Regt. der Gardes du Corps (Potsdam) or Kürassier-Regt. von Driesen ?

[giorgio]

Hi to everyone,
I would like to have infos about this Feldmütze.......
I tried to find out more about the maker but ,on the web, I didn't find nothing.....
Is it possible, from these pics, to understand if GdC or KR?
Thanks for all the help you'll be able to give me....
Regards
Giorgio

 

[KAGGR#1]

Hi to everyone,
I would like to have infos about this Feldmütze.......
I tried to find out more about the maker but ,on the web, I didn't find nothing.....
Is it possible, from these pics, to understand if GdC or KR?
Thanks for all the help you'll be able to give me....
Regards
Giorgio

I have never know for sure how to tell G d C from K R 4
Maybe a member knows ?
Steve

 

[cptbob]

The Berlin seller would suggest GdC, but it's not a sure thing.

 

[Jeff R]

The Berlin seller would suggest GdC, but it's not a sure thing.

I agree with Bob. The Berlin label makes me favor GdC. The colors for both regiments are identical - usually the only way to take an educated guess is by the maker/seller (if there is one) or an ID on the original owner. A lovely cap, either way. Both are plenty rare.

 

[giorgio]

Really thanks for your help an answers....
I admit my deep ignorance in reading Gothic fonts so is it right ?
I. Godet & Sohn K. G.
Berlin W8
Unter der Stinden 53
Thanks
Giorgio

 

[giorgio]

ok...Unter den Linden....
Thanks Khukri....

 

[GFMMackensen]

Thank you for posting. I also had the same question for a long time. Great looking hat.

 

[giorgio]

Thank you for posting. I also had the same question for a long time. Great looking hat.

Thanks to you as well...

 

[michiel]

I have the same question about this mutze, ponceau red with white piping, thus regular kurassier or Gdc ?

 

[KAGGR#1]

I have the same question about this mutze, ponceau red with white piping, thus regular kurassier or Gdc ?

If you can find the officers name in the Rang list
Steve

 

[Jeff R]

I have the same question about this mutze, ponceau red with white piping, thus regular kurassier or Gdc ?

Same challenge Michiel - except in felgrau it could also be for HR3 von Zieten! Beautiful cap - and great picture of your son(?)! Steve's suggestion is a good one.

 

[kuerassier]

There was a Kürassier Fritz Schlüter in the Regiment Nr.4, but enlisted men.

 

[michiel]

That is interesting, enlisted men generally wore tellermutze (dunkelblau period), or kratchen ( later, feldgrau period) but they could also wear schirmmutzen without officer kokarde, so maybe it is fritz schluter and someone changed the kokardes later on? ( they seem period to the mutze),

 

[michiel]

By the way this is my metal helmet cavalry shelf with two tellermutzes and two schirmmutzen of the GDC, and the garde kurrassier regiment

 

[Jeff R]

That is interesting, enlisted men generally wore tellermutze (dunkelblau period), or kratchen ( later, feldgrau period) but they could also wear schirmmutzen without officer kokarde, so maybe it is fritz schluter and someone changed the kokardes later on? ( they seem period to the mutze),

Senior NCOs would often wear officer cockades - lots of photographic evidence of that. So maybe he had advanced as an NCO?

 

[kuerassier]

Senior NCOs would often wear officer cockades - lots of photographic evidence of that. So maybe he had advanced as an NCO?

In the regimental history from around 1930 is he listed as Kürassier.

 

[ccj]

Wonderful visor caps. I regret not buying a beautiful GdC visor a couple months ago but I was overwhelmed with the Saxon GR helmet that came my way out of the blue…..