joerookery
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okay sports fans what does this one say? Looks like a slightly unusual Landsturm but I cannot read the lower left can you? Is it XIII?
I saw that -- really makes you wonder. Was it the photographer or was it the subject? Somebody got the background all wrong!Maybe they should have adjusted the background to the clothing a bit..
George, I rejected that possibility because IV 26 was 8-Ldstr.-I-Ersatz-Btl IV A.K. formed up in September 1914. My understanding is that this Battalion never moved. XIII 26 did not become a Landwehr infantry Regiment by relatively rare Landsturm infantry Regiment. I keep trying to watch the bouncing ball! I wonder what Helmut Wappen this guy wore? Curiouser and curiouser...this be an example of a misuse by the Landsturm of proper identifiers
Divisional numbers were used on field covers in certain official and unoffical cases.
of course the photographer used a painted background ( as usual for the period, I thought)
Now, this does not help with the helmet cover in question, but it's enlightening just the same, nicht wahr?
joerookery said:No kidding! I am really confused now as you cannot tell from the picture of the Bavarian army whether it is regiment or division in certain cases.
True!Yes, but if the number IS in fact XIII then he could not be a Bavarian, right?
I am positive that those munitions guys wore an Uberzug with just the corps numbers on it in Roman numerals and. However, I do not think it was exclusive. The Bavarian regulation that Chip quoted says that the munitions guys and all train personnel would wear the division number when not in a corps. This however is a Bavarian regulation. I have nothing similar for the Prussian army.My understanding is that only the Munitions-Kolonnen Überzug wore Roman Numerals by themselves.
I don't know! The combination of the letter "L" and the Landsturm numbers are a new one on me. It is also interesting that the number XIII 26 represents a Landsturm regiment not a battalion.but then why does he have a Landsturm type number like XIII 26 which is what you would see on the collars?
Perhaps we were confusing but Chip simply added a bunch of Bavarian anomalies to the discussion. The photograph original in question shows a soldier that originally came from a Landsturm Ersatz battalion! Not much of a connection there.I can't see a connection between this fellow and Munitions-Kolonnen, or Ersatz anything?