The Prussian

Hello mates! That s easy. The photo was taken in Marburg. There was the 11th Jäger-Bataillon. That bataillon became part of the 4th Jäger-Regiment (together with Res.Jg.Btl. 5 and 6). That regiment belonged to the 200th Inf.Div. (Karpathenkorps). The 4th Jg.Rgt. was set-up 4.July 1916 under Lt.Col. Lehmann (Jg.Btl.9)

No, it was not. I assume, he served with another unit in the AK, changed to the unit with the 8 and carried on wearing the EW

Thank you, Chris! What do you think? 6 or 7 pollens?

I did, matey,.. But it´s not big enough to recognize the badge ( 6 or 7 pollens)

It could be nice, Chris... but unfortunately only a thumbnail...

Hi Chris! Yes! I´ve seen a photo in the internet. Unfortunately I didn´t copy the page. Since that I´m busy in looking for that pic again...

Of course, mate! Here we go

Hi Chris! You mean the back? Of course, here it is, please:

18.) Deutsche Südarmee A german unit including austrian divisions unde command of Gen.d.Inf. v. Linsingen 19.) Heeregruppe Böhm-Ermolli I 191 the german Südamee stood unde command of tha group

15.) Heeresgruppe Mackensen 1914-1915 A german unit, badge from 1914-1915 16.) Heeresgruppe Mackensen The same unit in 1916-1917 17.) Heeresgruppe Mackensen in cyrillic for the attached 3.bulgarian army

13.) b.10.Inf.Div. a bavarian unit 14.) Korps Marshall This german corps served under the austrian army Pflanzer-Baltin

10.) Armeeabteilung Woyrsh a german unit, that served with the 2nd austria army in the Armee Woyrsch (Woyrsch commanded the Army Woyrsch and the Armeeabteilung) 11.) b.11.Inf.Div. a bavarian unit 12.) Karpathen Korps Hofman This german corps served under the geman Südarmee

7.) 11.Armee a geman army with ca. 50% austrian units 8.) 47.Res.Div. a german division, that served in the austrian 4.army 9.) Heeresfront Erzherzog Carl There were some german units in that front: Südarmee, 9.Armee, Heeresgruppe Mackensen

4.) 3.Armee an austrian army, in which the german Beskidenkorps had served 5.) 4.Armee an austrian army, including th german 47.Res.Div. 6.) 7.Armee an austrian army, who had the german Korps Marshall in line

I want to show you my collection of austrian and german cap-badges (Kappenabzeichen) with a german background. Tha means, either they are german ones, or austrian ones, that was worn by germans, or could have been worn by gemans (no photo-proof), or just an austrian unit under german command. I won´t show an Edelweiß, because about the Edelweiß we have a lot of threads here in the forum. 1.) Karpathenkorps A german unit (1. and 200. ID) 2.) b.8.Res.Div. A bavarian unit. 3.) 21.Korps In that corps was the group Seekirchner. An austrian unit, commande by bavarian Gen.Lt. Seekirchner

I think I´m finished with collecting Edelweß. Last week I bought the ultimate one! That is originally that one, worn by the k.u.k. XIV.AK. Those Edelweiß were given to the Alpenkorps! The other is an austrian officer´s Edelweiß and my collection

Hi Timo! Thanx a lot for the MIC of Frank Soar! That´s wery interesing. Unfortunately one can´t see, in bataillons the soldiers fought. You wrote, F.Soar used to be in the Balkans. Unfortunately I can´t read all of the script. Th huge paper says, that he fought overseas. So, according to my sources, He might have been in the 8th (sevice) bataillon of the Duke of Wellington´s rgt. That bataillon was formed in Halifax 1914 and in july 1915 it sailed from Liverpool for Mediterranean arriving at Mudros. 6..8.15 it landed on Suvla Bay. Dec.1915 to Mudros, 7.2.16 arrived in Egypt. July 1916 back to France. As far as I see, tha bataillon was the only one, that had served overseas. Do you agree?

That´s strange. I´ve never heared about the word sergeant with "j". Probably french is the solution. I just recieved another 15 star. Maybe you have the MIC too... 16714 Private F. Soar, W.Rid.R.

Hi Mervyn. I wanted to write to you, but the system says, you can´t recieve any messages

Hi Timo! According to Evans you´re right! A have the entire trio of him. 15star is marked with Private and the others with Sjt. Question! Why sergeant written with an "j"??? It sounds russian...

Glenn: Thank you for the tip for the book. Maybe I´ll get one... Dave: That was the sta upon the military flag. Are you sure, it appeared upon the cap too?

Nice stamps, Chris. I know S.B. (Soldaten-Brief), but what is B.S.?

Did China have a star like this similar to the japanese one? I think the guy is too tall for a chinese. He looks very "japanese"

Hi Glenn! Thanx a lot! Which sources did you use? I haven´t seen any books about european uniforms, whose countries were not participated in the war. I´m not sure about the Japanese, but the cap seems to be japanese. What do you think? Could it be a german tunic?

Nothing´s for free.. That´s normal... Enjoy your Guinness! Cheers, mate! Tonight I´ll have a drink on you with Calvados