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What does A.B.V.19 stands for, please? And what do you read on the shield, the soldier in the middle shows?

Hello! The 51 upon the collar indicates a Landsturm unit of the 51.Inf.Brig. (Stuttgart, Württemberg)

Ah, noch ein Andreas... Well, so you have a shoulder board of the II.Bataillon/Inf.Rgt.399 The I.Btl. was set-up by the 6.Garde-Inf.Rgt. (Red pipings) The II.Btl. was set-up by the 7.Garde-Inf.Rgt. (yellow pipings) The III.Btl. was formed from the III./Inf.Rgt.357. This bataillon was the Brig.Ers.Btl.8 (II.Armee-Korps - white pipings)

Hi! I assume, it´s Inf.Rgt.399. Are the pipings yellow or white?

Well, during the war the single bataillons were under different commands. In peace the Fußart.Rgt.5 belonged to the V.AK (Posen). By outbreak of war the regiment was divided in: Staff - 5.Army I.Btl. (schwere Feldhaubitze) - V.AK II.Btl. (schwere Feldhaubitze) -XX.AK For 1918 I have the following commands: Staff - 2.Army I.Btl. (1., 2., 3. battery) - 5.Army II.Btl. (5., 6., 13. battery) - 26.Inf.Div. III.Btl. (9. 10., 11. battery) - 5.Army I´m still looking for further informations about the times between 1914 and 1918

Right. Reichswehr Litzen for officers had a grey-green base colour. These collar-tabs are Bundeswehr. It is the so-called "geblätterte Doppellitze" (I don´t know an english word for "geblättert") on crimson base colour for General-staff-officers (Generalstabsoffiziere). In the Bundeswehr first they had a grey base-colour, later this crimson one.

Hello! I´m looking fpr infos about the german officers Gustav Pohnat Alfred Ponath And all military infos about the name Ponath. They earned the Ritterkreuz of the Albrecht-Orden, but they weren´t saxons. I´m greatful for all informations. Thanks a lot in advance

Nick, I´ß ve never heard about that, but according to the web-link, it´s a possibility. Thanks for that!

Hello! The Rangliste can´t help; he wears is own uniform, so he´s not attached to that unit. He´ll be a member of an official visit of the german army. I´d like to know the reason!

Hello! I am looking for informations about this units, in which germans served in the confederate army Light battery A (S.C.) Light battery B (S.C.) Light battery, Hamptens Legion (S.C.) German Hussards (3.S.C. Cav.Rgt.) Thanks a lot!

Hello Chip! Thank you for your response. I agree with you. I haven´t found any infos, but I will try to find something

The eagle is the same as for the Marine, but the anchor is missing. I agree with Chip

Hi Chip! That´s right! BUT! I don´t know, what about people, who HAD the civilian driver license before? Did they wear that badge too?

Hello! Here is another example

Hi Chip! His patents are: Leutnant 27.2.1896, Oberleutnant 8.3.1905, Hauptmann 3.3.1911, Major 14.12.17 In the bav. Rangliste of 1906 I have a handwritten marking, that he was Adjutant of the II./Btl. In the bav. Rangliste of 1913 he was Hauptmann und Kompaniechef of the 5th company with the Jubiläums-Medaille In the bav. Rangliste of 1918 he wore the bay. Mil.Verdienstkreuz 4.Klasse mit Schwertern. The Ehrenrangliste says: Major a.D. I coulnd´t find him in the both Ranglisten of 1920 and 1925.

Here is a nice one from my collection. Inf.Rgt.116 "Hessians back from a fight"

There really are some strange things in the document... The wounded badge, awarded by the Lt. The date of the firs attack. I suppose, the unit leader has better things to do than writing a certification like this JUST after the fights Why is the number 6 written in latin letters above (VI)? I´m not a specialist for those documents, I just noticed these things...

Hi Chris! A phantastic document! The 15.7.18 was the day, when the 1.Army attacked Reims. (6.Garde-Inf.Rgt. < Gade-Ers.Div. < Gen.Kdo. Langer (XXIV.RK) < 1.Armee) Together with the 26.Inf.Div. they fought against the french 124.Division d´infanterie (IV. corps d´armée < 4° armee) north of Baconnes (20km south-east of Reims, 3km north-west of Mourmelon-le-grand). Garde-Ers.Div. did attack by the first ordre of the group at 4am without any success. At a lot of places the 6.Garde-Inf.Rgt. and Inf.Rgt.399 fought a long time in hand-grenades fights. They took 800 prisoners and didn´t have too much own losses.

Hi Christer! I won´t anything wrong, but I haven´t found him in the list. But don´t be shy to ask Thorsten of the following website: http://www.frontflieger.de/2-jg1portrait.html

Hi Marcin! There were two different MG exercises in Beverloo. 1) MG-Ausbildungskommando Beverloo (built from MG-Ausbildungskommandos I and II) 2) MG-Lehr-Kommando bei der Feldartillerie-Schießschule Beverloo

File Name: Chart of german shoulder straps File Submitter: The Prussian File Submitted: 18 Nov 2012 File Category: Germany This one should be a quickly help in determining german shoulder straps. The letters upon the straps are normally in gothic letters. I hope I did everything´s well. Excuse me for the one or another mistake, I haven´t found yet... Click here to download this file

Hi Chip! I have seen the offer at ebay. I showed it my friends, when we met in the restaurant (where we meet each two months). All of them said, it might be a saxon copper board

Hi Chip! I´ve seen the green darted one too. I assume, it´s saxon police in the Weimar era

Hi Chip! Like Kraus said: C.IV Maschinengewehr-Truppen Felduniform M1907: "Feldrock. In Preußen graugrün. Alle Vorstöße ponceaurot" Neuuniformierung 1915/16: "... fiel die besondere Uniform der MG-Abteilungen fort Die Abteilungen sollten die Uniform desjenigen Truppenteils anlegen, dem sie angegliedert waren." 2. Gebirgs-MG-Formationen Felduniform: Von der Abschaffung der graugrünen MG-Uniformen wurden die Gebirgs-Abteilungen nicht betroffen..." 28.5.1915: The Geb.MG.Abt. were set-up in may 1915. Then they wore the uniforms of the regular uniforms of the MG-Abtl. (greygreen shoulder-straps, red pipings). The bavarians had fieldgrey shoulder-straps, light-green pipings.). (2.9.1915 Württembeg ; Bavaria wore the fieldgrey uniforms, because they didn´t know the grey.-green uniforms) 21.9.1915: Abolition of the greygreen uniforms for MG-Abt, BUT NOT for mountain troops! So every Geb.MG.Abt. had red-piped, greygreen shoulder straps. To me it sounds, like the Geb.MG.Abt. didn´t have the M1915 Bluse, but only the Waffenock. Please check your photos

Chip, That´s right for MG-Abtl., but NOT for Geb.NG-Abtl.! Kraus writes, from dec.8, 1915 the reygreen uniforms had to be continued to wear. ( > 2. Gebirgs-MG-Formationen - Felduniform)