Theodor

At that time he was already well decorated. Fortunately he's written his name inside, so someday I will find time to read about his service!!

His Parade tunic from the 1927 - early 1930's period.

Seems he had to have 3 /at least/ of that type. The boards are lose at the outer ends, but at least still there!

2nd tunic

detail. Terribly simple type, but outstanding cut and material!

Interesting, is the tunic made of the same type cloth, like the hat? I had never seen before a hat or a tunic made of that cloth! Talking about quality, it was not a trade mark of the Generals. For example, here I have some uniforms to a lt.-colonel. Did this guy love to look perfect!!!!!! I have his 3 summer service uniforms /well, tunics only/. These should be simple service uniforms - but no, he has taken those to a completely different level! First, the material. According to the regulations, greenish canvas. But wow, what a canvas!!!! One is close to the regular, but the other two are made of such fine canvas, that I never thought existed! And then the tailor - definitely he visited some extra special tailor to make those service uniforms! Such fine detail, such craftsmanship - I can speak general, that all uniforms of those time were very well made. But these here stand for their own! I can only be sorry, that the Parade uniforms and the hats of this guy are missing, trying to imagine their materials and quality! First tunic - unfortunately "the magic" is lost in the camera! In reality these things are superb, among my favorite, no matter they're the most simple service type.

I can only dream about the beautiful uniforms, that used to go with these hats! Unfortunately no clue if those ever survived or if did, where are now. Another view of that beautiful hat. The pictures do not show it well, I think it is my best piece!

General from the Cavalry He was also Commander of the Royal Leibguards fro some time :beer:

Another one. Compared to the ordinary officer visors, these are a bit taller, the red color goes more to wine-red and purple-red than usual and also the quality is superior, the materials used for the lining are much better than the ordinary.

No traces of chinstrap buttons on this one?

Not so many, just a few :rolleyes:

This service-combat model never had collar tabs

Not always, I've seen many times the opposite case - once got 6 caps for Generals and senior officers, different branches /all belonged to a General of the cavalry - gifts to him from colleagues or what???/, not a single tunic with them. Once got 3 pilot hats - no tunics. And several times got one or two hats together, no tunics. And of course, many times I get tunics and no hats. Here is one more - summer service tunic /seems wartime model from rough canvas/ to an officer from horse-drawn mountain artillery - looks like a simple artillery tunic with artillery buttons, but also has the cavalry triangle pattern on the boards.

Detail. No idea about the army branch of this one

And something different - a summer tunic from 1946 or 1947. Still the old royal pattern, the old buttons - just the collar tabs are of a new design, postwar, used only in that couple of years.

detail

And finally this officer's coat. Unfortunately not even a single hat came with these tunics! :rolleyes:

The parade tunic - dark blue, with thick and hard lining /or rather padding/, the collar has 3 hooks. Must have been very good looking officer! The belt and dagger for this tunic

Fine material!

Same type of tunic, but for the summer months - very fine material and no lining

The unique style of that branch collar tabs.

You showed some very nice uniforms! Here area few more from me. Construction Troops - all belonged to the same officer. First, service uniform for colder weather

And the artist's skills are terrible, too The Neanderthal on the central medallion should represent this handsome man :speechless:

Maybe they mean "released overboard with a cannonball tied to the legs" :rolleyes:

That's made for the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885, I think it was made for the 100 years in the 1980's. It is made on the rocky side of a flat small mountain, close to the Western border, where the most fierce battles of the war took place.