this picture says on the back tobruk 1940, this is my grandfather Carmelo Cascio

Tobruk 1940

Julius Friedrich Riemann (* 16 Apr, 1855 in Graudenz / West Prussia; † June 15, 1935 in Wiesbaden, Germany) was officer in the German Empire, the last in rank General of the infantry.

Riemann was before the First World War last from 2 August 1914 commander of the 15th Division. On 5 October 1914, he received command of the VIII Army Corps as Commanding General (KG). Subsequently, he also considered KG, 17 December 1916 until 22 November of the following year the VI. Army Corps. Then he stood up to the end of the war on MRP [1].

The Nazis designated on 1 In June 1938 after him in Duren the former Julius Riemann barracks.

*Awards and honours []
* Swords to the Red Eagle II class with oak leaves and Stern (March 1915) [3] 
* Pour le Mérite (16 May 1915

Julius Riemann

my Grandfather and some comrades doing paperwork before the Brits took Tobruk. 