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    dry cleaning

    At the time when these uniforms were cut and sown, people used water and soap to clean them. If you choose this solution nowadays, if it's not better, it will be at least "not worst" than at the time. You can find some very sweet biological washing powder that won't be too aggressive and will...
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    Great color movie from 1913

    Wonderful! Thanks a lot Robert! Shame on us, new generations, who always think they invented everything... Regards Gilles
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    Photographer props???

    "Think about it; would a soldier walk through the streets of a German city to a photographer's shop without his hat or helmet? Or with his sword belt on with no sword attached? It would never happen." writes Tony. Which uniform was the Garde-du-Corps allowed to wear when he would leave the...
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    Hat Badge Question

    ..."the navy style ring (which emulates the ring around certain navy badges (the Luftschiffer patch, for instance)"... You mean the patch was worn horizontally? :-? :P (ok Chip, Kaisergig/ Kadetten...) Those kinds of badges were quite popular in Germany, they were worn on the front of navy...
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    What does the B mean?

    Joe, I think the B has to do with the manoeuvre ground Beverloo in Belgium, but for sure Chip won't believe me... Regards Gilles
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    Landsturm collar insignia

    Jürgen Kraus shows one in the photographic part of his two-volume study on German WWI fieldgrey uniforms. Regards Gilles
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    Hat Badge Question

    The badge is Danzig related. The crown over the two crosses are the Stadtwappen (sorry for my poor english) of the former German and now German town of Danzig / Gdansk. Regards Gilles
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