Bayern

Looks as a cap badge for Territorial Army for Christians ,the non Christians used a plate . the quality of Imperial Rusian Army pieces of uniform varied enormously ,

Thank You Martinka, If I understanded well your post ,the medal is fake because must have the monogram of King Carol I and not the one of Carol II

MG1918 : I agree with you . the young lady is charming and the audience great but its unfair to judge a weapon of more than 100 years old out of her using context ,tactics ,terrain ,even climates or logistics .

That is after he returned and De throned his own son Michael I .

Notable to see how the German Army continued to use and train with the WW1 Machine Guns .inclusive after the arrive of Hitler to the Power .

Interesting ! specially the coloured post cards , one shows a Regimental MG team .the other a section belonging to one of the deadly Maschinengewehrabteilungen .

The Prussian : Well done ,indeed !

Chris ,I understand your point of view about the Nazi Kulturbearer Sic . but regarding the War Veterans as a whole i want to said that the mixture of Heros and Bastards was very current among War Veterans of every country and in all the Wars . I want to say too that in a War with millions of men movilized for the real fight or for reaguard duties all previous dispositions regulating the concession of awards were desbordated and they were adequated amplying whitin the frame existent the scope of the concession .

Whats the problem ? He was a Medical Officer .It was not uncommon that one Regimental or Bataillon Doctor remains all the War into the same unit .Regimental and Bataillon doctors normally served in Front line Lazaretten .

Once existed into the Wittelsbachs one Duke Pius 1786 - 1837 . Pius August In Bayern ,father of Maximilian Joseph in Bayern who was the father of Empress Sissi of Austria . Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon 1869 -1960 , Duke of Calabria married a daughter of King Ludwig , Maria Theresa in 1897 and served in the Bavarian Army ,as Artillery officer .until the WW1

Could be ,either of Heavy Cavalry or Chevaulegers

Brrr ,very dangerous criatures .!

Servitore !

Highly probable !

Tak Tochno ! the Iowan appears in many pics with Nikita

The man portrayed in the paint wears what seems to be the uniform of a field officer in the General Staff . carmine piping on the collar and front of the tunic,mattsilver buttons and the Double GS litzen on the collar . litzen of the so called Blumenmuster.

Interesting photo ! a Medical Officer wearing the first type of feldgrau tunic for doctors with collar patches in Blue piped with Red and the special Feldbinde for Medical Officers .

Perhaps as a courtesy to the Sultan the German Officers were authorized to wear first their Turkish awards . after all they were commisioned into the Ottoman Army as the prussian states , The German Civil Servants that were Ottoman Government Officials must wear the red Fez whe in service .I have a few Pics of my Paternal Grandfather who served as Civil Servant in Turkey during WW1 and in all he wears the Fez .

Appears to be a well worn tunic . but unusual are the Swedish cuffs and the absence of the breast pockets. apart from that the buttons looks bright as if they were those of the peacetime tunic for Saxon Generals.

The man of the pic carries the old MG08 with the heavy four legged original lafette . not the trhee legged ,. Notable the use of the MG08 by the Belgians ,post WW1

My pleasure !

1812 Go to Wikipedia under this : Crosses of Military Merit

The picture shows Carls with Spanish officers ,a General ,a Colonel and a Lt Colonel . He was Commander of the German Navy component of the Non Intervention Force .

Schmitt or Schmidt .its the same case

I dont Understand