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Well done Joe, and again thanks for the explanations Glenn.... Cheers Chris

I still can't work out why my photos won't appear on this page... never mind I've made a quick web page with some of them- http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/forumphotos/fdlp.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Let me know if that works... I think it was a French trench...

You're right Ron, it was a great day. And I still get to look forward to seeing it one day when it's open! Here's some photos... The Fort itself- Revised opening times- Artillery piece at the front of the Museum- Then around the back of the museum in the undergrowth, strange holes in...

The first thing you should all know about the Fort de la Pompelle is that the opening times advertised on the Riems tourist board site are wrong. That's right, I visited a closed museum! After waiting years for this opportunity and then spending 60 Euros on the train from Paris and 25 Euros on...

I'm going to guess exactly as I did before- Baden. It's that Baden Zähringer Lion in first position. Surely he's from Baden this time? Litzen and cuffs could point to Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regt. Nr.109 again- but I'm sure you're being more cunning than that... that would just be too easy...

Who? What? ...and probably most importantly, why? Great pic though! Cheers Chris

Did I hear that right? Foreign medals worn in the alphabetical order of their country, did you say? I'm looking at some examples online, and yes, that does seem to be the case... the other question that springs to my mind is how was our green and pleasant land named in their lists? Britannien...

Great photos Karel, and great idea Khukri (the Belgian beer that is...) Cheers Chris

Is he a military judge? Kriegsgerichtsrat? I would never have guessed that from the photo... Cheers Chris

Ah, the Zähringer Lion threw me off course too early... back to you Joe... Cheers Chris

First things to occur to me... he's got a Prussian Red Eagle (or two) in first position. Next one I note is a Baden Zahringer Lion, before his campaign medals. So he's Baden army, the only Baden Regt with collar Litzen is Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regt. Nr.109, the shoulder boards being white...

Glenn and Joe, thank you for identifying that helmet with the Baden Wappen as Stabsordonnanz and thanks Glenn for the reference to back it up. As for Garlanj's question- Helmets like this were not issued to the Schutztruppe in South West Africa. However I have seen the occasional photo of a...

...great thread. I'm reading with interest.... Cheers Chris

A great read there Joe... and nice photos Johan. So where does this one fit in? When I posted this photo before Robert suggested it could be Stabsordonnanz and JR92 mentioned the magic word Meldereiter... Cheers Chris

Thanks for posting back with the close ups! Great sword!!! Cheers Chris

Great pics, thanks for sharing them around!

Nice photo! Yes, Zugsfuehrer or Sergeant looks correct... Cheers Chris

Very nice figures!!! What scale are you working in? Cheers Chris

Nice work again!!! Cheers Chris

Great illustrations Ron, and the armour is amazing!!!! Thanks for letting us see this other side of your work... Cheers Chris