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Hello! I agree with Chip. Kürassiere did use only a "K". The sabre ist stamped with 1920. What about a changing of the regimental stamp? Please have a look at the K. There is a bow above it. If yes, it could be changed into an R. So we´d have: 3./R.R.3.119 In 1920 it would indicate the 3.Esk./Reiter-Regiment 3, weapon 119. The 3./RR3 was in Stendal.

Hello! I just recieved another example! Sturm-Kompanie of the 22.Res.Div. ' alt='' class='ipsImage' width="1000px" height="647px"> ' alt='' class='ipsImage' width="1000px" height="647px">

Well, that helped me a lot! If I own some military items, I always look for the history of that.

Hello mate! Thanks a lot for the informations! Brilliant!!!!! The website is very good too! I think I have to read more about the british army! Very interesting!!!!!!!

Hello! Can anyone recommend a collection of british marching songs on CD? I checked eby, but I only found some CDs with only 12-15 songs. I need a real collection where I can find the most popular songs of that genre. Thanks a lot in advance

I only have an Artillerie-Säbel of Feldart.Rgt.43 in a used condition

Your questions are absolutely right, Dear Chris! Another indicator are the removed shoulder-straps. Normally one did that way as a soldier in the first line

Hi Chip! In germany ist´s called "Der Neid der Besitzlosen" ( The envy of the unpropertied)

Ah, ok. I misunderstood... I also must say I love that jacket. I wore it this morning and it is phantasticly resistant to wind!

@ Jonas: You wrote "That camo pattern is the latest pattern of the British forces, replacing DPM.". But in the jacket is a sign, days, "Jacket, DPM, field". Do you know, when this pattern was introduced? @ Jock: Thanks for the info! I´ve read, they were disbanded in Fally. The new 2020 structure is a shame to a lot of traditionally british regiments.

I was wrong... http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fstaffslive.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F11%2FDSC_0370-e1322521125823.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fstaffslive.co.uk%2F2011%2F11%2Flichfield-cathedral-service-for-returning-mercian-regiment-troops%2F&h=1662&w=2500&tbnid=vu1THjODJDD7QM%3A&zoom=1&docid=eG_BTJG8Jl0PwM&ei=e4uaVNSOGYTeOILIgYAG&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=742&page=3&start=74&ndsp=39&ved=0CMICEK0DMF0 But they wear another camo pattern. The handwritten name in my jacket is "Sutherland", but I don´t think, that wil help...

Hi Jonas! Ah, ok.Thank you very much.I thought, in the Mercian Rgt., the badge was the Stafford Knot with the Glider. So I assumed, it muist be worn earlier, wasn´t it?

Hello friends! I bought myself a british camouflage jacket. I found out, that it´s a DPM95, right? The Stafford Knot indicates it as the "Staffordshire Regiment" My questions: 1) In which years this pattern was worn? 2) In which missions that regiment was engaged in that time? Thanks a lot in advance

Hello Eric! I´m not sure... Would they really have created a patch with crossed brooms??? For what? Example. A company or platoon leader was killed. Another one, maybe from another unit took command. He didn´t know the soldiers, so he could recognize a grenade-thrower by his patch. In action it could be important.

Do you have the second name too???

I think he ain´t got germanic or bavarian roots. Note the uniform. He wears an Verwundetenabzeichen (since march 1918) and an "old" 07/10 tunic with prussian buttons! Probably the reserve regiment got their uniforms from prussian magazines

Oh, yes, I just saw it right now. I´m Moderator... Thank you very much for that promotion!!!!! :jumping:

Hello Eric and Chris! I don´t think the "Sch" means Schütze in case of the rank. Note the stripes above the badge. He is a Sergeant. Those rank insignias were worn between 19.1.19 and 15.5.19. Maybe it could stand for Scharfschütze (marksman)

Of course it is. That´s my opinion too. No-one would wear a patch for beeing a painter or something... Thanks for the examples!

Some friends i our Feldgrau-Forum thought, it could be a painter with crossed paintbrushes...

Yes, Freikorps is right. But the uniform is a regular one from the "Friedensarmee" (worn only in 1919). The badge must be a badge from the Freikorps-era

Hello! I´ve just recieved this wonderful photo!!!!!!!! The card ist stamped with an atelier from Darmstadt (Hesse). Si I assume, the man on the left is from the Leibgarde-Inf.Rgt.115 Both are named. Left Norbert Klein, right Theo Klein. Unfortunately I couldn´t find any infos about them. The patch seems to be a Handgranatenwerfer-Abzeichen. (Hand-grenade-thrower)

Me too, Eric!!! I´ve checked everything, but I couldn´t find out, what that "Sch" stands for. Maybe just "Schütze... The 4.bavarian Reichswehr Inf.Rgt.46 came from the following Freikorps: I.Bataillon Bamberg: Freikorps Bamberg (Regiment Leupold) and I.-III.Btl./Inf.Rgt.5 Bamberg II.Bataillon Bamberg: Eiserne Schar Berthold (fränkisches Bauerndetachement) III.Bataillon Bayreuth: Freikorps Bayreuth (bav. Inf.Rgt.7) I don´t believe the "Sch" stands for "Schar" from the "Eiserne Schar" (Iron crowd) I don´t know if crowd is the right word for "Schar"...

Hello Brian! Which award was it? Here is the calendar of that division until end of july 1917. 31.3.-5.4. Stellungskämpfe in der Champagne, 3rd army 6.4.-16.5. Doppelschlacht Aisne-Champagne, 3rd army 21.5.-27.5. Doppelschlacht Aisne-Champagne, 1st army 28.5.-11.10. Stellungskämpfe bei Reims For that period the division was only mentioned once in the Reichsarchiv (vol. XII) 22.-23.5. The 227th and 239th divisions were "task-forces" behind the "Gruppe Prosnes" and the left wing of "Gruppe Reims" The map above shows may, 20. You see the division was transfered from the 3rd army to the 1st army near Juniville. The second map shows that the division changed their position with the 19th division since may 30. These are my only maps about that division. But if he had recieved the award in july, he probably fought for that in the "Stellungskämpfe bei Reims"

Hello! Who can tell me something about this one (post-war period). The reverse unfortunately is blank A Mg-Ss-badge with "Sch"... I know, it looks like "Sd", but under the mag-glass it´s an "Sch" The unit is from the Friedenheer. 4th bavarian Reichswehr-Inf.Rgt.N°46