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    Bayern

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    1. Hello, The pickelhaube in all his variants ,the lancer cap and the hussar busby as well as the tschako remained in service until the end of the war .not in first line of the western front but behind the lines . the same is valid for the tunics . M 1907 / 10 tunics were used along with the Feldbluse and all the intermediate models. the man on the pic wears what appears to be Staff officer shoulder boards ,cavalry helmet and artillery sword plus litzen on collar and cuffs . 

    2. Hello, Nazi Party officials encouraged common people to lynch the prisoners .the ocurrence was rather common if not the rule when the Aircrewmen were not taken prisoners by Regular Armed Forces members. in other incident in December of 1944 Kreisleiter Franz Strasser and Police captain Lindermeyer killed 5 aircrewmen of the 20 th Bomber Sqdn USAAF .this took place at Kaplitz , Czech Republic today .Strasser was tried condemned and hanged .Lindermeyer commited suicide while in custody

    3. Hello, very nice tunic , the material is wool gabardine more ressistant to wear and tear than the other wool cloths employed in officers uniforms, and cheaper. the same material of which is made the tunic of General von Prittwitz und Gaffron exhibited in the Bavarian Army Museum, regarding the SBs . Knotel Sieg ,handbuch des Uniformkunde says that the use of matt SBs was authorized with the introduction of the M15 Feldbluse. by AKO of September 21th of 1915 in Prussia . Bavaria waited till March of 1916

    4. Hello, Regarding Crowns, The crown on the collar and cuffs of the uniforms of the Imperial Automovil Club is the Imperial Crown of German Emperor . Its different of the Royal Prussian ,Royal Bavarian or Royal Saxon Crowns. the main feature are the Tenias , two pieces of tape one at the left the other at the right of the base of the crown . these pieces  were simbolic of the direct access with God of the Emperor . 

    5. Hello Marcon 1 : It says Fuss Art . Foot Art, Foot Artillery ,Regiment Number 9 . In Germany there were not Imperial and Royal associated. There were Royal Prussian Army, Royal Bavarian Army, Royal Saxon Army,and Royal Wurttembergian Army. apart the Armies of the Great Duchies : Hessen ,Baden , Mecklemburg Schwerin and Strelitz and so on. The Navy was Imperial , also the Marine Infantry and the Colonial Troops . William II was King of Prussia and German Emperor , the Imperial German Army of WW1 was the reunion under the Emperor s Command of all the Royal or Grand Ducal Armies referred

      Merry Christmas to all the Gentlemen that are Believers !!

    6. Hello Gentlemen : Jan K Kube in his book Militaria ,Corvus 1987,edition ,says that in Germany during the Empire and until the First World War were manufactured many Centennial uniforms . for example in Bavaria in 1914 for the conmemoration of the 100 years of the First Schwere Reiter,Regiment .

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