The Prussian

Here is a postcard from Sturmbataillon Nr.4

Hello! A very nice tunic! I love it!!! The three chevrons on his left arm stand for 2 years of front service (first chevron one year, each next one for 6 months). They should be worn upside-down at the upper-arm. The triple-stripes stand for Capitaine. The single chevron on the right arm should be worn at the upper-arm too. It´s a wounded-badge for a single wound

Hi Tony! It's Garde- Reserve Jäger-Bataillon, 2nd Company. Note the laces. Not bavarian

Austrian bread... http://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/Alltagsdinge-Das-Flesserl-typisch-oberoesterreichisch;art4,926392

What the hell is a Flesserl????????

Brilliant! A very rare unit! Bavaria Fliegerabwehr-MG Abteilung 803!

Schrippen is Berlin dialect. Here it's called Brötchen. I'll have a Wurst for lunch today. ..☺

I´ve never seen that basge on a greatcoat! Great picture!!!!

Hello Chip! Thank you!!!!!!! I´m really glad to get that badge! But there is another reason, why I´ll get only water+bread the next days... Please have a look!

I don´t think so... he´s still very active...

Ypern, Ypres, Yperen, Jeperen, Ieperen, Ippern, all the same. ..

I don't know if it was expensive. I can't compare it, because there ain't no catalogue value. To my budget it was expansive. ...

Hi Chris: ... durch die Gruppe Jeperen, Gen.Kdo. Gardekorps The Gruppe Jeperen was also called Gruppe Ueperen or Gruppe Ypern. From 10.9.17-23.10.18 it was the same as the Gardekorps

The seller was a friendly over 80years old gentleman. Each year I buy something from him!

That's right. I think, I'll try IT out. ..

Yes. You're right. Tighteners.

Yes, Kassel made my day! But next week I'll only get water and bread. ..

It´s a ten-volume set. Here the books and the index (in german...) Der Weltkampf um Ehre und Recht.docx

Yes I know. It´s wonderful collection! But mostly eastern front...

The book "Der Weltkampf um Ehre und Recht" writes, that the 21. and 24.Inf.Div. tried to come to the village of Loos by passing the road Vermelles - Hulluch and country-lane Haisnes - Loos. That entry was from sept., 26. As british enemies were mentioned the 3rd cavalry-division and 7th infantry-division.

"A pity all German war diaries aren't available. " Yes, that´s sad. Neither the triple-volume "Sachsen in großer Zeit" nor the Reichsarchiv #9 do mention the 24.Inf.Div. in the period of that battle. That´s why I assume, the 139 was NOT engaged in the battles around Loos. Please have a look at at map from sep,25. We see Inf.Rgt.179. 139 was north of them outside the map. Probably they had enemy-contact, but not in a major battle. (I don´t know exactly, where they were in october) Here I have another map. It shows the situation at the beginning of the battle

Hurra!!!!!!!!! Maybe I´ve bought one of the rarest cap badges ever! Heeresgruppe Mackensen for turkish units (VI. army corps with 15th and 25th division - fought in that group in Rumania) The script is in arabic letters (probably "Mackensen" and "Rumania" and the years 1916 and 1917). For the german and bulgarian one see #6 in this thread I´ve seen that badge only once at ebay (I failed in bidding...) and yesterday at the Kassel show!

Here I have the british battle order and two british maps of the battle of Loos

Note the spurs. Probably he was a dragoon. At the outbreak of war there were11 MG-Abteilungen in the cavalry-divisions. They changed into MG-companies. I don´t know, if the cavalry also had MG-Scharfschützen

Dond! Why does he wear it on his right arm???