Chip

Dave,

That's a correction, not nit-picking!

Troy,

Thanks for showing your postcards. The variety and number of military related cards sent in the prewar and wartime years is impressive. Personally, I collect regimental postcards. Most were sold in the garrison shops to recruits.

Chip

The color was hellblau up until the uniform chage in 1915, at which time it became kaliblau (a darker blue). Artillery munitions supply columns would have had either field or foot artillery shoulder straps,

Chip

That ad is laughable. What is shown there is a wartime Bavarian buckle, which was worn by about everybody, except the cavalry. The only cavalry, mounted troops enlisted buckle is an open faced, all brass, frame type buckle. I suppose that dismounted cavalry that were used as infantry might eventually get issued an infantry buckle, but this guys description is painfully wrong.

Chip

I thought we had discussed this one before. Oh well, back tot he drawing board.

In the GMIC Document Archive is a catalogue with the pictures: Uniformtafeln Deutscher Reich bis 1918

Which ones go to 1918? I took a look at a few shoulder strap plates and they look like they are from the prewar era.

Chris,

Is that XVI Korps marked Feldmütze feldgrau or graugrün? It sure is hard to tell from that picture.

Chip

That saber is definitely a Bavarian artillery model. It must be a home-town photo, as his garrison is 125 km away! According to my sources, there was no other Bavarian artillery unit (either field or foot, reserve or Landwehr) with this number.

Chip

Andy,

I'm not complaining about your list, but I just thought you might want to make it complete. It is very handy! Thanks!

Best regards,

Chip

Here is a better look at the M15 IR.104 strap. The cypher is fashioned by two different methods, the more common being the cord "FA". The chainstitched M15 version is rarely encounted.

Here are a few more examples from the FAR.29, including one M07 private purchase piece.

I'd best check where they were during the second half of the war, perhaps the hat saw a bit of France and Belgium.

Tony

Tony,

If it was only rated for garrison duty after the repair in 1918, it probably would not have left Germany again.

Thanks Andy. Who put this list together and what is their information source (if you know). This list in incomplete.

Best regards,

Chip

Here is the requested page. Not the best scan, but books aren't easy.

Chip

Hi,

yes: Lüb(ecker) Hans(eaten) Kreuz.

Uwe

Uwe,

Thanks for correcting me!

Jan,

Thanks again.

Chip

You have 1.500 euros available? There's one on eBay Germany...

That's a bit rich for my wallet!

That's a super marking! One wonders if it saw action in the battle that caused the Kaiser to give the distinction to the regiment and was therefore marked later or if it was a new issue that was marked after the re-naming of the regiment. What is the manufacture date of the piece?

Chip

Hello friends!

The Jg.Btl.27 was set-up for training finnish volunteers. The first transport of those volunteers arrived in february 1915 in the "Lockstedter Lager". End of august 1915 they were nearly 1000 men.

The name Jg.Btl.27 was given in may 1916. It consisted of:

four Jg-companies

one engeneer-company

one MG-company

one platoon of light-howitzers

one music-corps (just a few men...)

The bataillon was dissolved feb.,13. 1918

It was set-up from Stellv.Gen.Kdo.IX.AK

The commander was Major Bayer (Inf.Rgt.27)

Andreas,

Thanks for the info. Did this unit see much action during the war, before it was disbanded?

Jan,

Thanks for the reply and information.

Tony,

The original marks are the B.A.XIX.16 and the size stamp. The rest are re-issue stamps. "B.J.A.Chemnitz18" stands for Bekleidungs-Instandsetzungs-Amt Chemnitz 1918. This was the repair section of the clothing office in Chemnitz. Once repaired, the cap was given a new Garniture classification. The "g" and the "gb" indicate it was suitable for garrison wear, but in worse condition than normal. These stamps are in black, which indicates that they were made after January of 1917, when the color of the stamps were changed from green. Unfortunately, I cannot decipher the smudged regimental stamp.

Chip

Chris,

I'll take a stab at it. Lübeck Hanseatisches Kreuz?

Chip

Dave,

Thanks for adding that. It makes more sense now in relation to the RIR 203, which was also a Garde formed unit.

Where does the Preußisches Jäger Bataillon Nr. 27 fit in here? According to Andreas's list, they were not a part of the Ostsee Division. They had been trained by and were part of the German army, even though the unit was formed primarily from Finnish nationals. Did it go to Finnland independently and did it still have German officers?

Chip

Was your wife's great-grandfather a reserve officer?