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Must be the crowned W, for West Africa. :lol: Chip

Joe, You can make out the number on the straps? The only prewar infantry regiment that had troops stationed in Mühlhausen i.Th., was I.R.167. Chip

...and if you make it to K.C., be sure to look me up. I live just ten minutes from the museum and always enjoy going back. Chip

Not a mark on anything. Chip

Joe, Mühlhausen was in the XI.A.K., nominally, Prussian/Kurhessen. I think this pretty much follows the line of previous discussions of the units from this corps wearing a mixture of Prussian and Hessian buckles and helmets. Chip

Here is a WWI German cleaning kit. This one was posted on the French WWI website by a member who goes by the name Eparges. You can see all of the contents. I have a fieldgray painted example tin, but, alas, without the contents. Chip

I thought all members of this "corps" were officers. This kid has enlisted straps and cap cockades.

I can tell you that the only one he identifies is misidentified. That epaulette is for Ulans and last time I checked, the Garde du Corps were heavy cavalry. Chip

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I believe the Germans referred to a cap with this shape as a Tellermütze. It's certainly not a Feldmütze and I don't think Krätzchen is appropriate either. Chip

PS, No, the tag is not imperial. They are reproducing these, but other than artillery units, the "/" was not used on imperial Etiketts. Chip

Super find! =D> Chip

ukturk, Thanks for you thoughts concerning this patch. It never did look to be quite the correct shape to be the Turkish patch, but before the Osprey book came out with the color scheme of the Turkish patches, it was the closest thing that I had seen. Do you have any source material or do you...

I guess he is covering himself in case the helmet only sells for the minimum. #-o

Ron, I think the reason that you have received no answers is that nobody knows for sure. I have seen these swords in wartime photos occasionally. My guess is that they were probably export versions of their M89 issue cavalry sword. I don't recall ever seeing one with unit marks on it, which...

ukturk, Perhaps you would care to comment on this patch. I have had it for many years, but have not been able to identify it. I know that some of the Turkish storm troops wore something similar on their upper left sleeve, but I think it was more of a square than a rectangle. The Osprey book on...

Loosecannon, Though I already gave you some rough evaluations, I can tell you that though these patches are not common, in general, when you find one here in the States, 99% of the time they are going to be exact duplicates of these. So what does this do to the value? Well, they are what they...

Larry, Pietsch calls the one with the leather carrier a "Feldartillerie Seitengewehr (Faschinenmesser) U/M". He calls the one with the "swirled" brass handle the "Seitengewehr M48" For what it's worth. Chip

I have seen all of these insignia before and have many of them myself. They fall into the category of captured warehouse items. They may well have come from the same warehouses as the mint helmets that were sent back to the States to be latter given as premiums to war bond buyers. All of these...