SkipperJohn
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Grouping of an Unteroffizier (Corporal) of the 63rd Regt of the 2nd Nassau Frankfurt aM.
The tunic is Dunkelblau with tombac buttons and gold trim indicating rank. There are no collar discs on this uniform and it appears that there never were. I don't know the regulations behind collar discs, so maybe somebody can help me out. The epaulets are blue with a bomb and 63 in red.
The Pickelhaube is a standard issue M95 with a non-vented rear spine typical of the artillery.
The Schirmmutze is odd in this grouping in that it is a private purchase, officer quality mutze with velvet band, perhaps a later result of AKO 28 June 1873 which said that the issue kratzchen for enlisted was not suitable for NCO's and funds should be provided to purchase Schirmmutze.
Also pictured is a standard, rough side out, Prussian belt and brass buckle. The black is almost completely gone from this belt. I thought of dying it at one time, but opted for originality instead.
The bayonet is a model 1871 "dress" bayonet which were private purchase and had no slots for the bayonet lug and the spring is for decoration only. These were common from 1871 into WW1. The troddel has seen better days.
The instrument shown is a gunner's quadrant (original box not shown) for setting elevation on a 7.7cm Feldkannone and could also be used to set the "slide level" on the gun's sight mount.
This young Corporal was obviously transferred into this unit from another existing artillery regiment. Just to make this fun --- how can we tell?
Joerookery has posted a photo of an Artilleryman from the 10th Regiment on Flikr who is wearing this exact uniform except for unit and rank. With his kind permission I will post that photo for additional historic reference.
John
The tunic is Dunkelblau with tombac buttons and gold trim indicating rank. There are no collar discs on this uniform and it appears that there never were. I don't know the regulations behind collar discs, so maybe somebody can help me out. The epaulets are blue with a bomb and 63 in red.
The Pickelhaube is a standard issue M95 with a non-vented rear spine typical of the artillery.
The Schirmmutze is odd in this grouping in that it is a private purchase, officer quality mutze with velvet band, perhaps a later result of AKO 28 June 1873 which said that the issue kratzchen for enlisted was not suitable for NCO's and funds should be provided to purchase Schirmmutze.
Also pictured is a standard, rough side out, Prussian belt and brass buckle. The black is almost completely gone from this belt. I thought of dying it at one time, but opted for originality instead.
The bayonet is a model 1871 "dress" bayonet which were private purchase and had no slots for the bayonet lug and the spring is for decoration only. These were common from 1871 into WW1. The troddel has seen better days.
The instrument shown is a gunner's quadrant (original box not shown) for setting elevation on a 7.7cm Feldkannone and could also be used to set the "slide level" on the gun's sight mount.
This young Corporal was obviously transferred into this unit from another existing artillery regiment. Just to make this fun --- how can we tell?
Joerookery has posted a photo of an Artilleryman from the 10th Regiment on Flikr who is wearing this exact uniform except for unit and rank. With his kind permission I will post that photo for additional historic reference.
John
