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The award document is signed by Hauptmann Frithjof Tamms. Captain Tamms, born 21 August 1878 was a regular officer originally commissioned into Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66 in 1898. By the outbreak of war he had risen to the position of a Hauptmann (1.10.13) on the staff of II./GFR. AT...

My opinion on the subject is unprintable! 🤬 Regards Glenn

Chris, the uniform regulations of 1896 only dealt with the yellow cord and state: "For the newly formed battalions at mobilization (Zweigbataillone), a yellow wool cord, 7cm long and 0.5cm wide......" with no distinction between battalions. However, on page 757 of Kapitän Noeske's book, he...

Chris, it was a pre-war definition to name those battalions formed on mobilisation and the cord would differentiate between those of the original peacetime battalion and those of the newly formed Zweig, literally branch or off-shoot battalion which would utilise the same number. In practice...

Thank you. Not so "seamless" I just noticed a slight issue above the Garde-Kavallerie-Division. I have fixed it and re-posted the image. Regards Glenn

John, the magic of Photoshop. Nine overlapping scans seamlessly "stitched" together. :) Regards Glenn

Jeff, I think I first visited Innsbruck in about 2000 and the Kaiserschützen Museum was already closed. Fortunately Verlag Militaria's book on the Kaiserschützen contains much of the collection from there. It was my holidays in the Tyrol that sparked my interest in the Austro-Hungarian Army. I...

John, I inspected a copy on my recent trip to the Bundesheer library in Potsdam. They received a copy whilst I was there. Great stuff, with some wonderful photographs and also some very nice Friedrich Ludwig Scharf uniform prints of Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 14. I took a few scans in the library...

Not explicitly German but a wonderful new addition to my library. The latest offering from Militaria Verlag titled "The Tyrolean Kaiserjäger: History, Uniforms, Equipment and Upholding Traditions from 1816 until Today". This arrived yesterday from Vienna and is of course up to the usual very...

With some difficulty, I managed to scan a full page. For your viewing pleasure; the Garde-Korps. Regards Glenn

Congratulations; a wonderful reference. I picked up a set about twenty years ago. It is a great snapshot in time and being published just after the turn of the Century nicely illustrates the early Jäger zu Pferde organisation. Being such a large format, the detail and quality is so much...

Hello, The Jäger branch also wore red with exception of the Garde-Schützen-Bataillon who wore black Pioniere and Verkehrstruppen: Black The cavalry generally wore patches in the regimental facing colour Field and Foot Artillery: Black Train: Light blue Regards Glenn

Steve, the "Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deutschen Heeres" by Claus von Bredow. Published in 1905, it covers all the contingents and gives such details as dates of formation, commanders, garrisons, details of colours and standards, battles/engagements etc., etc. Regards Glenn

A quick overview. Regards Glenn

very much a civilian branch of government; the national audit office of the German Reich - no Pickelhaubes! Regards Glenn