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I have recorded 50 different lithopanes in my stein collection.

Very nice Ross Charles. If you do not have a copy of A Rifleman Went to War by H.W. McBride it is a very interesting work with a lot of information about the Ross rifle. the book is available from Amazon.

There are 3 ribbons associated with the Bavarian Militar-Verdienstkreuz. The following photo shows the 3 ribbons. The ribbon on the left is for non military personnel, the center ribbon is a non combat award and the one on the right is a combat award.

Very nice stein.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Be very careful with regimental steins. About 30 years ago I decided to buy just one stein to go with my helmet collection and look what that did to me. As you can see from part of my collection in the photograph the things are addictive.

Honesty I try but keep falling asleep part way through the first shelf.

Tony, it is not perfect but a pretty nice example of an issue GRR

Jaeger Bn. 13

M95 OJR 91

Line Kurassier officer

OJR 91 Officer

M1871 OJR 91

Garde Reiter Regiment

Model 1867 Schwere Reiter Regiment

Infantry Regiment 115

FR90 enlisted.

Very nice Charles.

I believe the U.S.B. marking indicates the NCO school at Biebrich. The school was opened in 1867 and in 1914 moved to Wetzlar. See Das Deutsche Heer, volume 1, page 246 and Militaerische Kopfbedeckungen der Kaiserzeit by Reiner Hermann, page 154.

I use two styles of racks to hold swords. Both are simple to construct and can be adapted to swords or bayonets of any length. The first two are made from wood planks cut in a triangular shape to act as bases with dowels used as stringers to set the distance apart. Short dowels are then set into...