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1917 and the soldiers with the Mg ,although they weared bluse, looks as in 1914

Grey C . Dont forget that the Bavarian Cavalry comprised two Heavy Regiments ,two of Ulanen and eight of Chevaulegers , uhlans and chevaulegers weared similar uniforms of lancer type. diferenciated by the helmet and the shape of the cuffs.

That the Prussian uniforms remained the same more or less from 1813 to 1848 and i think also that the Prussian Army was notable for conservative use of resources ,then it could be a Landwehr button

Perhaps is a military button of circa 1840 .

Hello tony ,the men with the MG are Bavarian Light Horsemen .

Hello , The SS Obergruppenfuhrer that appears in one pic is Arthur Phleps , a veteran of the Austro Hungarian Army after the WW1 he served in the Romanian Army reaching the rank of General . dismissed of the Army in 1940 ,in 1941 he joined the SS were he was ranked as Standartenfuhrer . he rose up into the SS . a interesting life . as austro hungarian officer he reached the rankof Lieutenant Colonel .He was a Ethnic German from Transylvania

Curious uniform that of von Nagy , first the narrow lace of his collar patch , second the badge between cockade and button on his cap or kepi, looks like a Bergfuhrer one

Hello Rollo, Which metal? Pewter, Bronze, Tombak . You says Bronze but in the pic appears white

Hello Sajkaca. So ? Are of the Tersky Cossacks ?

The Prussian , The plate is from Enciclopedia Espasa Calpe. and the uniforms depicted are the ones of the regulations of 1904. these uniforms were changed between 1911 and 1913 to a Prussian style . the greatcoat for officers was modified in 1910 to a entirely Prussian model . Grey with blue collar piped in arm of service colour. Believe me the Japaner is a Argentinian

The most probable candidate but iam not certain

Late reward ? existed a rumour that Hitlers EK I was given to him by Luddendorff post war . Anyways it must be remembered that the Imperial Army although no more Imperial was not disbanded until January of 1919 and between March of 1919 and 1921 the Army was numerous about 400 000 men ,

Hello Alex K , Megan and 1812 gave you the correct answer ,I just wish to add that the medal is priced around the 140 Euros . each medal was send to the recipient with a personal note of the duke Carl , the medal with this note may have a higher price

Yes ,they are miners , what is going on in the second pic is very odd . a clown holding a portrait of some high ranking person and a polish peasant dressed 19th century style. by the Austrian uniforms the pic is from 1917 or 1918

Hello , Perhaps ,Emperor Karl was prone to the bad habit sic of go too near to the front .

Hello , Surely General Kovess is looking some thing or person less agreable

Hello , Its not only the cockade , on the band of the peaked cap the officer wears the four pointed star of the Argentinian Army General Staff . Japanese Army never used cockades on capbands or kepis , used the five pointed star or the chrysantemum

Hello , Bavarian pickelhaube , but no bavarian borte on the collar . thats beforeApril 1916 .the litewka looks field grey not blue . offizierstellvertreter ? yes but its possible too that he is a unterveterinar .

tony , a good amount of excellent photos they will take a lot of my time to comment about them .

Hello Rohleder .your great uncle in the pic uses the uniform of a vizefeldwebel of a Saxon regiment. lace and button on collar and one stripe of lace on the cuffs . plus the officers sword. the uniform is of the time of the Empire not republican .apart from that i dont see any chiffre on the sword grip

Hello tony, the MG collar badge appeared in the year 1915. existed in two basic variants one with Austrian crown the other with St Stephen crown . apart of this they were white metal badges for NCOs and troopers and gold or silver ones for officers . the use of the tactical sign on the cap is not rare .the Austrians used such signs among others white patches of cloth on the back of the caps. The MG badges were carried on the collar or collar patch and of course in the field .

Hello ,Quite a superb group , congratulations

Hello tony, von Thronstal answered your question

Hello ,the men are machine gunners, note de badge on the collar ,a crown above a dragoon spitting fire . the two officers wears the so called Karl bluse .

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