Chris Boonzaier Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I have no clue about shoulder boards as some of you may have noticed :-(I dont know if these are pre war or wartime...Out of the woodwork today....I assume both infantry?BIR9 or BRIR9Garde Gren 6 ?ThanksChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul R Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 It is amazing at how well they have held out over the past 94-90 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Chris,Prior to 1907, I believe all of the Bavarian infantry regiments wore red straps. With the adoption of the new uniforms, the piping colors representing the prewar strap colors were changed for Bavarian infantry units. The pipings began to be color coded by army corps, so that the straps from the I.b.A.K. had white piping (and underlay), II.b.A.K. had red piping and the III.b.A.K. had yellow piping. To confuse things a little further, the same is true of the Bavarian field artillery units, that is, pre-war - all red straps, after 1907 - corps colors. Since the Bavarian FAR did not use the flaming bomb device on their boards, there are many similarities with the infantry.So, your #9 officer boards could be infantry or artillery! With red underlay they could date anywhere from 1888-1915The Prussian boards are most likely from the Fu?artillerie Rgt. Nr.6. All foot artillery boards were white on the Dunkelblau tunic. There was no Garde Gren.Rgt.Nr.6. They could be a post 1915 pair for the Friedensuniform, but don't really look like that to me. So I guess if they were M15s for the Friendsuniform, they could be Gren.Rgt.Nr.6 or some other reserve infantry unit.Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 (edited) Chris, have a close look at the first set of boards - it seems there is a ghost image of a two digit number.It appears there was a 13, 18 or 19 before Edited February 28, 2009 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Anything possible I suppose...These are from a "Civvie" source, so I suppose a wartime transfer?We need a Hauptmann of the 9th Bavarian Inf Regt who transfered from the 19th?BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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