sef1962 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Any help with markings on left sleeve and unit if possable thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIR Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 ... I think the two horizontal (dark) bars is for the Lehr-Infanterie-Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I'm not sure, but he appears to be missing the Reichs cockade on his cap and wearing the string bean shoulder cords of the 1919 Provisional Reichsheer. Two large silver stripes on the sleeve like that were P.R. rank for Sergeant (German rank term, not translation). Not "correct" regulation insignia for 1919-- but it was in flux then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Yes Rick. It?s defiantly "Friedensheer". Rank is Sergeant. To me, the chevrons are the old fencing-signs. He wore them on his left arm. Don?t forget, the war was just over, and the Friedensheer was like the Freikorps. They had orders for their uniforms, but who could control it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Those two horizontal rank stripes were made from a medium blue cloth. The insignia for the Lehr Inf.Rgt. was only used during the war and those strips were shorter in length than these blue ones and I believe they were white.Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) That?s right Chip! The Lehr-Inf.Btl. (or Rgt.) wore white stripes. I hope you can see it on the attached photo.What about the script about the Schlieffen-Plan? When are you on-skype?Cheers, Andreas Edited March 25, 2009 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joerookery Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 What about the script about the Schlieffen-Plan?Andreas This is my nosiness asking if there is something I don't know about? I am always looking for discussions on this. Here is the last paragraph of one section of our upcoming book. Is it in-line with your script? Thanks!There is a more recent work by Gro?, which throws a great deal of sand at the Zuber theory. This does two things: it prolongs the old debate and uses previously unused documents to cast a different light on the issue even though conventional wisdom states that the Prussian archives were destroyed in 1945. The premise of the total destruction of the archives has been disproved by finds in the Russian and eastern German archives, as well as other sources. This new study claims there really was a Schlieffen plan, systematically attacks all of Zuber?s claims and attempts to document it. I am sure that subsequent to this writing there will be a counterattack by Zuber. A recent paper by Terrence Holmes tries to put the issue to rest saying that Schlieffen needed only 90 divisions, not 96. Between this paper and the 2004 Potsdam symposium Zuber's opponents seem to have the upper hand and have shown a previously undisclosed map from the 1905 Denkschrift, written by Schlieffen that shows a wheel around the western edge of Paris. A copy of this map is located in the British national archives. As what exists of the old archive files is often found to be misfiled and often never looked at new discoveries seem always forthcoming.VR/Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Hi Joe!I didn?t write that script about the Schlieffen-Plan. A friend of mine did. The problem is, it?s written in german, and the size is roundabout 30MB. Can you read german enough, then I will ask my friend, if I could send it to you. I will send your post to him, so he?ll be able to give you better answers that I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joerookery Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Can you read german enoughyes and thank you again!VR/Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Ah, yes, now I?ve seen your avatar... We know each other from the german forum. I am the Ruhrpottpreu?e...If I should send you the script, I need your email adress. At the best, you send it to me in an PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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