Open season on identification

Incidentally, I have a copy of Führer durch Heer und Flotte in PDF format should anyone require it.
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Yes send me one please!! I have been transcribing numbers and charts for years. It certainly would be a pleasure to copy and paste. Sign me up!
 
drakegoodman said:
This is really fantastic stuff. I've long regarded brigade numbers as bothersome and difficult to link to a battalion unless someone was holding up a sign in the photo - or there was mention of one on the back.

Bravo Joe and Glenn for publicly nutting this one out. Much appreciated!

Incidentally, I have a copy of Führer durch Heer und Flotte in PDF format should anyone require it.

- Brett
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That would be a great help, count me in Brett!
 
drakegoodman said:
Okay - I'll upload it to Dropbox and send you guys an invitation when it's done. 500 or so MB.

Stand-by.
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Thank you very much, Brett. It is not the location of Downunder, which is bothering you. The upload speed and time to Dropbox is always 4 to 10 times slower than the download speed. Most providers offer a much slower upload speed than download speed, so it is not Dropbox’s fault. My file downloaded within 10 minutes at 750 Kb/s with a 60 Mb/s connection! Thanks again for your patience and the file! :D
 
joerookery said:
[Unidentified came with other GMGA 232 pictures.--Picture taken in Berlin.
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My thought, from the shape of the cypher is he's either from 4. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.72 or Füsilier-Regiment Königin Viktoria von Schweden (1. Pommersches) Nr.34, they both had a cypher that came to a point on the bottom.
 
Difficult to say but both the Field and Foot Artillery Schools of Gunnery were disbanded at mobilisation. They were in any case entitled to Guard Litzen when in existance.

Wartime schools were formed at Jüterbog, Beverloo and Warsaw but apparently just wore a shell on the board/strap.

Regards
Glenn
 
Joe,

I think Thüringisches Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 6 always assuming that the piping is red.

Regards
Glenn
 
Glennj said:
Difficult to say but both the Field and Foot Artillery Schools of Gunnery were disbanded at mobilisation. They were in any case entitled to Guard Litzen when in existance.

Wartime schools were formed at Jüterbog, Beverloo and Warsaw but apparently just wore a shell on the board/strap.
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I read the same thing in Kraus Band II p. 643 but why then are there M1915 Fußartillerie Schießschule straps? Or can did the Lehr Regt they formed keep the Schießschule cypher?
 
Hi Tony,

The 2. Garde-Fußartillerie-Regiment was formed from the Foot Artillery School of Gunnery Lehr-Regiment. Kraus states that the straps and uníform of the latter were worn unchanged by the new regiment (Page 641 and 644).

Regards
Glenn
 
Tony,

Here is a link to an article I wrote years ago for Kaiserzeit. It might answer some of your questions.

Chip

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/utah/894/guardstr.htm
 
Chip Minx said:
Tony, Here is a link to an article I wrote years ago for Kaiserzeit.
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Very nice. I had this printed off somewhere Chip. However, trying to find it in the 12000 lbs of printed articles and magaizines etc in this house....

Electronic is much better. Thank you.
 
Whilst we are on the subject of Brigade Ersatz Bataillone, I have tentatively identified this Offizierstellvertreter board as belonging to the 86.B.E.B. due to it having yellow piping. The IR86 would have had white piping. as would the RIR86, which was also raised in the IX A.K.. There was no Landwehr Inf. Rgt.86. Can anyone confirm my guess?

Chip

 
Joe,

He may have been, but others got these Oldenburg awards as well. This is a postwar uniform. note the cuffs and the Reichswehr cap cockade.

Chip
 
Yes perfect! Thank you. Awards can be a clue but definitely not definitive in most cases. Thanks again. You're the only guy in the world that I am aware of that could solve this… What is up with this hat badge??


ps587 by joerookery, on Flickr


ps587c by joerookery, on Flickr
 
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