Erkennungsmarken - named Koczyk - 1st Ers Bau JR 179.3.K -

[josephc]

This named and addressed disk relates to a photographer and business with many of the photos on internet.

Victor Koczyk
Oschatz Ritterstr. 13

1 Ers Bau JR 179.3.K

The relative Hermann (and his wife) was a well known photographer at the address.
I could not find details on Victor.

Hermann Koczyk (* 1. May 1868 in Groß-Glogau ; Ã 14. January 1942 in Oschatz) was a German photographer. He ran a photo studio in Oschatz for a long time, thus contributing to the documentation of the city's history. Many of his recordings were distributed as postcards.

[BlackCat1982]

This is a 1916 pattern ekm, the mans date of birth is 16 October 1894.

[josephc]

thank you; did not realize these were birth date numbers. Ill move this to the imperial forum also.
I have not had wwI disks before this and the other one. Not familiar with styles.

[byBen]

I did some quick Research on him

Unteroffizier Victor Koczyk was slightly wounded in 1918, he returned home and married in 1933 and would die on the 17th August 1955.