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ID tag-WWI
Chip replied to Karsten S's topic in Germany: Imperial Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Personal Equipment
Normally, a man's draft class was the year of his twentieth birthday. Of course, during the war, the high losses and need for manpower caused classes to be called up earlier. The class of 1918 began being called up in September of 1916. Volunteers were allowed to do so as early as the age of 17. Chip -
ID tag-WWI
Chip replied to Karsten S's topic in Germany: Imperial Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Personal Equipment
Hello Karsten, Yes, this is a nice example of a WWI era Erkennungsmarke. This man would have been in the draft class of 1915. It is from a Hannoveran infantry regiment and thus would be a fairly common example. This pattern was most commonly worn earlier in the war and the script writing on the front side is a lesser seen variation. Chip -
Micha, Your 10.bayr.FAR has Prussian one year volunteer cord? I think this is more likely a one year volunteer from the 10th Hannoveran Pioneer Battalion. And Jens is correct about this being a pattern of shoulder strap for the old blue/black overcoat. Depending on when the cypher for the 3.b.IR was authorized, it might also be from that regiment. Chip
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Joe, As you may know, he is wearing the uniform of the Kaiserliches Freiwilliges Automobil-Corps. These were the guys who volunteered themselves and their personal automobiles to the service of the Kaiser. They were later recognized as officers and eventually became part of the army. Here is a link to a website that sheds some light on this subject. http://www.kaiserlicherautomobilclub.de/ Chip
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Sturmbataillon 4
Chip replied to Naxos's topic in Germany: Imperial Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Personal Equipment
Hardy, Both of disks mentioned are the so-called 1916 pattern with the cut-out center line. I have to agree with Chris that it is somewhat surprising to see a Sturm-Batl. disk in the 1914 configuration, but when you look at the timeline Sturm-Batl.Nr.4 was one of the earlier units, having been formed in 1916. I'm sure that the transition from one pattern disk to another took time. Like I said, a very cool disk. Congratulations. Chip -
Sturmbataillon 4
Chip replied to Naxos's topic in Germany: Imperial Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Personal Equipment
Very cool Hardy. Was there anything else in the lot? I've got a tag for a gunner in a MGSSA and one from a Gebirgs-MGA, but never have had a chance at a Sturm-Batl. example. Regards, Chip -
Scanners are so reasonably priced any more that seems odd that a collector would not have one, especially medals and photo collectors. I have other collector friends in Germany and France that just seem to be unable to get one. It is very frustrating for their collecting friends, who never get to see any of the nice things that they "supposedly" have. BTW, I have an Epson 3490. Chip
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Hello and welcome to the forum. I have some interest in this unit as well as an insignia collector. As you may know, with the acknowledgement by the Kaiser, the regiment received his royal cypher for their shoulder straps. It was one of only a handful of wartime cypher changes/additions. The AKO ordering this cypher was decreed on July 29, 1917 and was published in the Armee-Verordnungsblatt (A.V.B.) on August 25, 1917 (Nr.800). The order mentions "brave conduct in the face of the enemy". Unfortunately, I have no further details at the moment, but I will see what I can find. Regards, Chip
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Rare gas mask
Chip replied to Deruelle's topic in Germany: Imperial Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Personal Equipment
Thomas, This picture above shows a Selbstretter with the smaller oxygen cylinder. There was a larger size cylinder worn with this style and there were other styles of Selbstretter with even larger O2 cylinders. Chip