Ritmeester66
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My name is Henk Koelewijn from Amersfoort the Netherlands, and I have been researching the Husar Regiment Konigin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden (Hannoversches) No. 15 for years.
I saw on the website of the militaria dealer Helmut Weitze a fur cap of a reserve officer of the Hutsarenregiment 15. This fur cap dates from 1912 and is made of opposomvel and bears the reservist's cross in the middle and laurel leaves in the form of a square around the cross.
Above: Waterloo, El bodon. below: Peninsula, Barossa. (see Picture)
The only fur cap I know for a reserve officer is the one by Theodor Bohnenberger in a painting where the reservist cross is on the fur cap and above it are the laurel leaves Peninsula, Waterloo El bodon, Barossa.
It seems to me that there were two versions of the Hussar Regiment 15 fur cap.
Bohnenberger's pre-1912 fur cap bears the Reservist Cross and above it the laurel leaves Peninsula, Waterloo El bodon, Barossa. The fur cap is made of otter fur.
You can see it well in the photo, unfortunately the reservist cross is no longer there. But you can clearly see where it was attached. (see photo)
I also have a photo of a Sektkoeler in the form of a fur cap of a reserve officer of the Huzar Regiment Konigin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden (Hannoversches) No. 15, which looks exactly like Bohnenberger's fur cap.
I read several books on the subject but found nothing. In Husaren Heraus I found something about reserve officers, but not about the fur cap of the Huzarenregiment Konigin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden (Hannoversches) No. 15.
Is there anything known or written about this fur cap, or is there a service record somewhere about the different versions of the fur cap of the reserve officers of the Husar Regiment 15?
I hope you can help me, of in what book i can find it.
Thanks
Henk
I saw on the website of the militaria dealer Helmut Weitze a fur cap of a reserve officer of the Hutsarenregiment 15. This fur cap dates from 1912 and is made of opposomvel and bears the reservist's cross in the middle and laurel leaves in the form of a square around the cross.
Above: Waterloo, El bodon. below: Peninsula, Barossa. (see Picture)
The only fur cap I know for a reserve officer is the one by Theodor Bohnenberger in a painting where the reservist cross is on the fur cap and above it are the laurel leaves Peninsula, Waterloo El bodon, Barossa.
It seems to me that there were two versions of the Hussar Regiment 15 fur cap.
Bohnenberger's pre-1912 fur cap bears the Reservist Cross and above it the laurel leaves Peninsula, Waterloo El bodon, Barossa. The fur cap is made of otter fur.
You can see it well in the photo, unfortunately the reservist cross is no longer there. But you can clearly see where it was attached. (see photo)
I also have a photo of a Sektkoeler in the form of a fur cap of a reserve officer of the Huzar Regiment Konigin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden (Hannoversches) No. 15, which looks exactly like Bohnenberger's fur cap.
I read several books on the subject but found nothing. In Husaren Heraus I found something about reserve officers, but not about the fur cap of the Huzarenregiment Konigin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden (Hannoversches) No. 15.
Is there anything known or written about this fur cap, or is there a service record somewhere about the different versions of the fur cap of the reserve officers of the Husar Regiment 15?
I hope you can help me, of in what book i can find it.
Thanks
Henk
