Postcard showing regiment flags

HatEnjoyer said:
I wonder what these flags would’ve looked like in action, it must’ve been a magnificent sight.
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I have some vintage photos of the flags being trooped in parades.
I will try to locate them and post a couple of them
of course, the problem is that are not in color
Steve
 
KAGGR#1 said:
I have some vintage photos of the flags being trooped in parades.
I will try to locate them and post a couple of them
of course, the problem is that are not in color
Steve
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The sad story is that a great reference book was to have been published
about Imperial German flags. The person who was to do it was very serious
and had done high quality books on I G Military before
He came to my house with a professional photographer and the back end
of his Explorer loaded with equipment
They set up for 3 and 1/2 days and took at least 500 photos
This included parade banners and streamers ; pole tops unit rings and flags.
He also flew to Germany and got photos of private collections
I did 100's of scans for him of flag prints and photos.
Time went by , and nothing happened.
Sadly, the publisher lost his memory and desire to do the book
fell by the wayside. So it will never be done .
Steve
 
KAGGR#1 said:
The sad story is that a great reference book was to have been published
about Imperial German flags. The person who was to do it was very serious
and had done high quality books on I G Military before
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It's sad to hear and such a pity...
I think to publish those photographs in some way is also a good idea if not the books. They can be great references for future collectors.
 
Jvpi said:
It's sad to hear and such a pity...
I think to publish those photographs in some way is also a good idea if not the books. They can be great references for future collectors.
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I can tell you based on the couple of books done by this publisher that I own
It would have been world class
I did not even get any of the photos
Steve
 
KAGGR#1 said:
The sad story is that a great reference book was to have been published
about Imperial German flags. The person who was to do it was very serious
and had done high quality books on I G Military before
He came to my house with a professional photographer and the back end
of his Explorer loaded with equipment
They set up for 3 and 1/2 days and took at least 500 photos
This included parade banners and streamers ; pole tops unit rings and flags.
He also flew to Germany and got photos of private collections
I did 100's of scans for him of flag prints and photos.
Time went by , and nothing happened.
Sadly, the publisher lost his memory and desire to do the book
fell by the wayside. So it will never be done .
Steve
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Steve,

There is a real interest in this subject, and I think it would make a GREAT BOOK. With all the photos of original items it seems like it would be a winner. Are you still in contact with the person who did the research? There has to be a publisher who would love to get this into print. John Josef
 
John Josef said:
Steve,

There is a real interest in this subject, and I think it would make a GREAT BOOK. With all the photos of original items it seems like it would be a winner. Are you still in contact with the person who did the research? There has to be a publisher who would love to get this into print. John Josef
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Sad to say that the person who was going to do the book
started to lose his memory
The last report that I got is that he shut down his computer
and is removed from all who were in touch with him
A collector in Germany was to be a large part of the book
He was contacted to try and save the project , but he showed
little to no interest on a follow thru
I suggest that he get with the VM book people
but he said that VM required that the text be done
and he didn't want to do that
VM has published a book on Bavarian flags
Besides the photos that he had taken here
I sent him many photos and a lot of the Redlin flag prints
Here are a couple of things that I had scanned to him
Flag KAGGR # 1 / I Batl to parade
I R 24 / III Batl Sakular Parde Banner by Redlin I R 24 I I I B.jpeg
SteveView attachment A 1 I Batl.jpeg
 
Flags of the Garde Fusiliers
high quality copy photo from the original
circa 1915
Kaiser Parade at Tempelhof Field
they all wear Fusilier black belts
the second soldier from the left carries the flag of IV Batl
they have a cyphered pole top
the other 3 Batls have the 1870 Iron Cross pole top
SteveFlags Garde Fusiliers .jpg
 
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