Help iden tifying Ulanka

[Gordon Craig]

Gentlemen,

I've have had this Ulanka for several years and despite many hours going over my reference books I have been unable to establish a regiment to link this tunic to. I hope that someone from this forum can help. The tunic has a slight blue tinge to the grey but the colour is darker than shown in the photo. The collar is a different colour and of a green shade. The collar tabs are closer to a cream colour than to white. There are no markings inside the tunic. There are no cyphers on the boards nor any indications that there ever were any.

Regards,

Gordon

Edited December 27, 2009 by Gordon Craig

[Gordon Craig]

Here is a photo that came in the pocket of the tunic. Not the same man/tunic probably as there is no obvious red piping and the shoulder boards in the photo have cyphers on them but they can not be made out. The collar tabs also appear to be a different colour. Any comments on the photo would be appreciated as well.

Regards,

Gordon

[Naxos]

Gordon, this is not an Ulanka but an Infantrie Litewka from an Officer of the Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.5

Very nice!

Edited December 27, 2009 by Naxos

[Chris Liontas]

Naxos hit that one, a very VERY nice Litweka, to a very good unit. The 5th Guards actually opposed the US Divisions in the Argonne Forrest with much success.

The condition looks outstanding!!

[Gordon Craig]

Hardy,

Thanks for the info on my tunic. Great to have this accurate information and know what regiment it was from.

Chris,

Yes the tunic is in really surprisingly good condition for its age. I picked it up years ago at a gun show in Montreal. You hardly ever saw tunics for sale there. A friend had to loan me the money to buy it. Glad now that I did manage to buy it.

Regards,

Gordon

[Chip]

Though not appearing to be feldgrau, this jacket has the Residagrün collar of the Kleiner Rock. The combination of the white Kragenpatten and gilt buttons was also worn by the officers of three of the cadet houses (Berlin-Lichterfelde, Köslin and Plön).

Chip

[GMU]

Very nice Litewka!

Edited March 14, 2012 by GMU