Prussian markings in bavarian goodies....

[Chris Boonzaier]

This piece is A1 ok.....

But how did the markings get into the hat?

[Chris Boonzaier]

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[Chris Boonzaier]

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[Chris Boonzaier]

The cockades are not the sew on types but seen to be on splints or split pins.

Needless to say, I am a very happy boy to have gotten this...

[Chip]

Chris,

I assume that the wool is feldgrau and not graugr?n?

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

It is indeed Feldgrau.

best

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

The XVI was the "argonne" Korps... in late 1916 the Alpenkorps high command stayed in place in Verdun while the fighting troops (the large % of Bavarian J?gers were included in these)were pulled out to reform and re-equipe... in the XVI Korps area. The fighting troops of the XVI Korps passed under the control of the Alpenkorps.

So with the stamps in this we can narrow it down to a specific month and a half in 1916 when they were getting kitted out and reformed in the XVI Korps area before leaving the western front for Roumania :-)

[Chip]

Chris,

Is there a location on the maker stamp?

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

I can only make out the guys first name... will try and scan it today sometime...

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here you go....

I THINK Alois Lindenmaier on the top...

M?nchen sonething strasse on the bottom?

[Chip]

Chris,

I think it's a good thing that this strictly Bavarian J?ger style cap was made in M?nchen. Don't you? I think this lends more credibility to your theory. Had it been made in the XVI corps district, it would surely make one wonder just what was going on.

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

did the non Bavarians wear something different?

Best

Chris

[Chip]

Of course. All other J?gers wore graugr?n caps.

Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Just picked up a postcard written from a bavarian Leib Regt/Alpenkorps guy in the Argonne during this period.

What is really cool.. in a strange kinda way... this piece has to prove itself... it is not a one looker with logical stamps.

On the French forum a guy said "Hmmm... the Alpenkorps guys were not in the Argonne"...

So you really need to do a little research to find out how this worked... and it makes the final result just that much sweeter... :-))

[Fritz die Spinne]

Chip, you said the "in between sizes" were almost entirely a Saxon quirk, if I am not mistaken? But Saxons also tended to use a greenish lining, correct? 

[Chip]

Yes, it's a feldgrau color lining. I have two Saxon caps with half-size marks, a 54,5 and a 57,5.

Chip