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    Chip

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    1. Chip
      You're still missing one!
    2. Chip
      It's a small image, but it looks like a normal railway cap insignia.
    3. Chip
      He's got a Litewka on with Unteroffizier Tresse, so I suspect he is a career railroader in some military capacity, serving as a yard worker or depot guard. I don't think his outfit is a normal railway employee uniform. Chip
    4. Chip
      True. I looked for years for the proper straps. Still looking the gray top enlisted cap and a Collani. Chip
    5. Chip
      Chris, That's correct. The first guy is a Bavarian, as he has no Litzen and his simplified shoulder strap displays only an "E" with no regimental number. Chip
    6. Chip
      So, basically, if you are not at the archive in person, you have to hire an outside agent to do research. Evidently, you cannot access this information on-line. Chip
    7. Chip
      I've never seen anything like it and I don't think it is from the WWI era as far as the German army goes. First of all, almost all German enlisted straps were backed in feldgrau or resedagrün wool. There were no letters of this style used. It could be something from the inter-war period or from some other country. Chip
    8. Chip
      Nice and interesting. M1907 board, cut off at the bottom.
    9. Chip
      IG, If you can't find yours, I can scan my example. Chip
    10. Chip
      IG, There were railway guns,so you could merge your two interests. You could collect straps from the foot artillery gunners that manned these. Unfortunately, they rarely turn up. Chip
    11. Chip
      Yes, and Saxon Jäger straps are the same, that is, there is a right and a left. Chip
    12. Chip
      I've not seen that before either. It's a bit hard to tell, but they do look like cannon barrels. The only metal insignia that I know of like this was for the soldiers and officials of the technical institute, but it was worn on the officer type shoulder boards. Perhaps this is just something unofficial for enlisted men assigned there. Chip
    13. Chip
      Is that an MG or a jackhammer?
    14. Chip
      Chris, Here are my two just for comparison. One dated 1915 and the other 1918. Chip I forgot to mention that they took a special wide shoulder strap. I have the straps for both. Here are some comparison shots taken next to a normal army breadbag strap. Chip
    15. Chip
      I guess there can be just plain tombak buttons as well. The ringed buttons are often seen too. Eric I think the one I got from you is most likely a WWII jacket.
    16. Chip
      Love those Saxon pioneer straps, especially the P.K.333! For obvious reasons, the company numbered straps are more difficult to find than those of their parent battalions. Chip
    17. Chip
      Yes it is. Chip
    18. Chip
      According to Nolls' book, it turns out, there is only one possibility for this marking. If the "L" is a block "L" and not a script "L". Immobile-Landwehr-Eisenbahn-Baukompanie There are two other "L.E." abbreviations, but both are Ersatz Bataillonen of infantry regiments and normally there was only one (two at the most) per regiment in wartime.
    19. Chip
      I'm not really seeing anything on the shoulder straps. Chip
    20. Chip
      Are those books available in the States? How much are they? I can read German and some Russian, but not enough Russian to make these books a convenient read without a dictionary handy. I still think the Somers book would be best for exclusively English speakers. Chip
    21. Chip
      Those seams are standard on the M1893 enlisted Litewka. I can't believe you still haven't gotten a copy of Kraus.
    22. Chip
      I haven't looked yet in Noll's markings book, but just a thought that it might be Landsturm and therefore the number may be the Brigade. Landsturm were not normally differentiated by company numbers. Chip
    23. Chip
      It's either a sweetheart or a veteran's pin. Chip
    24. Chip
      Chris, The few un-messed with NCO Drillich jackets I have seen had regular brass crown buttons.
    25. Chip
      Would that be the NCO or the enlisted version?
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