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Anyone know if there is any relation between this person and the Otto Staubwasser who wrote: Das Königlich Bayerische 2. Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz - Erinnerungsblätter (bayer. Anteil) 24 ?

I picked up a couple of photos on eBay a short while ago that were supposedly from the estate of an officer who served with the 5GRzF; this one shows two officers in the foreground, one evidently not a member of the 5GRzF. Two names are written on the back, but they are not numbered, so I'm...

Thanks for the additional information and photos. It's interesting to see in more detail and colour what my grandfather's uniform--and the sword--would have looked like. Tony, in looking through your excellent site, I notice that you also have pictures of a 5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuss uniform as...

I'm fairly certain about his year of birth, and quite positive that that is him in the picture. Ken

Thank you all three of you for your replies. The 4. Garde-Felda.-Regt. is indeed the unit that I was told he belonged to. But as for the picture being pre-war, don't know what t make of it. Is is possible they could have been using pre-war uniforms late in the war just for such portrait...

Here's a picture of my grandfather who served in the First World War. Aside from that, I know nothing about his service. A while back, I posted this picture on another forum and someone who seemed to be quite knowledgeable claimed that it was a pre-war picture. My grandfather was, however...

Thanks kindly. Ken