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That is strange, but it wouldn't be the first time a military recorded something incorrectly. It's also hard to tell what the original message was considering much of the original card is lost to time. They could have been discussing the possibility of him becoming a lieutenant or perhaps it was just recorded incorrectly in the books.

I was able to clean up the back of the card a little. It shows shlodder being referred to as a Lieutenant in 1917.

Good morning gentlemen, I was lucky enough to have come across a nice photo postcard of an unteroffizier from the reserve garde pioneer regiments flammenwerferzug and just wanted to share. It looks like it was at one point cut down to fit a picture frame, it unfortunately is missing alot of information but does feature a nice shot of the skull on the left cuff and is addressed directly to the flame thrower unit. As always comments and opinions are welcome! Many Thanks, Will

Outstanding!

That would make perfect sense honestly, this may be a bit of a stretch but to me it makes even more sense seeing as how this was an Irish regiment and to my knowledge most were not as well off as their English counterparts. If this is correct then this would also make it a fairly early example of something coming from the Aldershot depot. Your information is always appreciated, we spoke previously about a dress uniform from the North Staffordshire Regiment and you were equally helpful there as well!

What would the A signify then? It doesn't appear to be specific to a tailor seeing as how his trousers have the mark but are not from the same tailor. Is it possibly some kind of mark from a depot showing the tunic was turned in and reworked? This could also explain the different cuff ranks. A lieutenant was killed and the tunic was sent through and reissued to a captain who added the proper rank insignia? I'm just spitballing some ideas.

Unfortunately I am away from my collection but I can when I get back to it again and can show more details of the cuffs. I will have to check the other cuff for evidence of service stripes as well.

Good evening gentlemen, I acquired this tunic some time ago and wanted to share it here and also ask for some assistance. A tunic belonging to a Lüert of the 2nd eskadron GDC if is in pretty good shape minus the removed shoulder boards and has 3 loops for a ribbon/ medal bar. Would anyone have any resources/ information on this man or some ideas for a suitable ribbon/ medal bar? As always thoughts and opinions are welcome. Will

My apologies I forgot to post the photo of the stamp which is identical to yours just with a 1916 date.

Does anyone know how to identify the proper collar insignia for this period tunic? I have seen a few different examples but am unsure of what would be the proper style.

Good evening gentlemen, I recently acquired a small group of uniforms off of Facebook of all places and this one was amongst them, I am not the most knowledgeable but I have what appears to be a well tailored uniform for a captain from the Royal Inniskilling Fusilier regiment, it has a stamp in the left shoulder which dates it too 1916, and appears to have at one point had its proper insignia pinned into the collar and perhaps some insignia sewn to the left cuff? It also had a leather tab sewn inside of the left breast of the tunic which I'm unsure of its purpose. Any thoughts and opinions would be appreciated! Many thanks, Will More photos

I'll gladly take you up on some of those items! Also I dug the old boards out of the trash and I do think these were the originals, theres just one issue. They are completely drowned in gold paint to a point that I originally thought that they were 100% rubber but peeling some weird backing off I think they are period boards.

I took a few more detailed photos before I sent this off to get the collar repaired, I think I will have to stripe off all of the gold braiding. It doesn't look like any of it is original to the uniform.

They were all one shaped piece, definitely not anything that belonged on the uniform and I'm pretty sure I threw them and the black pads away already.

Unfortunately the shoulder boards that were on it are Styrofoam so I do not believe those would be period correct haha

I don't suppose anyone would happen to have a source for proper replacement shoulder boards and tresse? I cannot seem to find any on the market but my sources for these types of uniforms are quite limited as these aren't my main area of collecting.

The buttons are all the same if I remember correctly and there are no names in the jacket unfortunately. Also there is no France and Germany star on the top bar, just the 39-45 star, Atlantic star and then Italian star. I have seen on American uniforms before that awards issued during the war are typically worn properly and then the victory award is tacked on later. After finding out the jacket isn't military my best guess is this was either dressed up for a play of some sort or maybe a civilian cruise liner and the veteran wore his ribbons while at work? I don't think it was dressed up for resale since I only paid 30 dollars in an antique store at the time for this piece.

Looking over the tunic again, mine does have the appropriate north staffordshire collar insignia.

Most of the graves registration papers are new information, but the biography I was able to find before. I do believe his collar devices are the South staffordshire style unless the fleur de lis is a separate piece and its just missing.

I will definitely be posting progress photos and as far as the medals go I'm hoping that I'll be lucky enough that someone who owns his awards will come around some day.

Good evening gentlemen, I have quite the project on my hands and I thought I would share it here, in a little antique place in San Diego I came across what remains of the dress uniform of acting Lieutenant Colonel John H. Ridgway, Mr. Ridgway served in South Africa, Ireland and during the first world War until his death at the battle of scarpe in 1917. He was also awarded the distinguished service order in 1916 during the battle of the somme although I cannot seem to find the write up for it. I will be having the coat sent off to more talented hands to repair the collar and the rest will likely be up to me. As always I welcome and thoughts, opinions or advice one this piece. Thank you I have already started the work by removing those awful shoulder pads which unfortunately were glued onto the shoulders and am slowly working the adhesive off of it without damaging the uniform itself. On a side not there also does appear to be loops sewn onto the breast ro accommodate a small medalbar which I believe to be the one in a photo I was able to find of him. Also the signature on the uniform matches another unit photograph which he signed not long before his death.

I've got a 1st batch luger to a MG regiment of JR. 94 that I've been trying to build a display around similar to yours.

That is a very impressive display!

Is it possible that there isn't enough distinct marks/ insignia to narrow this down to a specific unit? If so what would be a few of the possibilities?

Fair enough, well if I remember right i don't think I paid a whole lot for it so not a terribly expensive lesson. Thank you, Will