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Hello , Save money was not option at least in service

All the men wears Ersatz braces for the backpack , the leather reinforcements are placed in the places of more wear  Your ersatz tornister have normal leather braces ,I think that almost every type of combinations were used ; leather backpacks with canvas braces , canvas backpacks with leather braces and so on 

On 17/08/2008 at 11:36, Komtur said:

In that case I?m afraid the DOA is not a great help:

 

Bernhard F?rst von B?low is on the Mirbach roll and got the cross. He is also in the DOA 1908/9, but the Jerusalemkreuz is not listed there.

 

BTW Bernd, could we see the whole person

This man is Bernhard von Bulow , who later become chancellor .he was not a regular officer but a reservist one . He voluntereed in 1870 in the Hussars Regiment No 7 ,took part in combats and raised to the rank of Lieutenant .after the war he was invited to stay in the Army but he declined . as he remained reservist he raised in rank 

Hello ,Austro Hungarians , the man on the left certainly wears a badge on the collar patch , the man on the right dont wear even patch but he carries a officer type cockade on his cap ,both men wears the summer version of the Pike grey Field uniform ,lighter in shade than the woolen one . the pic is interesting .

Very Interesting ! what a diversity of faces. If one thinks about the KuK Marine ,its natural , Germans ,Hungarians , South Slaves specially Croats and Slovenes , Poles , Czechs , Ruthenes ,Italians ,all served in the Austro Hungarian Navy. 

Hello ,what i could see is that the Shoulder board button is Artillery pattern , the use of Hat and not helmet or busby led me to think in a Staff officer commanding a Brigade .

GdC26 ,Thanks again !

GdC26 ,Many thanks for share your magnificent photos! It will take to me many pleasants hours of analysis .

Amazing ! first one i saw

17 hours ago, GdC26 said:

Navy on this occasion, army on others - he had a host of adjutants. I had difficulty posting further pics last night - will try again now.

 

The clarion and the standard bearer belonged to the Leibgendarmerie 1 Zug . always Wilhelm was accompanied by Leibgendarmen 

My pleasure !

Hello, the Swedish cuffs reappared for the Kunftige friedensuniform of 1915 ,1916 for Bavaria . the man on the last pic wears these type 

Hello, the user of the kepi was a Director or Chief of Service .so he ranked as Lt Colonel or Colonel hence the Three vertical soutaches an triple trefoil on top of the kepi . the red colour of the band corresponds to Traction branch 

The Polish Cavalry was numerically important from 1919 to 1939. It comprised Lancers Regiments , Light Horsemen Regiments and Mounted Rifles Regiments .The Lighthorsemen were Three Regiments only and weared distinctive peaked caps with rounded top instead of the more common square topped konfederatka cap curiously in the badge figures a Lancer cap

Nice !

Chris .as a  believer and of German ancestry i thanks you for share

I suggested that the man on the first pic was a Unterarzt, that its a advanced Medicine student serving as Doctor in the Front Lazaretten, Unterarzte were not NCOs or paramedics. were doctors not yet graduated.

Offizierstellvertreter .but strangely he wears a shoulder strap with a braided cypher and not the metallic one authorized .

Its nice , copy or not

Amazing !

Hello , Very rare indeed

Hello, then they are both for the Cugir pistol . 

I am very patient

Hello ,there were not much options ,measure the two holsters and compare . Romania dont employed the Makarov PM pistol . the holder for the cleaning rod was common feature in soviet Russian holsters . 

13 hours ago, Claudius said:

Very nice.  Can we get a clear close-up of the badge?

 

Although the badge is very unique, I was noticing the watch!  I wonder what model it is?

Hello ,probably the watch is into a leather bracelet with a clamshell type cover to protect it .