Daniel Murphy

EK2 buttonhole ribbon is 2/3 size.

Rear skirt detail.

Swordsmanship qualification chevron.

Other side.

Collar Litzen and boards.

Cuff litzen. The bullion is worked right onto the material of the cuff.

Shoulders.

Here we have a very late war Friedensrock of a Leutnant of Garde Uhlanen Regt. 2 who was seconded to the Air Service. The boards are oddly flecked green and white, are sewn in and appear to be original. I am aware that men of Garde units came from all over Germany, could this man have been from Saxony or one of the Saxon Duchies? I was struck by the oddity of this uniform which was most likely made c. 1918. The red wool trim and gold bullion litzen are of the finest pre-war quality, but the feldgrau is very rough and coarse as used on the mantel and the 1915 buttons fill in for those that must be no longer obtainable. Sorry for the wrinkles, it is fresh out of the footlocker. I have updated the photos, there that looks better. Dan

Makers label. Made for Herr Rosenfeld of 12th Gren. Rgt. later he transferred (permanently) to the air service and the uniform modified to suit his new unit. Had he been temporarily seconded to the air service, no major modifications would have been neccesary. I have found two men of that name in the Air service. Most likely owner (so far) was later Leutnant Franz Rosenfeld Pilot License #609 dating from December 1, 1913, (Born Aug 18, 1888 in Berlin; killed Oct 3, 1915 Oschenfurt a. M.) of Armee Flug Park Falkenhausen. Rank is not given at the time he got his license and no others fit the age, time period etc.. ""Crash report, On 3 Oct 1915 shortly after 12.00 p.m. a military biplane landed on a field near the farm "Spessart" of the community district T?ckelhausen, district Ochsenfurt. The plane took of in Gotha and had orders to fly to Stra?burg. Crew members were Hptm. Friedrich Marnet ( Kgl. Bayer. 4.Infanterie-Regiment ), Lt. Franz Rosenfeld ( Kgl. Preu?. Fliegerabteilung ) and Mechanic Walter Steffien (AFP "Falkenhausen" ). The crew did not think that it would be possible to fly the shortest direction over the Thuringian forest and so they decided to fly via Gotha - Eisenach along the railroad in southern direction. Being at a height of 600 m over the Main-valley the observer got disorientated. After a short talk with the pilot the two officers decided to land the aircraft for orientation purpose. When the aircraft glided down the mechanic warned that the field below was freshly plowed and that there are deep furrows against the landing direction with two bigger elevations in it. When the aircraft made contact with the first elevation it bumped up in the air again and then the lower wing crashed in the second elevation. At this point of time the mechanic Steffien managed to jump out of the plane without injuries. Because of the crash the landing gear was broken. Therefore the plane crashed into the freshly plowed field and turned over, burrying the two officers under itself. Hptm. Marnet died while mechanic Steffien and shepherd Fassnacht tried to free the officers from the plane. With the help of the inhabitants from the nearby village Hohestadt they managed to get Lt. Rosenfeld out of the completely wrecked plane. He was brought to a hospital in Ochsenfurt but died there the same day at 7.10 hours p.m." I may never know for sure if it was his. Dan

Detail of rear.

Cuff litzen and tresse.

Litzen and strap 2.

Litzen and strap close up. The underside of the straps is the correct dark blue.

Dave, Here is the one you mentioned. The last time you saw this I used the sellers pics, should look a little better now. This a private purchase pre war dunkelblau flieger rock for either a senior NCO (Sergeanten or Vizefeldwebel) or a Fahnrich mit portepee of either Fl. Abt. 2 or FEA 2. Dan

Chip, I know, I was just joking, but my smilies didn't show up. ...... ....... ....... ....... Dan There thats better .

Magnificent collection and I look forward to seeing them all in living color. OK, maybe just the best ones. Dan

Reverse.

Here is a buckle I got with a grouping belonging to Ottoman Leutnant W. Ottersbach who served in Ottoman Flieger Abteilung 6 at Chanakkale from 1916 to 1918. It is an otherwise normal wartime Turkish officer's buckle. The belt unfortunately did not survive the passage of time. Dan

OUCH! You sure know how to hurt a guy. ..... ...... ...... ........ Dan

Rob, You sure thats not for the Spaten Brewery? That design would look perfect on the bottles label. Nice buckle BTW even though I don't collect Weimar/ TR. Dan

Must be a Spanish crown. That is where this was made.......last month. Dan

The only good thing about that...... is that it is probably the most obvious fake I have seen to date. Previtera is working on a book about Imperial German badges. It will include wound and aviation badges etc. but it is probably a couple years away from printing. Hopefully he will have include these too. Although they are not techically imperial badges, they were issued in the 20's for service prior to 1919. Dan

Paul, I Found this on him. That is all it say about him, but here is the link as well. Dan http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-walh.htm

I doubt it as well. If just one was like that, it is possible, but all four the same? Not likely. Perhaps this was a Bavarian manufactured piece versus the Prussian with the folding leg. By the way, the hook on the ones like Chris has is for help carrying the shield. The leg normally swivels side to side. Turning the shield on end with the slot up. One opens the firing slot and lays the leg in the hook. Then one can carry the shield by placing placing the hand through the open slot and lifting. The hook keeps the leg from swiveling 90 degrees and hanging up on things while you carry it. Dan

Steve, Although it is kind of hard to see the fine details from the photos, it looks like a good one to me. If you get it, a toothbrush and some light oil ought to get rid of the active rust. and kill any that is under the frame. I did that on my Hansen EK1 that was rusted and it came out beautifully. Dan