded a choir or amateur drama group.
Metz played a key role in shaping camp life and in the leisure activities of his fellow prisoners.
By May 1919 at the latest, Alwin Metz was in the prisoner of war camp in Zairkutny-Gorodok near Irkutsk.
Alwin Metz was sent back several times on his way home.
It was probably not the official return transport, but an escape from the camp, during which he was captured again and sent back to the camp.
In 1920 Alwin Metz left the camp for good and returned home on July 2, 1920.
Four days later, on July 6, 1920, he was officially discharged from the army.
During his return from captivity, from June 4 to July 2, 1920, on the way from Siberia to Thuringia, he kept a diary that he wrote in old Gabelsberg shorthand.
Back at home, Alwin Metz maintained contact with former fellow prisoners through letters.
On December 1, 1921 he was subsequently awarded the 1914/18 war commemorative medal of the Kyffhäuser Association by the Weimar Warriors and Associations Association and in June 1921 the Iron Cross II.
Class.
Metz gave numerous lectures about his time as a prisoner of war in Siberia to interested citizens and residents in Oppurg and Neustadt and as a teacher to students.
He was active in various associations (beekeepers, poultry farmers, rabbit breeders).
Alwin Metz went to war as a war-loving soldier to fight against the Russians as enemies and returned after more than five years in captivity as a friend of the Russians.
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