Source on Obermusikmeisters

[Beau Newman]

I have a damascus Hessian pattern sword presented to Obermusikmeister Hauske in 1911. I found that information on bandleaders was hard to come by as they don't show up in the Ranklists. However, by doing a search on his name and rank, I was able to find the music database below that at least told me that he was name Hugo Hauske, was with the 115th Liebgarde Regt. from 1907 to 1918 and his dates of birth and death. Nothing on awards & etc. but, much more than I had. The site is searchable by occupation so, it may have info. on other titles and ranks for musicians. The link below takes you to the list of approx. 40 Obermusikmeisters in their database.

http://musicsack.com/PersonFMT_Occ.cfm?Occ=Obermusikmeister

[Glenn J]

Beau,

in fact the musicians did appear in their own "army lists". This from the Milit?r-Musiker Adre?buch f?r das Deutsch Reich of 1913.

Regard

Glenn

[Beau Newman]

Excellent info. - many thanks!

[Guest Rick Research]

If you can figure out a way to get decent scans of that sword, would love to see it! My efforts, when such treasures come to visit, have to "fit" on my Epson scanner since I don't have a good camera.

[Beau Newman]

I will try to get some photos up this weekend.

[Beau Newman]

Here it is.

[Beau Newman]

The Hilt.

[Beau Newman]

The Ernst Ludwig cypher on the handguard.

[Beau Newman]

The blade presentation to Hauske.

[Beau Newman]

And the reverse blade engraving.

[Guest Rick Research]

That is a BEAUTY!!!!!

I've never seen a Bandmaster's sword before and am surprised to see a lionhead-- usually associated with cavalry or artillery-- rather than infantry. The Hessian guard combined with this is spectacular. GREAT piece! :cheers:

[Beau Newman]

The Hessian infantry pattern sword is seen in both plain and lionhead styles. They are also seen with the Hessian lion on the handguard instead of the cypher.