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Generals come out to play

Post by J.LeBrasseur » Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:40 pm

Have not taken pictures of these for awhile, thought I would share.

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Post by kaiser » Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:11 pm

These are in one word astonishing
There great😲😲

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Post by ebeeby » Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:06 pm

Saluting smartly !!
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Post by b.loree » Fri Jan 11, 2019 7:22 pm

Very nice James, I have not seen them all together like that before! Not many collectors can pictures like that.
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Post by badener » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:21 pm

Outstanding James!
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Post by pickelhauben » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:34 pm

Wow indeed !!
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Post by stuka f » Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:57 am

=D> Wow!
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Post by Jaap Verduijn » Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:05 am

Spectacular!
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Superb James!

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Post by Tony without Kaiser » Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:58 am

Some General's shoulder boards would look brilliant displayed with those.
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Post by Sandmann » Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:29 am

Awesome Helmets...thank you for sharing :bravo:
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Post by J.LeBrasseur » Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:35 pm

Tony without Kaiser wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:58 am
 Some General's shoulder boards would look brilliant displayed with those.
Thanks guys for all the nice comments!

Tony- I agree, however, I really do not know much at all about shoulder boards :-?

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Post by aicusv » Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:48 pm

Great pieces (beyond my pay grade) - quick question or two, recently I came across a set of uniforms for a Lieutenant General, the boards were Hessian and had the monogram for JR115. What Wappen would this individual wear on his helmet ? Also would it be possible to identify him?
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Post by ww1czechlegion » Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:55 pm

A fantastic looking trio James! =D> :bravo:

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Post by SkipperJohn » Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:06 am

Beautiful.

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Post by festwagner » Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:20 am

A impressive trio which will be completed by others states ?
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Post by KAGGR#1 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:21 am

Hello aicusv ;
I collect shoulder straps .You are correct , the " L " cypher would be for the early Hessian LGIR 115 .However , in my opinion
they would not be worn on a General's uniform . A general who would be al suite to I R 1115 would wear the uniform the same as
any officer within the regiment , the difference would be shown by rank of the shoulder strap or epaulette .The strap shown in the photo is for the rank of Lt. Colonel ; not a general .
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Post by aicusv » Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:03 pm

Thank you, I stay away from officers ( the higher the rank the farther away, hold over from my time in the service) items. The uniforms does have general tabs on the collar. So I can assume that someone has played with this uniform. I do get confused about German generals. During the days of Alt Fritz, generals usually wore the uniform of the regiment they came out of, wasn't sure how long that practice continued.
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Post by JohnS3rd » Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:22 pm

James,
You have some truly outstanding items in your collection. Thank you for posting some pictures of it. They more than likely just the tip of the Iceberg.
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Post by JohnM » Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:16 pm

James!

Generally speaking... that is an awesome collection!!! =)

Well done!!!

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