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Wow! what a great group. Freikorps items seem to have become increasingly rare and the prices are fairly high. Good find and thanks for posting it.

I will try to get more pics asap, I am at school so it is hard for me to get back and forth and have enough time to visit the family and take pics. If you gentlemen make a list up I will take the pictures and email them to the appropriate parties.

I had a family members in the 11th Jagers one was killed at Loretto Hill in 1916, I am looking for help on the subject any good books that could you could recommend would be appreciated.

Those would be Hungarian police officers. Models of this helmet show up in Kube every once and a while

Sorry to take so long in response, I could possible take some more pics maybe this weekend when I have time as I have a 3 day break. In the meantime I can answer any questions for anyone on the Brownbess or the Baker or the shako. I did not do the collection justice as I am inept with a camera...

I have no Idea how to post pictures of my collection my skills with the camera and computer are not the sharpest. So please send help. And when they do get up the photographer does not do any of the items justice. Here is the order that they will eventually appear in the picture, from left to...

I will post my collecton asap in a new thread, the earliest I can get to it is Saturday though. The Baker was an interesting rifle as the inventor was a friend of the Prince of Wales it was adopted over some other rifles. The German jagers in British service constantly complained about it, as...

Jagers were first used and devolped by the austrians in the form of rugged Hungarian Grenzer or Germanic foresters equiped wiht rifles or fast loading carbines being brigaded with light cavalry in the wars with Frederick the Great. He adopted them as well as the rest of the German states as...

That is very interesting. One would think that with the type of warfare that the use and issue of Submachine guns would of been more prevelent. In comparison to ww2 the amount of tactical inovations for field use never was devolped like in the second. espically with weaponary. how often was the...

That would be interesting to see the ratings, I am sure the Garde was the top. Rommel was latter attached to a mountian unit. I have a 1813 model shako from the East Prussian Jagers and a model 1860 Landwher. I also have a model 1805 baker rifle and a few other Napoleonic jager items. I will...

Indeed I plan on buying a k98 from Hermann-Historica if I can get the import license from the ATF. It is interesting that they carried the same rifle in both world wars. Have always been jagers this topic is very interesting to me. 11th Marburg from 1815 on, and the Hesse-Kassel Jager corps...

in the 18th and early 19th century Jagers played a distinct role on the battelfield, they were either hand picked or voluntered and went through extensive training. They were considered an elite troop. In the American revolution the Hessen jagers outshot and fought their American counter parts...

My message wasnt displayed totally. Technology damn you!!!! IN kube 112, Item 2135 the feldgrau pelzmutze. Is this all original, if so i expect the starting price to be at least in the higher then what it is. Plus i thought these were long gone.....extinct even. Any comments? Thank you. Best...

2135 Any comments? I thought these were extinct!!!

When in Lousiville come and visit Cincinnati and take in its German heritage. The beer halls here will show you that YOU Candian's are the ones with the girly beer. Cincinnati is about an hour 10 minute drive away. Also the Oktoberfest celebrations are coming up such as the Mt. Adams bar crawl...

i apologise for condeming dessertion and my "objecion not being valid" for criticizing a man who abandonded his country and unit i personally believe in loyalty and integrity no matter the circumstances as every Man should regardless of political believes. How many American military personnel do...

I dont know who would want to hear a story about a deserter, I personally find it un favorable espically froma culture who prides itself on the fighting ability of its men

I have the series of Knotel cig cards from Fredericks and wars of liberation times, I was wondering is there a series of uniforms plates depicting soldiers from the different states during the 1830s-40s? Thank you

Well couldnt it bee Vorbecks troops as they were cut off and fighting away from teh main German colonies in Africa, they could be using whatever they picked up in ambushes and raids as the uniforms, weapons, and headgear are all mixed, i think i even spy a pre wosley foreign service helmet...

Sorry for taking so long to respond I have been swamped! Here it is. 190141271166 Best regards. Michael Muth