dante Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Thoughts on this gorget, also if any one has a photo of one being worn, thanks , Paul
dante Posted July 24, 2007 Author Posted July 24, 2007 Thoughts on this gorget, also if any one has a photo of one being worn, thanks , Paul Has 176 scratched onto the back
dante Posted July 24, 2007 Author Posted July 24, 2007 Has 176 scratched onto the backNo makers marks
Deruelle Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Nice gorget but the Chiffre 176 and XVI are for what exactly ? I can't be the 176 IR (it belong to XVII AK).REgardsChristophe
Guest Rick Research Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Somesort of "Wach" with Guard Number 176 of XVI Army Corps.These guys are still in police uniforms (with army spike helmet covers) in March 1915:They wear gorgets with lionhead bosses (no Prussian eagles) but the same large "badge number" with I. Army Corps, as members of the early war Feldgendarmerie:
ccj Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 So each police officer had his own number of his Gorget? I've never seen one of these.
Chip Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 The full color police uniforms were not given up until the fall of 1916. I'm thinking that these Bavarians must be Landesgendarmerie, because the Feldgendarmerie had Swedish cuffs with Litzen, not plain Polish cuffs like these men. Very cool photgraph.Chip
Guest Rick Research Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Ahhhhh, I. B. A.K.! Oddly enough, the one guy with a Bavarian MVK3XmKr never registered with me for that, because I'm so used to the IB/##, 2 B/##, 3 B/## on Landsturm collars that I just figured, eh, one Iron Cross, one Bavarian award.
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