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Further to Jvpi‘s comments, I would wonder why the Attila had not been upgraded to a field officers‘ pattern if it was indeed the property of Fürst Adolf. Dosty is correct in his assertion that there were no officers of the rank of Leutnant serving in the period immediately prior to the war with...

I think there is a decent chance you are correct. However, with regards to his awards in the 1908 Prussian Rangliste, 5 of the awards listed are of the first or Grand class which makes them breast and/or throat decorations. Just two are worn on the medal bar. The good news is that of the pre-war...

Steve, he was not an adjutant to his grandfather but on 3 December 1888, he took it upon himself to wear the cypher of his late grandfather and indeed the aiguillettes of a General-Adjutant. At the same time he also ordered that his grandfather's cypher would be worn by numerous Prussian...

Charles, it is the Grand Cross of the Austro-Hungarian Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden. Regards Glenn

It gets worse! His Majesty was somewhat eccentric in his wear of orders. Regards Glenn

Unless you are the boss ;) Seine Majestät with the later Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt photographed at the Tatarenpass (present day Ukraine) in the Carpathian Mountains in late September 1917. Regards Glenn

I have checked through the officers with the name of either Schoenfeld or Schönfeld bother active and reserve/landwehr. The name is less common than I had supposed. However, I cannot find a suitable candidate in the rank range Leutnant/Oberleutnant in the infantry with any service connection to...

Kyle, in Vienna check out Buchhandlung Stöhr at Lerchenfelderstraße 78-80. Big military bookshop with modern and antiquarian military books. Regards Glenn

Not an issue on an early war M1907 Leib-Regiment tunic. The Leib-Regiment did not initially wear collar Litzen on the field dress. Regards Glenn

I agree; there were numerous Wiemanns commissioned during the war but just two with the Rufname of Fritz/Friedrich: Leutnant d.R. (4.10.14) Fritz Wiemann, Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 7 Leutnant d.L. (16.5.17) Fritz Wiemann, Landwehr Kraftfahr-Truppen The latter appears to be a good match as he...

Having consulted the regimental history of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 77, I can add a couple of more details: Karl Alvermann was born in Munster, Kreis Soltau on 30 August 1876 and was commanding the regiment's Minenwerfer-Kompanie when he was killed in action by British machine gun fire...

The name is Alvermann. Hermann Georg Karl Alvermann, was commissioned as a Leutnant der Reserve into Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 73 on 18 August 1915. He is shown serving in Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 77 at the time of his death on 30 March 1918 at Serre. Both IR 77 and Minenwerfer-Kompanie 20 were...

The Leutnant Willmann in Infanterie-Regiment von Goeben (2. Rheinisches) Nr. 28 was Otto Friedrich Karl, born 6 March 1895. I understand his given name was Karl but of course Fritz was a diminutive of Friedrich. However, more compelling is the date on the tunic: 27.7.17. Fähnrich Willmann was...

I found the image in the Zeitschrift für Heereskunde and the names of the officers are shown below. The photo was taken on 3 July 1912 on the terrace of the Leibhusaren officers' mess. Names from the top and from left to right. Regards Glenn

Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 18 wore yellow straps/Epaulette fields as a component of V. Armee-Korps (until 1 April 1890) and XVII. Armee-Korps until its transfer to the newly formed XX. Armee-Korps effective 1 October 1912 when it received the colour light blue. Regards Glenn

A super photograph indeed. The principal actors on the front row raise a couple of interesting points: Zahlmeister Knolle: Ludwig Knolle (5 August 1866-) is still uniformed as a Zahlmeisteraspirant; he was not appointed to the rank of Zahlmeister until 17 April 1905. He was for many years the...

Charles, the following held the rank of major in 1916-17 Hippolyt von Kiliani (7 January 1914) Konrad Prinz von Bayern (10.9.14) à la suite Heinrich Rhomberg (3 November 1914) Eckart von Pappus und Trazberg, Frhr. zu Landenberg und Rauhenzell (19 May 16) Heinrich Prinz von Bayern (serving...

Charles, here are the regulars. Regards Glenn

Steve, the pre-war units with colours in Stettin were: Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2 Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 34 Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 2 Regards Glenn

Steve, unfortunately not. Although the regimental history of GR 11 was published in 1908, it does not offer anything that I can tie down to this occasion. Regards Glenn