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I had not seen a private purchase tunic from this regiment, so I was somewhat surprised to see that the highly detailed crown on the shoulder boards looks nothing like the crown on issue tunics. Only the fact that it is a crown is the same..... otherwise they bear no resemblance to each other. Chip

Well, you all seem to be doing quite well without me. From what I can see, it looks like a mixed group of Bavarians. Groups like this posing with weapons normally indicates that it is a training course. The two Blusen in the back row would date the photo as no earlier than late-1916 (the Probe...

Peter, All the piping is red, except on the shoulder straps. Chip

Ronny, The difference between the Faustriemen and the Troddel is two fold. First, there is the physical difference...... the Faustriemen had a leather strap and slider, whereas the Troddel had a woven cloth strap and cloth covered slider. The other difference is those who wore them. The...

Hello everyone, Does anyone had a good clear copy of this photo? I know it has been shown on the Internet before and I believe that it has come out of the photographic collection of the Imperial War Museum. The original shots are crystal clear and sharp. This is one of a series of photos of...

Kelley, There were no issue straps with the corners cut off. I know you occasionally see some like that, but they are private purchase pieces and are the exception, not the norm. Enlisted feldgrau straps were never made this way. Some of the reenactment units have nicely made shoulder straps...

We're waiting in that narrow gulch he has to pass through. :-x

Gus, Be sure to take a good look at the driver that is picking up that shipment to Fort Douglas. :pirate:

"Yes, but only temporarily." The truck is backing up as I type this. :lol: Chip

This Kleiner Rock is for a foot artillery officer. With no specific unit designation, he could be a staff officer or in some other unattached capacity. Nice example! Chip

I think the 16.b.RIR was one of the few, if not the only Reserve regiment to be outfitted with these caps reminiscent of the Landsturm headgear. Chip

Thanks Chris for bringing back some good memories for me. I was fortunate enough to be able to have access to the museum's reserve collection back in 1978 with the help of an American museum curator, who was working there for a year. Just to confirm Chris's guess...there is a very large...

Giorgio, This tunic is from the royal Saxon 2. field artillery regiment #28. It was in the XII army corps and garrisoned in Bautzen. Interestingly, the cypher of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was dropped in 1917 along with the cyphers of all "enemy" rulers. Chip

Here's another example of a Saxon pioneer unit with the crossed pick and shovel. This time, it's a company level unit. Chip

Quite a mish-mash indeed. It seems that they were getting to the bottom of the barrel when it came to uniforms. Whatever obsolete pieces got left behind at the depots, were used and reused. Both the IR.94 and the RIR.94 (I. & II. Batls.) were coming out of Weimar and Eisenach, so it makes sense...

I'm guessing that one of the two is brass. :lol:

Wow, if someone has that stuff, I would like to see it too, especially the trousers. I have a gray tunic, which looks to me to be more of a dress tunic than a field one. I'm fairly certain that it is not a 1930's piece. Anyway, it would be most interesting to see some issue type items if...

Brett, This is terrific information! Thank goodness the sender had a bit of the historian in him. I have seen this insignia before in other photos, but of course, without the nice description. You have added to the knowledge pool of unofficial insignia, a little known and interesting field...

Simon, Yes, I do own both of the pieces shown. The example on the left is an M07 and I am looking for the M15 pattern. There are a series of excellent fakes for the cyphered Bavarian regiments, so you have to be extra careful, as they are really quite good. As with all reproductions, however...

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