Luke

Hi guys - just looking for some information on Majors und Rechtsritters des johanitterordens Georg Ludwig Edmund Theodor Gustav Adam von Diepenbroick-Grueter (* 19. Januar 1865 in Münster; † 7. Juni 1937 in Hannover). Specifically looking for post 1900 military posting(s), namely a regiment (I'm assuming the 16th Dragoner Regt should figure in there somewhere...) Thanks guys, the only ranklist I have here is 1914, the two Diepenbroick-Grueter mentioned are definitely not our man above. Given the DOB and rank of Major he should show up in the 1900-1905 (ish?) lists... Thanks again, Luc

Need to consult the court of public opinion on this one. I just recently added a Dragoon officer visor to my collection. I've been working on an ID for the original owner based on the Freiherrkrone/Cypher on the liner but running into a problem based on the colour. The piping and band are both very distinctly lemon yellow. Standard Prussian/Reich Officer cockades. Now the reason why I'm going crosseyed . There are, on the surface three candidate regiments using yellow 1) Dragoner-Regt. von Bredow (1. Schlesisches) Nr.4 2) Dragoner-Regt. König Friedrich III (2.Schlesisches) Nr.8 3) 2. Hannoversches Dragoner-Regt. Nr.16 The visor is being sold to me as a 16th. "Uniformenkunde Das Deutsche Heer" shows the 8th and 16th as lemon yellow. To contradict this I've seen firsthand an Überrock from the 8th and it is definitely dark(er) yellow. Tony on Kaiser's Bunker lists only the 16th as having lemon yellow on the uniform portion of his website (along with the 21st which is not a candidate in this case), however on the visor section he lists the 4th and the 21st as having lemon yellow, the other two regiments having dark yellow. In "Lancers and Dragoons" by RJ Marrion the 4th is listed as "pale yellow" facings and the other two regiments are listed simply as yellow. The undress cap chart in this book again illustrates the 4th having this "pale" or lemon yellow band and piping to the cap. Dave Mosher in an older thread on picklehaubes.com lists the 4th and 21st as the lemon yellow coloured regiments. Its obviously making a difference to me in identifying the owner - the 4th has a couple of candidates as does the 16th (none in the 8th so far). Just curious as to what regiment is truly "lemon" Cheers, Luc

According to the 19th Regimental history, Lt. Frhr v. Solemacher=Antweiler was wounded 21.3.1918 at Noreuil while a member of Füsilier-Regt 73. He died 23.3.1918 in Cantin. Cheers, Luc

I think I got outbid on that one Fantastic bar, good job tracking down the personnel file. Cheers, Luc

Thats funny I have the exact same postcard. Nice ribbon bar Christophe!

Amazing collection!

Wow - speechless

Reverse/inscription

The newest item to arrive - pretty nice shot of an Officer of the Kurmärkisches Dragoner-Regt. Nr.14 in Überrock and undress visor - nice shot of his Cavalry sword with crossed sword langet (doesn't quite show up in my downscaled scans). Pic is somewhat interesting in itself as having been taken by a photographer in Darmstadt as opposed to the garrison town of Colmar. The reverse has an inscription which appears to be signed "W.Trautman Dragoner 14" - I'm short of the pre-1910 rangliste, anyone with the 1907 rangliste can possibly give a check and see if our guy is there - or maybe another set of eyes confirming this name, I'm kind of going crosseyed second guessing the letter combinations Cheers, Luke

Exactly,

Awesome reference - I thought it was quite witty

Very nice - I like

Another...

Hopefully this helps - although the lack of an actual medal there may hurt Luke

Interesting beetle

Amazing group!

Interesting visor crown too...silk?!

Probably one of the smallest "battles" of World War 1, but for some reason strikes me as pretty interesting - the Battle of San Matteo, fought in the Ortler Alps of Northern Italy. There's not much written about it, there was a combined total (Austrian and Italian) of 27 men killed in the battle - but it was literally fought on the top of a mountain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Matteo In 2004 3 bodies were found at 3400m, it was assumed they died in a grenade attack - absolutely unbelievable. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3592268.stm Luc

Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing - what a great group....

Hey it was a patch after all

Very nice bar

Hi Christophe - the portepee seems to be a generic officer's sword portepee strapped onto a bayonet. It may well be Saxon, but could pretty much be any of the other states as well (except Bavarian). Is that a spot on the photo or does the Observer have a patch on his left arm? Kind of like the one on the Flieger tunic on Kaiser's Bunker. Luc

Ahhhh the answer was right in front of me in the 1914 list - totally didn't figure on a spelling mistake! Was giving me fits as everything about the cap seemed to be DR20 Officer and later pre-war. Interesting he's a reservist - Baden cockade doesn't reflect reserve status - but I suppose he "upgraded" with war on the go and/or Ordonnanz Offizier posting. Rick thanks again mate!

Interior

Hey all - just picked up a very nice visor for the above regiment - inscribed on inside is slightly faded name "Cuilini" or "Guilini" - nothing in the 1914 Ranklist for Officers - may be a OYV or in an earlier list.