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Greetings All, A Merry Christmas and Joyous Holiday Season to each of you and yours…. This little project has been sitting on a mental back burner for quite awhile now and the urge to do something about it finally came upon me. This is not a technical or overly historical little article ...

Hi Stu Not too much to add but can report that the 1st Army Corps began the war as part of the Field Army under the Command of General Baron von Manteuffel. The Infantry component of the 1st Army Corps was as follows, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Brigade, 1st Grenadier Regiment (Crown...

what a cool pic Joe, thanks for sharing it. Hopefully no one will cut the tree down to save the relic..... [-X

Nice honest helmet James, love those Saxon wappen :thumb up:

Greetings Guys Here are the images regarding the tunic in question. A few comments, all of the buttons look to have been replaced, some are brass, some are painted steel, shoulder straps removed long ago. The ends of the cuffs are frayed through and there are some scattered snags in the body of...

wow, outstanding Glenn, simply great. I will still post the pics tomorrow of the uniform itself and the label just for fun... Thank you :bravo: Larry

Thanks Glenn I don't know is the simple answer. Sunday I will take a photo of the tailor's label inside the pocket so you can see for yourself where i am coming up with this idea. Sort of grabbing at straws in a way....this is a great service you do for us/me, very generous of you Hi Joe...

Hi Guys Just picked up an officers quality Bavarian M1910 feldgrau tunic. Nurnberg tailors label with the man's name and December 1914 date. Was wondering if any of you who have a pre-war rangeliste could please look this guy up for me. His name was Zimmerman, possibly George (now that's timely...

What a GREAT helmet, love it... :thumb up:

Hi Bungo I'll try to weigh-in a bit on your French shako. I looks to be that of a Garde Nationale officer (militia), 34th battalion, circa mid 1850's. The main clue is the eagle, it looks to the left, where the eagles on regular line regiments look right. Also, yours sits on a spray of branches...

Hi Guys Thought I’d share this recent acquisition of a cabinet card size image of two Baden infantrymen circa 1900. As you can see they are armed with the 1888 Commission rifle with the long bladed M1871 sword bayonet. The image is very clear with excellent detail….you just hafta know these...

Hi Guys....sorry for the bump on this thread but I had some time to begin reading volume I of The Iron Cross 1813-1870-1914 The History and Significance of a Medal by Frank Wernitz, Military Verlag publishing. In there the plight of the 61st Regiment was mentioned in context with the awarding...

Yes Joe, nice Ulan photo...

Nice bayonet....always love these regimentally marked bayonets, good regiment too..thanks for posting.

Hey Joe Don't imagine this will add too much more to your information file, but the Kar 98 was first issued in 1909, ours is chamber dated that year and is serial number 7588a. It has a bayonet lug, but the lug sure seems to have been an afterthought, as it gives little support to the bayonet...

Very nice Alan, musty and dusty, looks right out of the woods.... Larmo

That was wonderful, thanks for posting this :thumb up: The troops looked well drilled, really liked how they deployed for bayonet drill...amusing too that the officer had to be carried across the stream so as not get his feet wet, must have been a real inspiration to his men... Larmo

Greetings all. Thought you might enjoy seeing this fairly clear Daguerreotype image of a French Infantry officer of roughly the Crimean War era. His rank is Captain, a company commander maybe, with his image taken perhaps prior to his departure for the seat of war. I had been in the market for...

Thanks Joe, very interesting

Excellent, many thanks for posting these..