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Curiously they not used Sutterlin .Regarding Volksdeutsche , Artur Plheps is a good example, Born in Transylvania when it belonged to Austria Hungary and of German ethnicity he was Imperial Officer in WW1 ,then Romanian ,reaching the rank of Romanian General ,he resigned for political reasons and when Romania enter in the War alongside Germany he returned to the military but inside the Waffen SS as all the Volksdeutschen who chosen not to stay into their national armies

Nice pieces Lucky Gentleman !

Beautiful !

Hello Peter, Servitore !

Stuka , appears to be original and in good shape But ,always are points to clear , the reinforcement of the frontal peak looks like copper , rare . the spike looks as gilded iron sheet in the lower part and bronze the cone . finally i can not define if the eagle is made of iron sheet painted grey or if once was gilded .well thats my thoughts .

Peter , do you know these Artillerymen method used to fire . one shot short the other long ,then you divided the diference between and the third shot must fall certere . Well ,we need the one who made bullseye

The field is Spain and there options are Fabrica de Armas de Toledo or Fabrica de Trubia .

7 hours ago, MG1918 said:

The several additions to the inter-war sled included the AA pole. Combined with the stock and sights it looks very impressive but having seen/handled these AA poles with an 08 and sled (NOT fired) I would suspect quite a bit of vibration!!!

Mark 

Vibration of earthquake degree ?

Thanks for share !

13 hours ago, Carol I said:

I see no contradiction with the batons in the Royal Library that could have been the symbol of the king's position as commander in chief of the army. The presence of the decorative Savoyard knots on one of them places it undeniably in Savoy.

Of course, the Savoyan Knot could relate to de Sardinian Dinasty or to Savoia Carignan Branch ,punctually ,Prince Eugen Of Savoy Carignan the great Feldherr in Habsburg service . I searched for portraits of Sardinian and Italian Kings looking for Marshal batons .no finds 

Hello Gentlemen , South American sword ? I not believe, Argentine , Chile , Brazil ,Bolivia ,Peru , Colombia, Equator and Venezuela and Uruguay ,used French or German types of swords and sabres . Your sword is much alike to the Spanish sword sabre ,sic Puerto Seguro .in use since 1903 . with variants . or perhaps is a Canadian variant of the British 1908 . It looks as a very well made piece of good materials . 

I see and the date is October of 1921

Carol I , As I explained before the title of Maresciallo d Italia was a creation of Mussolini naturally under the Savoia Dinasty Reign . Two of these Marshals were Armando Diaz and Pietro Badoglio. Both batons are conserved and were of Ivory with gold fittings ,covered with dark red velvet and with Savoia crosses on the body . silver crosses . 

Hello ,  Any mention of the owner ?

Eric My pleasure ! bolewt 58 , its true , the Bavarians remained monarchists and I think that not was until 1921 that the crown was discarded . 

In fact was one of two variants weared by Freikorps von Epp when it was transformed in the XXI Brigade of the Provisional Reichswehr .

Simius , Exactly ,Prussian epaulettes have lace in silver with black lines , Bavarian silver with light blue ,Saxon silver with green , Imperia Navy and Schutztruppen and Marines ,silver lace with two lines one red the other black . 

Most desirable certainly . 

Hello ,I agree with Carol I ,none of the classes of the Crucea de onoare pentru Merit included surmonting crown .

All were abolished , but internally the Regiments continued to be referred with the old names 

1812 , The answer is Yes and No . yes because they were not regulations at the beggining of the War to the matter , No because soon was decided that all the regimental Names were discarded  due to the fact that many were of Monarchs of enemy Powers .

Interpretation is free and thinking dont pay tax !

What can I see on the pic are : a man with bavarian officer pickelhaube, behind him what appears a stahlhelm with some design painted on the front and the Bavarian shield on the left side and a man with stahlhelm moustache and Bavarian borte over the collar of his tunic 

Linasl , Oberarzt yes but not Prussian . Silver lace with red lines denotes Hesse Darmstadt .

I only translate ,goldene beschlage is golden fittings

Jan Kube in his book Militaria , tells about the Centennial uniforms manufactured to conmemorate not only centenary of Battles but also regimental  ones . including Bavaria .