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Your Bavarian cockade has been post war repainted or replace. The correct background colour is a dull silver with the light blue inner stripe.
Thanks Joe Semen
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I am still looking for a wartime WW! field grey Bavarian em's artillery pill box cap. If you know of one for sale, please email me at [email protected] Thanks Joe
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The marking from what I can read, R R 18, If read them right. May interpert Reserve Infantry Regiment 18 . from the 13th Corp 1918 Or Recuiting depot of the infantry regiment. You have to look and see what regiment was attached to the 13th corps.The other stampng who knows. I know...
If the depot marking are to a Saxon corp or regiment then the tunic was once a m15 Prussian Bluse. Without having hands on. The barrel cuffs looked to be removed. The collar looks to be modified, so good chance in it's previous life had one time the prussian green cloth collar. This only...
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If you are looking for explaination of your tunic. Your tunic was once a M15 Prussian or Bavarian tunic. After the war the tunic was put to use either as work jacket or civilian coat for some poor chap. Reason , the missing shoulder straps and buttons then the belt ramps and side hooks. The...
Very stunning collection. Very very rare items indeed. How long did it take you to aquire such items? I take it , you been collecting for long time to aquire such rare items.
Joe Semen
Looks good to me.But the only problem is..... that it is missing the chinstrap and the cockades. The national cockade should be easy to find a original but the baden cockade and the chinstrap will be a pain to find.
Joe Semen