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Not a great portrait but here is char. Generalmajor Böckelmann after his promotion to that rank on 5 September 1929. Regards Glenn

Bob, Albrecht Böckelmann. Born 10 March 1874 in Magdeburg, he entered DR 9 on 18 April 1893 as a Fahnenjunker. Promoted to Portepee-Fähnrich on 18 November 1893 and commissioned as a Leutnant on 18 August 1894. He was promoted to Oberleutnant on 22 May 1904 and was transferred to DR 22 on 25...

Hi Stephan, very nice portrait of Hauptmann von Roeder. I checked the 1933 regimental history of 1. GRzF and found there another image of the same occasion and the date is confirmed as 7 June 1912. Presumably, the two colours are those of the I and IV battalions, that of the IV being carried...

Here is a nice image of the colours of 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß being paraded before the Kaiser and the King Ferdinand of Bulgaria at Potsdam in early June 1912. Some interesting characters are identifiable in this shot. From right to left: Generalleutnant Fritz von Below, commanding 1...

These are the only two I have found for him: Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class: (gazetted in the Bavarian Verordnungs-Balatt on 10 April 1915) Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class with Swords: 26 May 1915. Regards Glenn

These are his peacetime awards as at the time of the publication of the 1914 Militär-Handbuch. I will check for wartime awards. Jubilee Medal Prussian Red Eagle Order 4th Class Long service decoration 2nd class Malteser Ritter-Orden - Ehren- und Devotionsritter Regards Glenn

This is my go to reference to the state awards in WW1. A very useful publication. Regards Glenn

Charles, two different usages of the term à la suite: 1. A senior member of the Kaiser's entourage (Gefolge) ranking between a Flügel-Adjutant and a General-Adjutant usually in the rank of a Generalmajor - basically a very senior adjutant. 2. as an honorific. akin to a colonelcy in a...

I referenced this chap in the Garde-Korps colours thread - Otto von Plüskow. Here we see "lofty" with his friend and Flügel-Adjutant, Major Hans von Boehn. Both Otto and Hans rose to very senior rank; General der Infanterie and General der Kavallerie respectively. They were both in their careers...

Here is the relevant cabinet order as mentioned above: "The colour bearers of the foot troops - excluding foot artillery - and the standard bearers, are in future to be appointed by the regimental commanders and the commanders of independent battalions respectively. They...

His biography in German per Wikipedia. He was elevated to the noble rank of Count in 1916 and after wounds and sickness was returned to duty with the Bavarian legation in Berlin in 1915. As far as I can see, there is just one entry for him at ancestry in the Bavarian military records collection...

chaps, according to the first document, Karl Freiherr von Soden entered the Bavarian army as an 18 year old on 25 April 1917. The tunic is that of a captain dated September 1915. The man in question is Joseph Maria Freiherr von Soden-Fraunhofen, in 1914 an Oberleutnant der Reserve (25.8.13) n...

The arm badge, Ringkragen and Fahnenträger sidearm were all introduced per AKO of 15 June 1898. If the Fahnenträger held the rank of a Vizefeldwebel, he would continue to wear the Infantry officers‘ sword (IOD 89). Regards Glenn

The assembled colour bearers of the Garde-Korps at Tempelhofer Felde, Berlin on 2 September 1895. Note the very tall officer in the group of 1st Foot Guards officers at the right of the photo - Hauptmann Otto von Plüskow, commanding the "Leib-Kompanie", the tallest officer in the Prussian army...

I was looking for something else when today I came across this nice portrait at the library of congress public domain archive; one "general von Strach", Brussels. I thought I would check him out, and as I suspected, there was no general officer of that name (there were a couple of junior...

Hi Stefan, great to see you here! That is a distinct possibility. I recall seeing somewhere a photo with a couple of Flügeladjutanten with the experimental uniform but cannot find it at the moment. Regards Glenn

Here is char. Generalfelmarschall Karl von Steinmetz. This photograph shows the correct placement of the rank stars of a brevet field marshal. Regards Glenn

Ah, thats the problem with this picture; Prinz Friedrich Karl was not a brevet Generalfeldmarschall but was promoted from General der Kavallerie to the substantive rank of Generalfeldmarschall. Secondly, the brevet field marshal wore the rank stars horizontally, i.e. either side of the batons...

This one I cannot explain! From the Royal collection, a fine portrait of Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Karl von Preußen. He is depicted with two stars in the normal configuration plus marshals' batons. A mistake on the part of the artist or perhaps a quirk of the Prince? Regards Glenn

In any case the new Feldzeichen of 1903 must have been very short-lived; the NCOs and soldiers of the Saxon Train battalions received the leather helmet also in 1903. Regards Glenn