Flieger Company Number?

[Steve Nick]

Sorry if this question is patently obvious but I'm confused regarding the Company number on this strap. Is it a 2 or a 7 ?

I'm thinking a 7 but the numeral seems an odd configuration to me?

 

[southsando]

I think it is a seven, the number is usually viewed with the button and point of the shoulder strap at the "top".

 

[Reingold]

7

 

[Steve Nick]

OK. Thanks for your comments.

What do we know about the 7th Flieger Company or it Battalion sized unit?

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Steve this article I wrote is 25 years old, but still accurate.

Flieger Mannschaften
Shoulder Straps
1910 - 1918

 

[Steve Nick]

Steve this article I wrote is 25 years old, but still accurate.

Flieger Mannschaften
Shoulder Straps
1910 - 1918

Tony:

Thanks for posting your article. It's very informative and helpful. I have an MS Access database of every unit in the army as of August 1914 and it lists as you mention in your article, 1 Bavarian and 4 Prussian battalions. It's apparent that these units expanded as the war went on. 7th Battalion is obviously one of these.

I'm assuming that FEA 7 was a Prussian unit and therefore the Prussian button is appropriate. Do you know if that's a fair assumption?