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Nice and interesting. M1907 board, cut off at the bottom.
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IG,
If you can't find yours, I can scan my example.
Chip
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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
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Yes, and Saxon Jäger straps are the same, that is, there is a right and a left.
Chip
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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
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Is that an MG or a jackhammer?
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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.
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Yes it is.
Chip
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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.
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I'm not really seeing anything on the shoulder straps.
Chip
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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
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Those seams are standard on the M1893 enlisted Litewka. I can't believe you still haven't gotten a copy of Kraus.
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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
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It's either a sweetheart or a veteran's pin.
Chip
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Chris,
The few un-messed with NCO Drillich jackets I have seen had regular brass crown buttons.
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Would that be the NCO or the enlisted version?
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Well, "MW" wasn't part of the official insignia for helmet covers. Many covers were marked with paint and other materials. That's a cool photo.
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Hello Kammi,
Welcome to the forum. Yes, the centennial medal is a nice one. Originally, it would have been suspended from another ring and a ribbon with a pin for attaching to clothing.
MfG,
Chip
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It kinda looks like a Draeger Selbstretter.
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Chris,
Some units just pulled off the numbers when the orders came out to remove them, others just covered them up, perhaps thinking that the war would be short and they could just take the patch off. Anyway, it was not all that uncommon to see. Colonel J's site has had some photo examples posted for quite a while.
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The shoulder strap in the first picture is a M15 Kraftfahrer enlisted example. No idea why they would be wearing Tschakos. There were Kraftfahr troops assigned to various units, but they normally wore their branch clothing and not that of the unit they served.
Chip
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Unusual Shoulder Strap
in Germany: Imperial Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Personal Equipment
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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