IrishGunner

Too many pints 'cause their girlfriends look like dogs...

That's a decent price. Whenever I see it at a decent price, it's also... "Kein Versand nach den USA"

Either he has a huge chunk out of his right knee and that's a huge scar... Or... It's a wrinkle in his very tight trousers. You guys seeing naked legs need to go hug your wives.

Actually, Andy, I was looking at the shoulder strap and I don't really see a "5". I'm not sure what I see; it is pretty difficult to tell. Maybe if Chip comes online he can tell us more about the shoulder strap. I'm familiar with the "Waffengedenkbuch der königlich bayerischen schweren Artillerie", but it was always too expensive for my budget.

The Ypres photos from three years... That's impressive. I wonder what it looked like in 1945

Andy, as you are no doubt well aware, researching Fuss-Artillerie is extremely difficult, especially the numbered battalions. Add the fact that you are looking for a Bavarian battalion just adds to the fun. I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know, but most Fuss-Artillerie was assigned to the AK level sectors and didn't necessarily move all that much. Attachments and detachments were frequent as different divisions moved through the sector. So, you almost need a history of that specific battalion to get any level of detail for the battalion's activities in the time period you seek. The Bayer. Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 5 could have been part of any number of higher headquarters from 1916-1918. For what it's worth, I have the same info you have regarding its formation dates; this comes from Hermann Cron's book, "Imperial German Army 1914-18" I have a long - but very incomplete - list of German artillery units with many higher headquarters. As I said, very incomplete, because it doesn't include either the Bayer. Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 5 or the Bayer. Fußartillerie Regiment Nr. 5 An internet source that was very good for this type of search was www.1914-18.info or Chronik, but it's long gone. Edited to add: I just looked in my own collection of German artillery regiments - especially Bavarian sterbebilder; I have nothing at all to either the bFuAR.Btl 5 the bFuAR 5

I got it. Did you get it?

I think that Braunschweiger one "belongs" in my collection.

I knew once Dave saw the Baden connection he would add some great info! Thanks.

Andy... Good eye! Now that you say it, I see the "13" in the stempel. The kanonier in the picture has a difficult to read shoulder strap...I can see the bomb, but what's underneath is too blurry. I wonder if Luftschiffer-Bataillon Brüssel had anything to do with artillery observation...

I was recently reading about the NCO Drillichrock and the state colors as piping around the collar. Unfortunately, all the photos were black/white. It's great to see a real one in living color!

I'll just leave it... Irritating, but not worth the effort to take off.

That's what I thought... First time I've seen it in a photo though.

Ahhh, my friend, I get all my cards on eBay... Even my Ba-Re (I actually wish they wouldn't mark on the back though... )

Okay, I'll pad my post count... 7.7cm Feldkanone 16

Okay, this really should be in the "Guns" thread, but for the life of me, I don't understand why these Feld-Artillerie kanoniere have "white" patches on their should straps...

FK 96 n/A 77mm

An ersatz pickelhaube... The reverse of the card is interesting also... Feldpost stempel for Luftschiffe Nr. 3. And he sent the card from Brussels to his friend at the Kgl. Akademie Musik, Berlin-Charlottenburg

More artillery...this time the 42-cm M-Gerät howitzer "Dicke Bertha"

Bernhard, thanks for adding the info; yes, I'm quite familiar with Bruchmueller's work on the "Feuerwaltz"... I still have to get that book, however.

We've discussed this Württemberg reserve officer before... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/48036-a-nice-little-officers-spange/?hl=%2Bofficer+%2Bwith+%2Bspange

On a medal bar in a photo...

Thanks, Andy; I appreciate the references.

Andy, the Sterbebild lists his home town as Pietsham, Rattenkirchen - definitely in Bavaria east of Munich. As you probably know, these cards are usually for Catholics; so, I'm not so sure he was a Prussian officer. Just a Bavarian in a Baden unit for some reason. Landwehr Bezirk Mosbach I think was in Baden. LIR 40 also was established in Mannheim - Baden I think at the time also. So, that explains the Baden connection, I think... But if he was a native Bavarian, wouldn't he also been eligible for a Bavarian award?

I'd say this is firing data for planned/priority targets. Steenstraelt, Ziel-Laus, and Gruppe D are all different planned targets or fire plans. Under Ziel-Laus: 3 Ldg. / 96 gr. = Charge 3 - the powder charge to use 2695 = Deflection or direction in decigrades (circle/4000); this would be set off on the gunner's sight just below the numbers in the picture 4xx (the last set of numbers on the right are difficult to read) = Elevation; set on another sight - along with powder charge, elevation is related to range