An Alien Grenadier

[Guest Rick Research]

Yes, ONE of these soldiers is an ...

alien.

Nothing at all written on this one, from the late Tony Colson's collection. They are wearing Feldgrau caps with their old gray pre-war fatigue Litewkas and dark blue tunics (!!!), so ... maybe 1910?

From their cockades, NOT Grenadier Regiment 7 (Prussian). I can't tell the difference, at the size these straps are in the photo, between the cipher for that unit and Saxon Grenadier Regiment 101 or Baden Grenadier Regiment 110. But the photographer's address is from Mannheim, so I'll guess Baden.

Spot the alien?

[Guest Rick Research]

There he is! Hiding in plain sight!!!! ALIEN!!! ALIEN!!!!

[Guest Rick Research]

Don't know what the cord on his shoulder straps conveys, but that's not how I know he's an alien.

Even though it took a magnifying glass to spot.

No idea how this could possibly have happened!!!!

[Chip]

Rick,

Definitely the Baden 110th. The slang term for the cords on his straps is "Hoffnungsbalken". They indicate that he is Abkommandierte zum Schule. Not sure which Schule, but the dark color could indicate the Lehr-Infanterie-Bataillon, Unteroffizierschule or Unteroffiziervorschule, etc.

Chip

[Guest Rick Research]

But he's not a Badener, oh my oh my.

[saschaw]

En Sauschwob, lol ...

Absolutely NO idea how he made it from e.g. Heilbronn to Mannheim.

[Guest Rick Research]

Ayuh. I've never seen a non-commissioned officer who switched ARMIES in the middle of his enlistment!!!!

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