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I ended up buying a Hanoverian helmet at SOS. I know almost nothing about their uniforms and I know totally zero about medals. Was there a medal? how difficult would it be to get one? Are they very expensive? Thank you in advance.

I don't know if I totally agree with that. It really depends upon the individual unit. Some came from a parent active regiment but others were formed from all sorts of different sources. I would also caution that the numbers align with each other. Sometimes they do -- most times they do not. Things get pretty complicated when you overlay the political boundaries and the fact that regiments actually moved. Sometimes it is just so complex I cannot figure it all out. For instance, this morning I was looking at LIR 87. I do not understand what relationship existed between this Hessian regiment and Mecklenburg. The parent line is far too simplistic and it got worse as the war progressed. I think in the handbook of Imperial Germany there is a good example of JR 31. I think there is a reason why most sourcebooks disregard reserve and Landwehr formations -- it is just too hard and no one has figured it out yet. Great subject though! You also get into confusions about where the guard uniforms came from in units like RJR 202. Sometimes it's simple but sometimes...

Got this today -- from the American Journal of WFA available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the publisher. http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=60521

This is quite correct however, pre-war most people between the ages of 17 and 20 were also part of the Landsturm and you could also get sent to that organization as part of Musterung.

I agree with Paul -- what a shame.

Chris, You are the man! That was really nice. God bless.

Bob, The best way to buy is through the link above to go straight to the publisher. is far better faster and cheaper that way. I really am having some problems dealing with the Zuber book. I have so much to read on this but I think many different thoughts and he should have read the Handbook. http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=60521

Bob, This is an excerpt from the Handbook of Imperial Germany and the citation from foot note 508. As I am deep into Zuber's latest book I really recommend you read Handbook before you publish anything. http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=60521

As a further clarification of the heavy light cavalry conundrum here is a quote from Dr. Buchholz who wrote that section of the Handbook of Imperial Germany.

From the Handbook of Imperial Germany page 223 -- 224 the class of 1918

Hamburg in 1916

I don't know -- this really was a stretch for me to begin with as I was brought up with the Napoleonic understanding of Cavalry including middle cavalry. Then there was all the British influence in the combining of Lancers and Hussars. Dr. Buchholz' groupings were formed from German doctrinal writings. The German/English/French correlations do not seem to always work.

This is footnote 639 from the "Handbook of Imperial Germany" on page 310. Specifically the section deals with tactical changes in the cavalry and other branches between the Franco Prussian war and the first world war.

Thank you once again! I really should have posted that first. thanks for chasing this around for me your answer is exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you once again! I really should have posted that first. thanks for chasing this around for me your answer is exactly what I was looking for.

I should have posted this before..... something does not add up.

Thank you!

Name found inside a helmet. Any idea who this is or any information on him? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the kind words! I am really glad it is delivering for you. I have had a few e-mails asking why we didn't do the Navy. That was an intentional act. The intent of the book was to focus on the Army. As we didn't think there was anything in the English language that explained the Army in this way. While not the same, I think Holger Herwig did the Navy some justice in his book "luxury fleet". While he didn't do the social stuff, or the political stuff. It is still a good read about the Navy. We will try to include that if there ever is a second edition. If we do that, we will also increase the size of the pictures to help the contrast on some of the maps and our biggest gripe of all.--- We did not include an index at the end. That makes it harder for people to look things up. Just goes to show how much of a rank amateur operation we are! But we have had fun.

I would just like to back up what Rick said here. We did not cover the Navy in our recent book and have been researching that a bit. The naval officer corps was very very very stratified. It defies logic and is purely only social discrimination that to me makes little sense, but it certainly was present. Engineers was a subcategory that really took it on the chin.

This is really educational. Based on his rank! Must have been non voluntary during parts of the war. The following quote is from pages 183-184 of the Handbook of Imperial Germany.

If I am right his unit was Landsturm-Infanterie-Bataillon Stockach I ---super nice picture!

Thanks for the kind words! As they are on eBay , and they can be shipped from our house to the international community the book fits in an international priority mail envelope and goes to Australia for I believe $15. Look at the American eBay listings. Sample pages by request.

I'm sorry about the shipping! The book weighs 1.7 pounds. Perhaps there is another way to skin the cat. The book is now available at Barnes & Noble's, Amazon, etc. perhaps ordering through them might be somewhat cheaper for the shipping to Australia. $36 is pretty shocking. The retail price of the book goes up five dollars, but perhaps the shipping goes down quite a bit. isbn 9781449021139 They have profoundly mucked up the review copies. Both time and money will go to try to fix this problem.