E Williams

Thanks.... higher command would have just been marked with an 'S' for Stabs but lower company command not. With a company inventory Luger marked number '2' would tell me, normally, it would have been second in command or maybe third in command with the CO having just the regiment and company marks. Not sure on that one myself.

http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_181&products_id=11083 I have many examples of unit marked Lugers designated "Reserve" by a script 'R' prior to 1914 in my books.

That is interesting, first, didn't know they didn't have XOs, who then would have been second in command in a company? I'm trying to get info on a luger that is a 1908 first issue unit marked, 36.R. Now if the 'R' was not in script, it would designate this unit as non-Reserve, in this case the 36th was by designation a Fusilier Regt but this unit mark is with a 'script' R and that, before the war designated the unit as a 'reserve' unit.

Hey Hoss....these items get lost, slow boat or what? Ed

Could some one provide the name/s of the XO/s of the 3rd Company of the 39 Reserve Inf Regt between 1909-1911? Thanks Ed

Same one.......I couldn't comment on it's authenticity because I hadn't heard of the story before. I know Kipling quite well but his son in WWI, no.

Thanks Chris.......interesting in more ways than one.

I'm only 91 so I've a few more years yet!!!!!!

Thanks Chip.....Ed

Monique called to say she is stopping soon with breakfast, can't beat French pastry and another surprise gift to start out the day!!!!

I understood that the belt buckle for the Saxon Lieb Regiment 100 was silver base with brass Saxon roundel? Am I wrong? Ed http://www.ebay.de/itm/Koppel-mit-Portepee-Garde-Inf-Reg-Nr-100-Dresden-/111268726823?pt=Militaria&hash=item19e8220827

Thanks Andy.....more than thought or very little noted in major research sources.

I should have used 'Sugar Daddy' as my member's name................

One thing not in my collection is a 1910 grey peaked cap (Bavarian Medical Officer). Acquired this from Bay State. This and a few other items on their way are gifts from a few lady friends.

Thanks for sharing that. I was interested in seeing the rifle itself. Ed

It would be quite common, especially if he served in the tropics as it was for many years afterwards. Getting malaria back then was like getting the flu and we all know what happened to so many returning vets in 1919. We had malaria pills we took everyday in Nam and another every Monday. Take anyone out of their environment and you'll see health problem and WWI brought so many off the farm for the first time and exposed them to all kinds of deceases. The high death rate during the American Civil War was not due to battlefields deaths but by deceases. Ed

Probably why it never sold. You know these guys who still shoot 9mm WWI ammo, tell them to save 16 rounds of 1917 dated for me.

Need one......first one I've seen but I haven't really searched for them either. http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_info.php?products_id=31658

Those are nice examples. I did a search for some WWI 1917 dated rounds to fill this box and I came across on Ebay a 1918 box filled with original rounds, asking price was $550.00, it didn't sell. As for 16 rounds vs 20, I don't know but I've not be able to understand all the hoopla about going to the metric system either. Rick is right though about the rarity of the boxes w/ rounds, an added bonus. Great display item too.

It finally arrived today from Germany..............

If these are not authentic, please, don't shoot the messenger because I have no idea if they are or not: Ed http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/medals-insignia/

Thanks Dave....good info. The House Order is one thing I have interest in.

If Oldenburg provided such a small contingent of troops to the war, is there a record somewhere of what Oldenburg awards were given and the amount? Ed

Thanks....I would think anything unit marked from anyone of those regiments would be very rare?

Is it fact that Oldenburg fielded only one Cavalry (19 Dragoons) and one infantry regiment, as well as a single artillery battalion? Ed