German Empire
REFERENCE: The Georgian Legion (German: Die Georgische Legion) is a Reichswehr formation. The Georgian Legion was created during the First World War in 1915 from Georgian volunteers who were in a prisoner of war camp in the Turkish city of Samsun. It had about 1,500 soldiers. The legion also included Muslim highlanders from the Caucasian region. The German General Staff entrusted the organization of the legion and its general leadership to Count Friedrich-Werner von Schulenburg, who was the German consul under the Tiflis governor from 1911 until the outbreak of war. The first commander of the legion was the German officer Lieutenant Horst Schliphak. The most senior officer among Georgians was Major General Leo Kereselidze. The Legion received support from the "Committee for the Independence of Georgia" organized in Germany. During the hostilities between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, the battalion was located on the Black Sea coast, east of the city of Tirebolu. In 1917, due to contradictions between the Turkish government and the "Committee for the Independence of Georgia," the legion was dissolved
cat. # Ro.
cat. # P
face value
year
Description/Notes
OBVERSE
REVERSE
Gut für
Ro.480
5 piastres
ND
hand-written
Ro.483b
10 piastres
ND
from
sub. Unteroff. d. R.
Ro.483c
10 piastres
ND
from
sub. Vise Feldw.
Ro.484a
5 piastres
1916
without specifying a military rank
Ro.484b
5 piastres
1916
from
sub. Vise Feldw. d. R.
REVERSE
Ro.485a
10 piastres
1916
without specifying a military rank
Ro.485b
10 piastres
1916
from
sub. Vise Feldw. d. R.
REVERSE
Ro.485c
10 piastres
1916
from
sub. Vise Feldw. 3 berg. I. R.
333333-Georgischen Legion Samsun (Turkei)-444444
