The Prussian Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Ah, ok. I haven´t seen this one before on photos. I bought it, just I´m not sure, if it was worn... Normally those of a diametre of 4cm were worn. I still don´t know which one was in the 20.000 box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin L Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just wanted to share with you my newest acquisition: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Very nice picture! Do you have a close-up? Is it e six or seven pollen-one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin L Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I have a close up: And the reverse: Any idea on the unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Thanx for the close-up! It seems to be a six pollen one. Beacuse he wears both cap badges, it must be the 3rd Jäger-Regiment as a part of the 200th Inf.Div. The division at this time (when the card was written), took part at the battles of the Ancre, Somme and Avre from 7.4.-7.8.1918, under the command of the 2nd army Edited February 2, 2013 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin L Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Thank you! And this "37" on shoulderboards on the earlier picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Oh, that puzzles me... I´m sorry. I was too fast wit the close-up, tha I didn´t see the 37... So you can forget the 3rd Jäger-Regiment, of course... They are wearing the Bluse, so the white pipings around the shoulde straps stand for infantry. The IR37 never had seved with the Alpen- or Karpathenkorps. There was the Landsturm-Inf.Rgt.Nr. 37 that was attached to the 200th Inf.Div. in 1916. Normally Landsturm-Inf.Rgt. wore the old Landsturm-Bataillon numbers at the collar. But in this case they must have been recieved those shoulder straps. The Landsturm-Inf.Rgt.37 was set up at 28.8.1916 under 9th army as z.b.V.Nr.203 The bataillons were those: I. (5.Ldst.Inf.Btl. Münster, VII.67) II. (Ldst.Inf.Btl. Wiesbaden, XVIII.4) III. (1.Ldst.Inf.Btl. Neustrelitz, IX.4) The Alpenkorps and the Karpathenkorps also belonged to the 9th army. So the Ldst.Inf.Rgt.37 didn´t have the permission to wear those badges!!!! The regiment (with the 9th army) was 1916 in Rumania, and from july 1918 in France. 5.-17.7.1918: Trench battles west of Soissons 18.-25.7.1918: Defense between Soissons and Reims. That was the battle, when the photo was taken! Edited February 2, 2013 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Bearded guy here.... Bavarian... Whats with the hat??Bearded guy here.... Bavarian... Whats with the hat?? This guy has the look...awesomehttp://gmic.co.uk/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=217557 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Here's my humble contribution to this interesting discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackei Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Hello all together, I'm new here. My name is Hackei (Martin Schild ) I'm from Bavaria a very interesting side post in the forum My grandfather also true in the Bavarian Infantry Body Regement (1916/17 in Romania) and I am looking for an edelweiss on Alpine Corps. I observed last year in the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt and took the photos. Greetings from Bavaria Hackei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Here's an article on an Edelweiss badge of the Alpine Corps that I wrote recently for my website: http://www.antique-photos.com/en/unidatabase/german-empire/173-edelweiss-abzeichen.html Not an eyeopener, but it contains all the info I gathered in a condensed form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Stadler Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Anyone wearing a real Edelweiss???? They might be stuck in a front pocket or in the hat band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Hello all together, My grandfather also true in the Bavarian Infantry Body Regement (1916/17 in Romania) and I am looking for an edelweiss on Alpine Corps. I observed last year in the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt and took the photos. That is one fantastic helmet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Here are a couple of nice shots.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Chris, Nice shots! The guy on the right must be 1.b.Jäger Batl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 New picture..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Here is a very unusual one..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Try and sell one like that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 This one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Check this out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Oh yes, but this one will be a private item. Probably bought in a souvenir shop... Here is my small collection of EWs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 No doubt about these I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 This item is one of my favourites. This and the others with thre 3 big 3 small "Pollen" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpenkorps1915 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) For anyone who speaks and reads German, I wrote a scientific essay about the Edelweiß badge of the Alpenkorps which appeared in the Magazine called "Der Schlern" in November 2014 under the titel "Das Edelweiß des Alpenkorps. Neue Forschungsergenisse". You can also find some nice photos in this essay, which prove my theory that the "original" Edelweiß from 1915 looked like the one of the German and Austrian Alpine Society (Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein, D.Ö.A.V.). Besides this version, the men of the Alpenkorps wore a lot of differend types of Edelweiß badges, which I think were mostly traded, maybe sometimes bought. Edited January 2, 2015 by Alpenkorps1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 An artilleryman I think..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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