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[JG55]

I’m looking to see if anyone can identify anything on my great grandfathers uniform that would indicate rank or unit he may have served with?

 

[Jvpi]

Appears to be Garde-Pionier-Bataillon.

 

[JG55]

Appears to be Garde-Pionier-Bataillon.

What attributes of the uniform point to Garde Pionier Battalion?

 

[Jvpi]

Dark shoulder boards (Red) with nothing on them, Litzen, white helmet plate (Garde eagle), black plume. Also a very common posture for GPB soldiers in period portrait photographs.

 

[JG55]

Dark shoulder boards (Red) with nothing on them, Litzen, white helmet plate (Garde eagle), black plume. Also a very common posture for GPB soldiers in period portrait photographs.

Anything that might indicate rank or infantry vs artillery or cavalry?

 

[Jvpi]

Rank is soldier. In this case, Pionier.