Mecklenburgisches Füsilier-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm Nr.90

[k bandow]

Here is a nice recent arrival, taken at Lockstedt.

 

[b.loree]

Wow!! There are a few bucks in Meck headgear shown in that photo! Excellent! I have never seen such a group photo before.

 

[KAGGR#1]

I was just updating my Officer Stellvertreter strap displays
I had forgot to show this Officer Stellvertreter pair for Fusilier Regt 90
in Feldgrau .They came from a Stauffer auction .They had been a blanket
of straps from the garrison of Prussian Dragoon Regt 15

 

[k bandow]

Wow!! There are a few bucks in Meck headgear shown in that photo! Excellent! I have never seen such a group photo before.

Close to $100k, I reckon!

 

[k bandow]

I was just updating my Officer Stellvertreter strap displays
I had forgot to show this Officer Stellvertreter pair for Fusilier Regt 90
in Feldgrau .They came from a Stauffer auction .They had been a blanket
of straps from the garrison of Prussian Dragoon Regt 15 View attachment 28409View attachment 28410

Those are absolutely jaw-dropping, Steve!!!

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

fantastique photo de famille!!!!!!!!!!! je n'avais vu de modèle 15 auparavant !!!!!!!!!le dragon est une tuerie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ce qu'il a dit!

Magnifique.

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Since I made a thread about Grenadier-Regiment Nr.89, of course, I have to make one about Füsilier-Regiment Nr.90! I'll kick things off with what I think is my oldest example from FR90. View attachment 26484

Excellent picture Karl. I just took a photo for you. But you might not be able to get Moosehead Lager down there.

 

[k bandow]

Excellent picture Karl. I just took a photo for you. But you might not be able to get Moosehead Lager down there.

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Tony, what a stunner!! Does the little ball come off on these earlier examples?

And I will have to look for Moosehead Lager. I am part Canadian on my Mom's side, so I gotta try it!

 

[k bandow]

It's been a while! Here is a recent arrival.

 

[b.loree]

Very nice, photo. Excellent view of the shoulder strap, so many of these can’t be seen.

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Hello,
interesting topic.
Here is my contribution: two helmets from the FR90 "alter Art". On the left the M68 model with its beautiful ribboned kockade and on the right, the M91 model with its very specific shaped kockade.

As for the M95, no difference between an FR90 and a GR89, except with regard to the small tulip tip ball. Fixed for a FR and unscrewable for a GR;

 

[k bandow]

Hello,
interesting topic.
Here is my contribution: two helmets from the FR90 "alter Art". On the left the M68 model with its beautiful ribboned kockade and on the right, the M91 model with its very specific shaped kockade.

As for the M95, no difference between an FR90 and a GR89, except with regard to the small tulip tip ball. Fixed for a FR and unscrewable for a GR;
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What stunning examples!

 

[k bandow]

This thread could use a bump! Here is a nice FR90 photo I recently got in from the Vaterland.

 

[argonne]

Two 1914-1916 veterans, both named, both wearers taken prisoners.
Left: FR90/I/RJR90, 4.K (wearer taken prisoner on Hill 304 near Verdun, 19 May 1916). Right: I/GR89, 3 K. (wearer taken prisoner on the Ourcq, 10 September 1914).

Philippe

 

[k bandow]

Two 1914-1916 veterans, both named, both wearers taken prisoners.
Left: FR90/I/RJR90, 4.K (wearer taken prisoner on Hill 304 near Verdun, 19 May 1916). Right: I/GR89, 3 K. (wearer taken prisoner on the Ourcq, 10 September 1914).

Philippe

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What stunners, Philippe!! I have a soft spot in my heart for Mecklenburg-Schwerin, as that is where my Bandow (and other) ancestors were from. A very bad economic situation in the 1860s led them to leave, but our family still holds a fondness for our old home!

 

[k bandow]

Soldiers of RIR90. Those Mecklenburg cockades stand out like a sore thumb! Notice that they were issued Prussian Pickelhauben.

 

[k bandow]

 

[k bandow]

 

[John Josef]

Great stuff

 

[CLOVIS 57]

Here is a photo of the FR90, which is interesting because among the enlisted soldiers with their M97 helmets and Waffenrocks are a few reservists or Wehrmanns wearing M71/91 helmets with tulip tips and carrying a Litewska .


And below, an astonishing photo of a GR89... the front plate of the Strelitz, but the fluted tip of the Schwerin.


Here's an M68, modified M71 (with rear spine). The small ball at the top is fixed, so it's an FR90. The GR89s have this little ball that can be unscrewed to screw in the Haarbusch. The tuliped tip is then used as a trichter.