The Prussian

Hello! If he´d be Landwehr, he "normally" would have the Landwehr-cross upon the cocarde

Nice shoulder straps, Chip! Thanks for showing! The strap with the grenade makes me wonder, because bavarians didn´t have those grenades. You are right with the IGB2, that they were bavarians. I haven´t heared anything about they were mixed. They were set up by the Ers.Abt./Geb.Art.Abt.2 and 4. All those IGBs were set up by Ers.Abt. of Geb.Art. We had different Geb.Art.Abt. of Baden (3,5 and 6 - they came from the XIVth.AK). They set up the following IGBs: 1, 3, 6, 9,). Maybe we are right with the N°.9??? Kraus wrote (Vol.2, page 718), that Bavaria got the shoulderstraps in april/may 1917, but without the grenade! Chip: What does the XX upon the buttons mean?????

Hello gentlemen! I need help to baptize this brave lieutenant. He wears the uniform of the 5.Grenadier-Regiment and he owns the Galipolli-star. Is there a chance to find out his name? Thanks a lot in advance

To me it´s a Baden crest, because I see a grenade upon the shoulder straps. Bavarian artillerist didn´t have this grenade, they just had numbers

Hi Matthias! I also think, it´s a slide rule

Additional infos of the regiment. In 1914 their garisson was at Géradmer (2 companies at Bruyères) They were under command of 81. Brigade (41.Division - august 14) 81. Brigade (66.Division - december 14) 164.Division (from november 16) The germans called the regiment "Le régiment du diable" (Devil´s regiment), their official name was "Les diables rouge" (The red devils) The regiment earned the "Croix de chevallier de la Légion d´Honneur", they have 6 registrations in the order of the army, one registration in an order of the army-corps and the "fourragère rouge" (Red aiguilette") On their flag one see: Alsace 1914-1915 ; La Somme 1916, L´Aisne 1917-1918, L´Ourcq 1918, Roulers 1918. There were two regimental histories. One about the great war (96 pages, came out 1919), and a bigger one from 1994 with 387 pages

Hi Marcin and Naxos! That´s right. It´s the "Vorläufige Reichswehr" (Provisional RW). The uniform was worn (officially...) from 5.5.19-1.1.21 This man wears for chevrons. That indicates him as a Feldwebel, not as an officer!

Nice photo!!!!!! Is there anything written on the reverse?Maybe we can locate the trench, if we´d know the unit and the date

Ah, thank you! But the zoom doesn´t help anyway. I also think, it´s a "K" for Kraftfahrer. The photo could be taken in the last days of the war (so it seems to me)

Hi Glenn! I only can name two of them: Reinhold Ritter von Benz, Fritz Pösch

Can we see the entire photo, please?

Now it´s clear. Versuchs- und Übungsflugpark. They´d rather be iron their jackets before taking a photo...

Hello Chris! The "Ehrenrangliste" has recorded a Oberleutnant Wetzel (later Major a.D.) in the Füsilier-Rgt.Nr.40 and a reactivated Oberstleutnant a.D. Winkler (Inf.Rgt.59, later Jäger-Btl.6)

set up in Bromberg. Under command of the 6th mixed Landwehr-Brigade. First commander Lieutenant-colonel Freiherr v. Dalwigk

I think we´re not able to say something more, unless we haven´t seen the reverse

Hello folks! The V looks like the V upon the oval sleeve badge of the "Versuchs- oder Übungsflugpark". But they had a "Fl P" underneath the V. There were only two parks: west and east. I don´t think, it belonged to a pioneer unit. Oval sleeve badges were worn by Telegraph-units and air-force. Some non-official badges are known, but very rare! We might know, what the letters are. I think the 1st one is a "F" (Flieger ; Funker ; Feld etc etc). The 2nd one could be a Q or a G. A single V like this was also worn by the "Versuchs-Abteilung" of the railway-troops. Is there anything written on the reverse? Could you please show the whole photo? A very interesting badge!!!!!!

That´s right. But it´s better than in german, so the other readers willl know what we´re talking about...

Hello Odulf! Wonderful photo! Chapeau! Thanx for showing! The 1 must not stand for january. It could the 1st photo of his collection... Sure is, the order to wear the special insignias came out in june 1917. Unfortunately we only see the front of the soldiers, because those insignias appeared on the back of their helmets too! I´ve never seen a photo of that, but it´s recorded in several histories

49€... 100 german marks!!!!!! I don´t understand the actual prices. Horrible!

Hi Chris! Ah, ok! I don´t know why PLM photos are so expensive. I think, the tactical sign of the 208 is much more interesting! (or it has got up because of that...)

Ersatz-Feldart-Rgt. Zossen raised 25.feb.1915 with four Kanonen Batterien and 16.dec.1916 with four "leichte Feldhaubitzen-Batterien" Under command of "Stellv.Gen.Kdo. Garde-Korps and from june 1915 under the inspection of field-artillerie-schools

Inf.Rgt.604 (raised 5.dec. 1916, under command of 502.Inf.Brig (251.Inf.Div.). This regiment was raised witht eh other "high numbers" (601-627) as border-protection against denmark and holland and coast-guard. Mostly Landsturm-men Res.Inf.Rgt.440 (raised 13.oct.1916 in La Mourère (192.Inf.Div.)

Reserve-Feldart.Rgt.Nr.43 (3rd Abteilung) Raised in the field, end of august 1914. Under command of 43rd Res.Div.

Hi Foresti! They haven´t had something special. The regiment was raised at 1st of august 1915. Do you know, when he exactly died in 1916? The regiemnt normally belonged to the Garde-Ersatz-Division. But in 1916 it was temprally under command of the 19th Res.Div. (3.6.16-11.6.16) and under command of the VII.Res.Corps (9.12.16-20.12.16) The staff, the I. and II.Btl. were under command of the VII.Res.Corps (15.11.16-23.11.16) The II. Btl. under command of the 14th bav.Inf.Div. (19.8.16-26.8.16) The III.Btl. under command of the VII.Res.Corps (23.11.16-2.12.16) (Recourse: Handbuch und Verbände des deutschen Heeres 1914-1918 by Jürgen Kraus) The regiment had at the o7/10 tunic: brandenburgish cuffs, nickel-buttons, old-prussian Litzen, citron-yellow pipings at the shoulder-straps. Like all Foot-guards units NO number or chyphre on the shoulder straps

The pic costed less then 10€... No idea about the circle upon the car?