1914 Belgian Congo "Wangermée" jacket

[Tabora]

New, battle dress of the Belgian Congo "Wangermée" (for belgian officers and biengian NCO's in the Belgian Congo) dated March 1914 and used until 1918 and a flagship same place.



Belgian officers in 1916 in Ruanda.
Copyright: me....



Note: 1917 (Kakhi uniforme for congolese soldiers arrived in 1917....)
Copryright: Belgian colonial office but now Belgian Foreign Office.



Copyright: Belgian officiers in 1914. Frankfurt University, Germany, Europe.

I'll have to clean rust stains recess and sew a few places to prevent the part from deteriorating.
These tunics were worn by belgians as Cameroon, in Rhodesia as well as German East Africa.











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Best Regards

Mick

 

[stuka f]

I am so jealous!!
;-)
Very nice Mick!
:bravo:
I managed to find more docu to my pre 1901 FP dog tag;

 

[Tabora]

Hello Kris,

I got lucky on ebay, 16 € (+ - $ 20)! But no buttons, rust stains, sad.

I think that I 'm not the only one to have this piece in my collection ... I hope. I havn't information about the buttons, but in a pocket, I found six pearl buttons.

I went to see this week at the Royal Army Museum in Brussels, their copy of this tunic, but there wasn't copy in the exhibition.

I normally get a riding canvas trousers to go with this tunic. I found the boots, I am just missing the belt, holster and French helmet "Sugarloaf" (Pain de Sucre) for full field uniform (1914 / Cameroun & Rhodesian campaigns).

Kris, I also have this book, but I never paid attention to the article about medals.

Regards

Mick

 

[stuka f]

ebay is a good place to look!
That is where I found most of my stuff.
I got the medal for free, with thise mirror;

 

[chrispaulodale]

Very nice tunic! Thanks for sharing the pics...

Looking forward to seeing more on your website too!

Here's a photo which I think shows members of the Force Publique with one of the captured Koenigsberg guns-

Cheers
Chris