Bayern

Hello tony , the yacht in the photo is the Seeadler former Hohenzollern . she served as Kaiseryacht between 1880 and 1892 . It was replaced by a much modern  unit which took the name . the ship was renamed Seeadler. 

Hello , In the Prussian Army existed the Kapitulant . It was a trooper who after the two or three years of his Military Service willingly decided to stay in the Army (Kapitulation ) for Four more years , prorrogable to twelve in total. these Kapitulanten weared on the base of the shoulder board two silber bars , In the Reichswehr all the troopers were volunteers . In the Wehrmacht Heer a least the Kapitulant reappeared.The strange with your SBs is that are for a NCO and the kapitulanten were troopers up to Gefreiter . 

All clear then , cheers.

Utgardloki . I said De Jure ,thats legally , formally, 

Servitore !

Hello Rohleder und Gefreiter, DDR Deutsche Reichsbahn , i think. During 1990 travelling from Koln to Berlin i had the ocasion of take a look to ex Deutsche Reichsbahn workers and officials and they weared the old shoulderstraps , but with the Soviet russian system . that is from one to four stars (pips) to denote specific rank. and the aluminium stars for lower ranks made in the DDR, are quite distinctive.

Hi tony,  I venture reservists , early in the war , reserve, by the apparent age . early in the war by the uniforms 1907 1910 and the natural coloured boots and leather items. Garde by the expressed and by the rifles . M1898 . 

Perhaps they are reservists recalled , It appears as Autumm . the absence of numbers on the helmet covers and the litzen on collar and cuffsmade think in a Garde Unit .

Nice piece, looks as directly from the Bekleidungs depot 

Hello 1812 , The Funeral of Otto von Habsburg was an un official State Funeral .with the Band of the Wachtbataillon playing the funeral march Pax Vobis and a Company of Honours of the Bataillon . and then hundreds of men wearing uniforms of the KuK Monarchie Army.Infantrymen Cavalry dismounted and a battery of Field Guns Firing salvos. the Studenten Guilds marched also. inclusive were men from Hungary, South Tirol ,Croatia ,Slovakia and Czech 

Bernadotte was made Prince of Pontecorvo by Napoleon .but not was the power of the Ogre what made Bernadotte King .he was elected as succesor on the throne of the childless Charles Xiii against the wish of Bonaparte. Charles XIII was certainly a Holstein Gottorp but the jure Bernadotte was also a Holstein too

Yes ,hard work, all hand embroidery, and with real gold or silver thread . sometimes the design was drawn directly on the cloth of the collar or cuff patch, then embroider . others the design was cut out of paper ,then embroider on and lately , applied to the collar or cuff

Anyone interested in German embroideries must take a look of the Site The Marshall s Baton ,althoug is dedicated o the Third Reich Generals . equally contains useful data. and last but not least ,the handcraft of 3rd rReich was the same of that of the Imperial times

Utgardloki ,Remember the adoption of marshall Bernardotte by King Charles XIII Vasa of Sweden ,

1 minute ago, Bayern said:

Utgardloki ,Remember the adoption of marshall Bernardotte by King Charles XIII Vasa of Sweden ,

By other side I think that this man Lichtenberg is a legitimated fraud

Thanks , perhaps he was a G FAR ,officer detached to the Btn 62 in temporary commision

nHello tony , Hello tony , the current peak of Austro hungarian caps was black ,made usually of leather. with the war shortages of raw materials the peaks were made of cloth in the same colour of the cap .sometimes ,of black coloured waxed cloth.

1 hour ago, ccj said:

I think the officer was transferred to from Guard unit to a unit vested wartime 

what appears on the shoulderboards?

Hello , the Dragoon wears one cockade on his cap ,then the photo is from before 1897,

On 11/08/2018 at 09:37, ccj said:

My only M15 with a 1917 visor cap.

 

Foot Artillery Hauptmann 

 

Superb ! but why the collar litzen ?  Guards ? first Garde fuss artillerie regiment

Hello tony, Interesting . Is  any date on the reverse ?  They look as Home depot recruits later in the war . field grey caps , pre war waffenrock with the colour of the collar concealed , field grey breeches and putees and ersatz belts . The second photo shows what appears to been recruits also but tthese with hungarian pike grey trousers .

and with blue blusen and not waffenrock

22 hours ago, The Prussian said:

Hello!

That seems to be right.

Hatzopoulus was commander of the IV.Army Corps and Karakollos was commander of Kawala. Or do I mix something?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Hatzopoulos

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=101026

Hello The Prussian , All right , but as with all the related to the Balkans included Greece this history of the Army Corp is plenty of not clear circumstances .example the manpower of the Corps , other, they not surrended ,obeying orders of the legitime government ,they retired with their armament and organization .if the historian is Greek is not imparcial , if French ,also, i am referring to the contemporary .

Not great estimation mine for this kerl , responsible of Luftwaffe destruction and other disasters, 

The prussian , I discovered another information , the commander of the IV Greek Army Corps was Colonel Ioannis Hatzopoulos .an Artillerymen who died in Gorlitz the 21 st of April of 1918. the book were i saw the pic and read the caption saids Colonel Karakallos with Erstorff . so the second named must have take command after Hatzopoulos death .

Hello Farkas, The Austro Hungarian General portrayed was Franz Xaver von Shoenaich 1844 1916 .he was war minister in 1908 . the Biography that you posted belongs to a German cavalry officer.

Andrei, Without serious and well documented studies of each war the Romanians had fought not a definitive balance will take place

Hello , the man on your post of October 3 is a infantryman of German regiment ,note the long trousers .