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    Chaps,

    he is a Vizewachtmeister:

    One row of cuff lace and officers' sword knot.

    Regards

    Glenn

    Glenn, you are correct about Wachtmeister. I keep forgetting that Feldwebels in the mounted troops - artillery and cavalry - were called Wachtmeister.

    But how can you tell "Vize"?

    I thought you could only tell a Wachtmeister/Feldwebel from a Vizewachtmeister/Vizefeldwebel from the patches on the overcoat collar. Tunics, I thought, were the same braid with the one lace stripe on cuff/collar and the button. With the sword knot taking the rank up from Sergeant to Wachtmeister/Feldwebel.

    (NCO ranks still take me a couple minutes to mentally process. I would have been a terrible private in the Imperial Army.)

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    Guys,

    thanks for the info!

    IG how did you get the unit as I can't make out the shoulderboard?

    Jock

    Jock, I can clearly see the "exploding bomb" and with the Swedish cuffs, he has to be Feld-Artillerie. The number is difficult to read, but it appears to be two digits. There was only one Feld-Artillerie unit in Stettin... FAR 38

    FAR 38's Dunkelblau shoulder straps were "white with a red exploding bomb and number 38"; black Swedish cuffs... With that info, the straps and cuffs appear to match. Process of elimination, he should be FAR 38 - 99% certain IMHO.

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    You could not tell up to 1889. However an AKO dated 28 July 1889 introduced a somewhat narrower (16mm) lace cuff ring worn above the other to differentiate the two ranks. Also worn by the Stabshoboist/Stabshornist/Stabstrompeter from this date until 1908.

    Regards

    Glenn

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