Mike Dwyer

Chris, Tony Schnurr has a very nice Ulanka from Hanoversches Ulanen-Regt. 14 on his Kaiser's Bunker site that you might enjoy. He also has a Tschapka to go with it. Ulanka: http://www.kaisersbunker.com/dunkelblau/tunics/dbt43.htm Tschapka: http://www.kaisersbunker.com/dunkelblau/helmets/dbh83.htm

Very interesting story, thank you for sharing it with us!

#30 is rank insignia for a Air Force Junior ROTC Cade Master Sergeant. It is probably outdated insignia because all of the example I could find had only 5 stripes, not six. I found only one old document on-line that showed this 6 stripe example.

#30 is rank insignia for a Air Force Junior ROTC Cade Master Sergeant. It is probably outdated insignia because all of the example I could find had only 5 stripes, not six. I found only one old document on-line that showed this 6 stripe example.

Joe, In the 1914 Rangliste, there's a Hauptmann Freiherr Rudt von Collenberg listed in Garde-Feldartillerie-Rgt Nr.3. He's the only one I could find.

I'm not one of the experts here, so don't rely too much on my opinion! It appears to be a very, very nice Prussian infantry officer's helmet. I looked at a couple of dealer's websites (like this one http://www.militaria-online.de/eng.html ) and I'd guess somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 Euros, perhaps more in that great a condition.

Stunning! Very, very beautiful.

Okay, I could just make out the crown in the middle so, without really thinking, I surmised Prussian Crown Order!

Christian, Isn't he missing another neck cross.....for the Prussian Crown Order? He's got the breast star on, but no neck cross.

Very, very sweet!

Barry, Just a curiousity question....when I was a teenager I was a Napoleonic Wars uniform nut! I collected books, did my own crude uniform drawings, painted miniatures, etc. I haven't done that in many, many years. In Imperial times French dragoons wore dark green coats. I see this fellow is wearing a blue coat, is this correct for the time period of the painting? I don't know much about earlier French uniforms.

The Red Hand is part of the coat of arms of The O'Neill.

Very interesting stories.

Coincidentally, there's a running thread on Pickelhaubes.com about Gregory. Joe Robinson posted the picture below of Gregory in his uniform...

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Thanks, Rick! I really appreciate the information.

Rick, The card for the princess isn't Imperial, it's later. I did some Internet surfing and found a genealogy website with the following information: Alexandra Anna Sophia Katharina Emilia Adrienne Gräfin von Schlitz genannt von Görtz Born Darmstadt, 1910, Died Schlitz, 13 April 1989 Married Wilhelm Prinz zu Erbach-Schönberg on 4 October 1938. So the card has to date from after the marriage.

Thank you both, Glenn and Rick, for the information. Amberger didn't last very long in the war..........sad.

#16 The last item that came in the package...not Imperial though, it's Third Reich. I'm guessing it's a wedding announcement?

# 15 My one civilian...

# 14 ..and now something oompletely different, a Zahlmeister!

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#12 More horrible handwriting!!!

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