Hello Collectors!
I posted before, but not in this section of the forum. I am Andi from Germany. I collect for 15 years now everything connected with the 12th battle of the Isonzo.
One main Unit of this battle in Oktober 1917 was the German Jägerdivision, set up right before the battle behind the front. Together with the Alpenkorps and the württembergischen Gebirgs-Bataillon those units were the Mountain Troops of this Battle at the Italian Front.
I like to collect the headgear and so all the years one of my main tasks was to get Jäger Headgear. I was quiet lucky over the years and so i would like to show you my pieces.
One cap just arrived this month and comes fresh from an old barn. One young couple bought an old farm in Bavaria close to Rosenheim which is in the very south of Bavaria. By cleaning the barn they found that cap and it found its way to me. You can see the condition of the pieces that are found nowdays. However i cant complain on that one. Bavarian Jäger Caps are very rare and you have to be happy with any that you can get.
Its made from a very low quality wool, so that one wasnt a rich officer. Note the fieldgrey cloth that was used, as bavaria didnt adopt the fieldgreen for Jägers. From the beginning on they used fieldgrey cloth instead of fieldgreen. Also the green appears a little brighter than on prussian models.
As there was fieldgrey cloth used we can say for sure that this cap belonged to an officer of 1st bavarian Jäger Bataillon, 2nd bavarian Jäger Bataillon or 2nd bavarian Reserve Jäger Bataillon. Possible will be also the bavarian Bataillon of Jäger Regiment Nr. 3.
Best wishes!
Andi
I posted before, but not in this section of the forum. I am Andi from Germany. I collect for 15 years now everything connected with the 12th battle of the Isonzo.
One main Unit of this battle in Oktober 1917 was the German Jägerdivision, set up right before the battle behind the front. Together with the Alpenkorps and the württembergischen Gebirgs-Bataillon those units were the Mountain Troops of this Battle at the Italian Front.
I like to collect the headgear and so all the years one of my main tasks was to get Jäger Headgear. I was quiet lucky over the years and so i would like to show you my pieces.
One cap just arrived this month and comes fresh from an old barn. One young couple bought an old farm in Bavaria close to Rosenheim which is in the very south of Bavaria. By cleaning the barn they found that cap and it found its way to me. You can see the condition of the pieces that are found nowdays. However i cant complain on that one. Bavarian Jäger Caps are very rare and you have to be happy with any that you can get.
Its made from a very low quality wool, so that one wasnt a rich officer. Note the fieldgrey cloth that was used, as bavaria didnt adopt the fieldgreen for Jägers. From the beginning on they used fieldgrey cloth instead of fieldgreen. Also the green appears a little brighter than on prussian models.
As there was fieldgrey cloth used we can say for sure that this cap belonged to an officer of 1st bavarian Jäger Bataillon, 2nd bavarian Jäger Bataillon or 2nd bavarian Reserve Jäger Bataillon. Possible will be also the bavarian Bataillon of Jäger Regiment Nr. 3.
Best wishes!
Andi
