Chip

Chris, Those are nice collectable WWII vintage boots. They are really different from a WWI issue boot. The main difference is the leather finish and the pattern of the assembly. Chip

Chris, Sorry, I did not see your question until now. Yes, the patch is sleeve size, approximately 2 1/2"x4". The only patch I have seen that resembled this was one worn on the upper sleeve by Turkish troops, though the colors of the "flag" were just red and white. Chip

Hello Bernhard, Do you know if this helmet plate was produced in steel during the war? I'm not sure I remember ever seeing one. Regards, Chip

Very cool Chris.

Chris, Can you show what buttons you are trying to match? The boards are nice ones. You were lucky to find them so quickly. Chip

Here is a better look at one, in this case, a M15 version with steel Wappen and fittings.

Chris, I doubt it. They would make and awful racket. Chip

For all of you that have wanted an mint condition Ersatz canteen with maker marked papercloth cover, there is a guy from the Czech Republic (no, not the repro guys) selling them on the WAF. They are 100% good and they found a warehouse with nearly 100 of these 1918 dated canteens. So far, they have only found one glass version in all of that. All the rest are steel. Anyway, it's one of those deals were he has a lot now, but they will be gone quickly as he told me that some dealers are buying 10 to 20 of them. There are plenty of good photos. Check it out. Chip

Why would anyone mail a measuring stick?

I've been searching for the issue version of this sword for decades. They just don't turn up. Chip

Hardy, This Dragoner Rgt. didn't have Litzen. (If I understand your question correctly).

Oh Kornel, I really like that Hessian pair. I only have a single.

Yes indeed. Was Volmer a Leutnant or an Oberleutnant?

Bernhard, Very nice documents. Thanks for showing them. Chip

Eric, I have a pair of these early ones. They are made from the light gray material of the Ersatzmantel and they have the leather toggle and straps. If those feldgrau ones you show are WWI, they are late ones. Those cotton gloves would not give any warmth. Wonder what they would be used for? Chip

Chris, Somehow it escaped me that this fellow was a veterinarian. I thought you were looking for the tabs of a people doctor. I do have a proper set of tabs (M10) for a vet! I also have a pair of M10 Stabsveterinär boards, but they are for a Württemberg officer, not a Prussian. Chip

This type of simplified cuff was particular to Bavarian tunics. They wore this instead of the barrel cuff that the rest of the army had switched to. It is perfectly correct for an issue Bavarian tunic of this pattern in 1915. Chip

Chris, The Kragenpatten for the M10 officer's tunics were black with karmesinrot (carmine) piping. For the M15 officer's Bluse they remained the same only with the addition of matt gray double Litzen with gilt wire center stripe on each Litze ending in a vertical gilt wire stripe (see photo). Karmesinrot is a purplish to pinkish red. I think of crimson as a sort of medium red, somewhere between ponceaurot/hochrot and blood red. Here is an example of the officer's Kragenpatten for the Bluse.

I'm with you Chris. I don't mind someone nipping my stuff as long as they give me credit. I know from experience that it's quite surprising to see your photos on a website you never heard of. I even have been asked to prove that the pictures were mine in order to get them properly credited. Some people..... Chip

It's not too surprising to see the Aschingerborte on a tunic dated 1915. It was most likely added when the owner had the collar upgraded on this issue tunic. Normally, a private would not pay to "customize" his tunic unless it was to be set aside and worn on off duty (walking out dress) occasions. You do see such collars in the field, but normally worn by officers and Unteroffiziere. The price does seem to be very cheap. Normally, I would think an issue tunic with only slight mothing would sell for at least a thousand Euro more. Chip

Nice Chris!

Eric, I agree it was much simpler and everyone knew what you were talking about when we used to say M1910, but honestly, the only M10s are officer's tunics. We were happy back then, but we were wrong. So, do we have an issue M1907, M1913, M1913 simplified, or a M1914 or what? There isn 't a whole lot of agreement. I would be content to go by Kraus's nomenclature. I for one, would like to see your tunic. Why haven't you shown it? Chip

Thomas, I'm sure anything could have happened during wartime, I was speaking of what the pioneers were issued by regulation (I should have qualified what I said). As a matter of practicality, I'm sure they could have been issued whatever was expedient or deemed necessary for the job at hand. Regards, Chip

Thomas, I was thinking (incorrectly) of this, not MW, but MG...Bavarian MGSs Abteilung straps of the same time-frame. Chip

Eisenbahn troops also carried the 98/05 with saw-teeth. Pioneers were also issued with M87/88 cartridge pouches, not M09s. I'm not bucking your theory, but merely making observations and thinking of other possibilities. Regards, Chip