Bayern

Interesting ! the man on the left of the photo wears uniform of the Landwehr Cavalry.

Hello dedehansen , I dont know the seller. I just visited the site and the description the seller gives is not very clear. I suggests you to search in Hermann historica militaria .

Ar Ho , The losses of the IR 77 are monstrous,only counting the deads 5200 men means the effective of five peacetime bataillons !

Hello Andreas ,Too heavy for a Rapier , Its a Pallasch , Perhaps Swedish .

Hello Solomon ,Thanks very much ! Today is a funny story but in those times was a serious matter , In the Federal Empire the Emperor and King was basically a primus inter pares and the federate Princes were at least in theory Equals respect to certain matters. William II lost with frequency this perspective , sometimes with minor consequences others not

Hello, It looks more as a Stickdegen, or Rapier than as a Pallasch , but tell me the width and lenght of the blade so i will be able to form a better opinion . Apart from all I believe that the piece is not Prussian .

Your Shako is very alike Colonel Marbot shako ,

Very interesting !

Hello , Querriegel is in German for example a piece of wood that you puts transversally over a door fixin it to hooks on the frame to a better secure of the door . In Spanish that piece is called Tranca . but by analogy ,Tranca in Military terms refers to a reinforced position ,almost unbreakable.

Solomon , Prince Leopold was also not appreciated by William II , the Emperor lost a quarrel with Leopold ,a dinastic question in which the Prince had the reason.

Hmm ,the civilians had the type , the SS not so much

Perhaps from teathre or Cinema

Hello , Lammers was a contemptible person , as Dr Frick ,and others ,he was a Lawyer , a in principle ,custodian of the Law .far from this ,he Crooked the Laws and the Right . He accused high rank Soldiers of being bribed but himself was bribed. he gained a well deserved place on the gallows but they were benevolents and only received 20 years . regarding the Prince , note that von Eppstein was deported to Theresienstadt , the Modelic Lager for Prominenten Juden , Camp which the propaganda presented as a kind of Spa for those Jews of Importance . possibly the Prince was deceived . It was not until the very end of the War that the real nature of Terezin was discovered

Orphans ,they look as orphans. interesting is to know who is the man with the peaked cap in his left hand apparently a Unterscharf or Scharfuhrer of the SS . low military rank but high social position ?

Hello ,West Ham Superior School ? a Catholic School . Once I saw an almost identical one here in Argentine , with no School name on and the legend in French ,Au Merite . The crown at the top is interesting , looks as a French Bourbonic one..

Thanks for the links ! Iam always interested in the KuK Marine and their influence in formation of the Royal Yugoslavian Navy

Ar Ho , I think the same ,the boys were lucky . i read that the Hannoverians lost around 3500 men in the War

Hello , the name is Donat Messe , or at least is what i read

The sinking of the SMS Viribus Unitis was a inexcusable felony .

Hello , The stars are too thin and they must be in silver coloured metal . the lace looks of poor quality .

Hello , First a observation , how young and green the soldiers looks ! Regarding the device It looks as a Morselampe ,Signal lamp ,Aldis lamp or in German Blinkgerat . the model most widely used by the German Army .

Oh that dammed Sgt York !

Hello The Bavarian Artillery dont use ball topped helmets . in 1915 with the introduction of the Kunftigefriedensuniform appeared the ball topped helmet in the Bavarian Artillery

Congratulations !

Chris , All German officers carried in the Field first a sword or sabre , senior NCOs too ,later a bayonet with officer swordknot , but this was practical ,as the bayonet knots carried by lower NCOs and troopers. the tunic weared by the Jager looks as a special garment ,a windproof jacket perhaps like those of the Mountain Troops ,