Chris Boonzaier Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Maybe a silly question.... but why would a 1st bavarian infantry regt Leutnant wear a field grey litewka?I thought they were for cavalry?Not only that, it is Regt stamped?
Glenn J Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Chris,ALL officers and military officials with equivalent officers' rank were authorized to wear a Litewka and later Kleiner Rock.RegardsGlenn
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 20, 2007 Author Posted March 20, 2007 Hi,Was it common on the front?All the bestChris
Guest Rick Research Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Well, not in the TRENCHES. It's an off-duty "lounge suit."Couple of representative groups with mix-n-match outfits:cute fluffy bunnies and duckies abuse!!!!
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 20, 2007 Author Posted March 20, 2007 This one has ones on the shoulder and is stampped KB 1JR on the inside...
Guest Rick Research Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Chris: that is NOT a Litewka: wrong collar--no tabs, wrong number of buttons. I suspect it's some sort of short-length overcoat like the Windjacke of ski troops... but if that's yellow piping under there, it has Foot Artillery boards.
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 22, 2008 Author Posted April 22, 2008 Well, looking back over this old thread I am happy I was patient.... I almost bought the above as I HAD to have a WW1 jacket...I did not.... waited 1 year and landed in that time 2 superb ones.....Normally I dont have patience... this time I am glad I had some....
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 8, 2013 Author Posted August 8, 2013 I was looking for this post... I just read something really interesting in a book written by a german soldier fighting in the Argonne. He said they made Wicklegamaschen by shortening their greatcoats, leaving them with a Tunic/Greatcoat Hybrid. It made me think of this old thread....
Guest Rick Research Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Yup. That was probably über-rare and now it's gone forever. I've never seen a photo of one being worn. Edited August 8, 2013 by Rick Research
Chip Posted August 9, 2013 Posted August 9, 2013 I was looking for this post... I just read something really interesting in a book written by a german soldier fighting in the Argonne. He said they made Wicklegamaschen by shortening their greatcoats, leaving them with a Tunic/Greatcoat Hybrid. It made me think of this old thread.... Chris, This is true, but they only cut off the bottom 10cm, so the coats still looked very much like a coat (nothing like the cut-down coat you have shown). I have a 1915 dated "Ersatz" pattern overcoat with this Winkelgamaschen shortening. I also have a field-made pair of Winkelgamaschen fashioned from overcoat material. Chip
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