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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.

 

[JG55]

Rank is soldier. In this case, Pionier.

Okay! thank you!

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Identifying the specific unit of a Prussian “Gardist” is difficult from a black-and-white photograph. You need to examine the color of the helmet trim (particularly the chin guard scales), the color of the Haarbusch (black or white), the color of the epaulets, the type of sleeve trim (Saxon or Brandenburg), etc.... The answer given by seems plausible to me; I’ll look through my documents to confirm.

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