Glenn J

Chris, as a general rule, officers who had served 10 years active duty would be granted the permission to wear the "Army Uniform", that is a non unit specific uniform. Those who had served 15 years would be granted the authority to wear "Regimental Uniform" as would those who had served a lesser period but were retired on account of wounds received during wartime. Generals including brevet major generals were always granted the permission to wear the generals' uniform with "inactive status" insignia. In the case of Reserve and Landwehr officers the qualifying periods for the two distinct types of uniform was 20 and 25 years respectively. As you surmise, worn as spectators at parades, Feiertagen and the like. Regards Glenn

David, here is Hartwig. He died on 19 July 1917 in Hannover. Regards Glenn And Alexander - he died in 1909. Regards Glenn

Bruno v. Rüdgisch, born 12 November 1854 in Rüdigheim, was a retired Prussian cavalry Rittmeister and squadron commander in Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 1. He left Prussian service in 1899 as a char. Major. z.D. and entered Ottoman service, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-General and Inspector of cavalry. He returned briefly to Prussian service in 1909 and retired as an Oberstleutnant in Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 22 the same year. Living in Berlin in 1913, I find no indication that he served during WW1. Regards Glenn

Chris, at mobilization on the staff of XV. Armeekorps. General Staff officer of 82. Reserve-Division at the time of Gorlice, Later Chief of Staff of 24. Reserve-Korps. Regards Glenn

Chris, Andy, Franz v. Zychlinski may be a good candidate. Formerly a company commander in 5. GRzF, he was the "Führer" of the II. Bataillon of GGR 1. Regards Glenn

Jeff from the "Crew Book" of the class od 1902. Regards Glenn

Hi Ingo, here he is. Regards Glenn

Chris, ever heard of a guy called von Rundstedt? Regards Glenn

Hi Andy, done it! Regards Glenn

Hi Andy, it has some very nice portrait photos but no description of organisation and uniforms. The original photograph is not very clear but the gentleman on the left looks very similar to the Polizist in your link. Here it is. Regards Glenn

There is a blurry picture on page 126 of Erich Radecke's "Ordnungshüter 1919 bis 1939 in Deutschland" which shows a group of candidate officers of the Polizei des Saargebietes. Under the magnifying glass, they very much appear to have the same "S" on a dark (green?) collar tab. Regards Glenn

Chris, Major Roland Küpper. Regards Glenn

Gordon, the uniform is shown in a photograph on page 23. Illustrations from the regulations to include the service dress jacket and shoulder boards are on page 30 and 31. Rank classes are discussed on pages 17 and 18 and specific rank insignia according to grade on page 21. Regards Glenn

Jörg C. Steiner illustrates this uniform in his "Uniformen und Blankwaffen der Staatsbeamten und der Bundesbeamten 1848-1938". As already alluded to, this gentleman is an official in an Austro-Hungarian Ministry and holds the rank of an official of the 4th Category, 3rd Grade (Vierte Kategorie, dritter Grad), that is an official of the 11th rank class (the lowest). The uniform accords to that of the 1889 uniform regulations. Regards Glenn

Hermann, different Otto: he died in 1890! Oberstleutnant Karl Otto v. Borcke died in 1917 (5.5.1847-28.2.1917). Regards Glenn

Chaps, my money is on Oberstleutnant a.D. Otto von Borcke, a retired Landgendarmerie officer commanding the I. Ersatz-Bataillon of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 95 in Gotha during the War. Awarded his EK2 as a Sekonde-Lieutenant in Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 6. Holder of the HSH2 with the "Jahreszahl" 1914 plus everything else in this photograph. Regards Glenn P.S. That appears to FRIEDRICH von Bock und Polach and not Max.

An 1899 Rangliste does of course exist. however, it will not help you as the King and Emperor is not listed with a specific rank, only as Chief (Chef) of the Army. Regards Glenn

Chris, a Major Hermann-Gustav v. Santen was on the General Staff of the Chef des Feldeisenbahnwesens. In 1914 an Oberleutnant in Husaren-Regiment Nr. 14. Regards Glenn

Tony, apologies; I was looking at 1914! I will see if the Sanitätsbericht can help with 1915. Regards Glenn

Tony, from 31 August at St. Loup Terrier. On 10 October established as the Kriegslazarett St. Loup Terrier. Source: Sanitätsbericht über das Deutsche Heer I'm Weltkriege 1914/18, II. Band.

Chris, charakter as a Prussian Generalmajor on 19 January 1920. In normal civil practice, the chief of an Eisenbahndirektion held the title of Präsident, so it would seem the military utilized the same office title. Regards Glenn

Chris, Oberst Max Kawelmacher. Presumably still in the process of withdrawing back to Germany? Regards Glenn Here is the good Colonel (later Generalmajor).

Never seen any image of Kaiser Wilhelm II wearing the rank badges of a Generaloberst. He is most commonly seen wearing the two stars of a General der Infanterie/Kavallerie prior to his assumption of GFM Rank insignia. Regards Glenn

Great portrait Chris, his medal bar certainly would not really have been a great help in establishing his identity. Oberst Albert Brendel died on 28 March 1903 as the commander of 15. Infanterie-Regiment. He only commanded the regiment for a couple of weeks before his death. Regards Glenn

Please try again; I have cleared a bit of space. Regards Glenn