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Hi, I have it in my books, but when I read I cannot find it.... What is the difference between the headgear of a one year volunteer and a Fähnrich? Example, A Bavarian Officers Tchako has cloth sides.... the one year volunteer has a private purchase Leather one... the Fähnrich ... what does he have? Thanks Chris
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Yeah, I remember we had a uniform change in the army, hard shoulderboards became smaller soft ones and a metal Brevet for Morse operators no longer fit on the board... we were only allowed 3 metal badges on the front of the tunic, so our regt tailor sewed the Metal Brevet on some badge cloth, put hooks on the back, and said "now it is a cloth badge... noone will question it...".... and he was right... everyone assumed it was correct...
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OK, I would like to get 2 ribbon bars in this mans constellation... one as he would have had it in January 1915, and one as he would have had it in May 1916. I assume the 1st one would be the Jubiläums Medal and MVO without swords? Would he have worn the Romanian one or removed it from the bar? Romania may have joined the war late, but they were on the allied side long before... For the 2nd one, the MVO4th class would push the prewar one without swords off the bar? What else would he have worn? And the Austrian one was often worn separately?
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Could it be in relation to his position of Obersthofmeister ? ... Or simply not really being enforced? I read one reference where they said some regulations for Flügeladjutant, Prince Adjutant were largely word of mouth and not fixed in Law, references not wasting space on positions with just a couple of people. I really kick myself in the ass that I did not bid on or oviously get any of the uniform bits in that auction... I now have one of the peaked caps... but wish I had more... Does the book have a reference for that statement? What is also interesting... their picture about which parts are for which button... I have not seen a Flügel Adjutant wearing it like in the Diagram with the Schnurr in the bottom Button? This is the set i picked up...
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Hi, thanks! That is really useful... One correction though... from the 1904 Bavarian Bekleidungs Vorschrift... it says the Flügeladjutanten and Kronprinz Adjutanten wear the same "Achselbänder und Achselschnüre" as a General a La Suite seiner Majestät... who in turn are listed as having them as "nicht durchbrochenen Kronen"
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P.S. the reason I ask is ... none of the Uniform books seem to mention them in detail... and we use the expression rather interchangeably... But when it comes to certain Adjutanten the regulations say they must wear the Achselbänder and Achselschnüre on official duty, and off duty they may wear the Achselbänder.....
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Estimate and ID?
Chris Boonzaier replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Germany: All Eras: The Iron Cross
Hi Jim, Thanks, quite a bit more than I expected! Prices have changed since I collected WW2!