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My officer's Feldbinden: Hesse, Saxony, Wurttemberg, Baden, Bavaria, Prussia, Prussia

Chris Here is my Leibregiment hybrid M-1910 waffenrock with M-16 attributes (Swedish cuffs, Borte, white-piped shoulder boards). Regards Dave

Eisenbahn (Verkehrstruppen) not Train, with a black belt as you have shown above.

I agree. The only thing that would make sense is the photo has been lighted (during the period). Initially, I thought the photo showed a feldgrau Friedensuniform, but it is not (white trousers were not worn w/ feldgrau for dress). So, the dunkelblau waffenrock, the black plume and black collar and cuffs have been lightened enough to change the shade we are seeing.

Yes, but the shoulder strap indicates a cypher/number on it. None of the Prussian guard foot regiments with this cuff configuration have anything on the on the straps.

Dave, I believe your guy is an Unteroffizier with one of the four Eisenbahn regiments, based on the litzen, Swedish cuff, the apparant silver fittings and black plume on the pickelhaube and the hint of a cypher on the shoulder strap. He also has a Schutzenabzeichen (1. Klasse) and a Winkerflaggen abzeichen on his sleeve Regards Dave

Nick Thanks for your response so quickly. Here is the reason for my question. This tunic was aquired without shoulder boards (I have added field grade boards for display). From the piping combination, it was easily identified as an officer with the LG Jaegersky Regiment. Based on the cut and tailoring of the tunic and the additional loops and holes for the medal bar, orders and presumed regimental badge, I feel this gentleman was pretty high up in the pecking order. Could this individual be identified through this information? Thanks again Dave

Hello I am trying to identify the regimental commander for the LG Jaegersky Rgmt at the outset of the war. Also, are there any photos of him available? Thanks Dave

Hmmm. I thought about that, but I had never seen a Ottoman Pilots badge by itself (not in conjuntion with a German pilot or observer badge) on a German uniform. The photo is from Grimma, Saxony and his cap cockade seems to confirm he was a Saxon. Now that the litzen seems to indicate a flieger uniform, is there a possibily this NCO could be identified?

A friend showed this picture of a Saxon senior NCO and wanted info on him. Looking at the litzen, I presumed he was with LGR 100 or GR 101 and looked for any association for those regiments to have fought with the Turks. From what I could determine, Res IR 101 was part of the 219 ID in Macedonia and Serbia in 1918; nothing else I looked up seems to fit. Hopefully, I'm in the ball park, or can be "set straight" which regiment he was with and perhaps even identify him. BTW, aside from the Turkish War Medal, I see one other Turkish medal, an EK1, a fairly sustantial ribbon bar (I would presume the first ribbon would be an Albert bravery medal) and a breast badge that can't quite be seen on his left side (most likely a wound badge). Thanks Dave

Hello, I picked up a nice miniature medal group with the British 1914-18 War Medal, WW1 Victory Medal, Indian General Service Medal w/ Afganistan 1919 bar and a General Service Medal w/ Iraq bar. Would there be any way to narrow down which British units would have been authorized for these medals? Thanks Dave

Thanks Chris and Paul for your time. I couldn't find him in the London Gazette site either. I'll put a picture up of the SD jacket when I get time. Dave

Thanks, Peter.

Hello I picked up an officer's tropical SD tunic named to WA Dawkins with a date of July 1918 in the pocket. The buttons (George V) and collar insignia are for Royal Engineeers, with three rank pips on the shoulder straps. Additionally, the tunic has a rigid sewn-on ribbon bar indicating the MM and the trio. Any idea who this officer was (obviously, he started out as other ranks and was fighting the Hun back in 1914-15). Any help is appreciated. Regards Dave Mosher

Wie gehts: As an addition to this thread, here is a private-purchase officer's Bluse for the 5. Garde Regt zu Fuss. There were only three regiments in the German army which utilized the "old Prussian" style litzen on the Bluse; the 5.G.R.z.F, the G. Gren.R.5 and Fus.R.80. To delineate between the three units, both the 5.G.R.z.F and Fus. R. 80 used the muted silver Spiegel on the gray collar tabs, but Fus.R.80 was cyphered on the shoulder boards. This leaves 5.G.R.z.F and G.G.R.5, which both used the non-numbered/cyphered white-piped shoulder boards, but the Spiegel on G.GR.5 is a muted gold on the gray collar tabs. Hence, 5.G.R.z.F. Regards Dave

Christophe The tunic is named to Hptmn Hans Zeidler. He died in July of 1915. I have been trying to find a photo of him for a while. Dave

Actually, out of the 28 dragoon regiments, only five wore yellow piping (Dr. 4,8,16,21 and 26) and Dr 16 actually wore white piping on the collar and cuff and yellow everywhere else. Your color options for line dragoons (w/o litzen) are poppy red, black, pink, yellow, white and burgandy red. Of these, there are a few with the white piping on the collar and cuff (like Dr 16 above) but with the other color options You just have to decide which piping color you like or which regiment you want to represent

There are several different color pipings and piping combinations for dragoons. All dragoon feldgrau waffenrocks have a piped standing collar, Swedish piped cuff and are piped along the bottom of the skirt. What regiment are you trying to paint? This is the M-1910 waffenrock worn by a Rittmeister for 2. Badisches Dragoner-Regt. Nr. 21. The piping is "lemon" yellow.

Officer's attila for the Saxon 3rd Hussar Regt. Nr. 20. This unit was raised in 1910, and both their pre-war and wartime uniform color was felgrau.

Gents There are 22 Schirmmutzes shown here. Test your knowlege and see how many of them you can identify. Some will be fairly straight forward, but some (particularly the husars) will most likey take some references to identify. Note that although some colors can be used for several regiments, a state cockade may determine a specific regiment here. Good luck Dave

Thanks for the comments. Here are a few more 1910 waffenrocks from other elite infantry regiments (left to right): Fusilier-Regt. von Gerdsdorff (Kurhessisches) Nr. 80, Grenadier-Regt. Konigin Olga (1. Wurttembergisches) Nr. 119, Konigl. Sachs. 1.(Leib-)Grenadier-Regt. Nr. 100, 1. BadischesLeib-Grenadier-Regt. Nr. 109

Here is one that could possibly be identified, based on the number of awards he recieved: A Hauptmann from the Bavarian Infanterie-Leib-Rgt. wearing a strange combination of a 1910 waffenrock and 1916 Friedensrock components. Dave

This is still one of my favorite tunics: Leibgarde-Infantrie-Rgt. (1. Grossherzogl. Hessisches) Nr. 115. This tunic was definately used as a field uniform...

Charles Since you started with an officer's field artillery waffenrock, I'll add this one: Grossherzogl. Artilleriekorps, 1. Grossherzogl. Hess.Feldartillerie-Regt. Nr. 25 Dave

Thanks, Chris. A friend provide his thoughts: Rohtlis or Rohblis. I came up with Rotiblis or Roschlis. Nothing very close in the rank lists...