Freiwillige Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Here I'd like to post several hand-colourized portraits of the Mannschaften of the Imperial army. I don't have a lot of such CDVs but here are some. No.1 Gefreiter of the Infanterie-Regiment von Lützow (2.Rheinisches) Nr. 25 (IX.Armee Korps) in M1888 Dunkelblau Waffenrock. Blue shoulder straps with red "25" on them, gilt buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 No.2 Soldat of the Infanterie-Regiment von Stülpnagel (5.Brandenburgisches) Nr.48 (III.Armee Korps) in M1888 Dunkelblau Waffenrock. Red shoulder straps with yellow "48" on them, gilt buttons. Portrait was made in 1910 at the Cüstrin photo atelier (the town where the regiment was based). Please note Schützenshnur der 1.Klasse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 No.3 Soldat of the 3.Niederschlesisches Infanterie-Regt. Nr.50 (V.Armee Korps) in M1888 Dunkelblau Waffenrock and M1867 Eigetumsstück Feldmütze with M1897 Reichskokarde as well as Prussian Landeskokarde. Yellow shoulder straps with red "50" on them, gilt buttons. Portrait was made in 1904. Again please note the Schützenshnur der 1.Klasse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 No.4 Gefreiter in M1888 Dunkelblau Waffenrock. I have a question regarding this portrait: could you please identify the regiment? Some regiment from XXI.Armee Korps (according to green shoulder straps)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIR Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 No.4 Gefreiter in M1888 Dunkelblau Waffenrock. I have a question regarding this portrait: could you please identify the regiment? Some regiment from XXI.Armee Korps (according to green shoulder straps)? Hi, Straubing is a city in the east of Bavaria - maybe it's a Jäger (Kgl. Bayer. 1. Jäger-Bataillon König) ??? No.1 Gefreiter of the Infanterie-Regiment von Lützow (2.Rheinisches) Nr. 25 .. the picture is before 1910 (1888 - 1910 Rastatt, after 1910 Aachen). Best regards, Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Thank you for the useful remarks, Jens! But as for the identification of the Portrait No.4 as a Bavarian Jäger - all battalions wore a green Waffenrock with red-piped Swedish cuffs except for Saxonians who wore a dark green Waffenrock with Saxonian pattern cuffs. But on this CDV one can clearly see Dunkelblau Waffenrock. How could you explain this mismatching? Thanks in advance! Edited March 23, 2010 by Freiwillige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Freiwillige, Of course, Jens is totally correct about the photo being of a Jäger from the 1.bay.Jäger Batl. Unlike Prussian and other Jägers, Bavarian Jägers wore blue tunics with green collars and cuffs. Their green shoulder straps had yellow numbers. Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Thanks for an explanations, I really forgot about traditional Bavarian blue colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.5 XIX century CDV - Jäger from the Rheinisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr.8 (XV.Armeekorps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.6. Soldier from Infanterie-Regiment von Luetzow (1.Rheinisches) Nr.25 (IX.Armeekorps). Blue shoulder straps with red "25" on them, gilt buttons. Portrait was made before 1910 at the Rastatt photo atelier (the town where the regiment was based until 1910). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.7. XIX century CDV of a Gefreiter from 2. Kurhessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.82 (XI.Armeekorps). Red shoulder straps with yellow "82" on them, gilt buttons. Portrait was made at the Goettingen photo atelier (the town where the regiment was based). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.8. Soldier from Infanterie-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich I von Hessen-Cassel (1.Kurhessisches) Nr.81 (XVIII.Armeekorps). Red shoulder straps with yellow "81" on them, gilt buttons. Portrait was made at the Frankfurt am Main photo atelier (the town where the regiment was based). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.9 One more portrait of a Soldier from Infanterie-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich I von Hessen-Cassel (1.Kurhessisches) Nr.81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.10. Guard du Korps from the Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.1 (so-called "Das Alexander-Regiment"). Portrait was made at the Berlin photo atelier (where the regiment was based). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.11. Grenadier from the Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Koenig Friedrich Wilhelm III (1.Brandenburgisches) Nr.8 in Ausgehanzug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.12. Soldier from the 5.Westpreussisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.148. Photo was made in 1904. White shoulder straps with red "148" on them, gilt buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.13. Soldier from the 5.Kompagnie, 2.Bataillon of the 4.Thueringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.72 (IV.Armeekorps) in Ausgehanzug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.14. Uhlan from the Koeniglich Preussisches Garde-Ulanen-Regiment Nr.2. According to the dedication on the back his name was Schroeder. Tombstone on the monument to the KIA members of Garde-Ulanen-Regiment Nr.2 states there were two Schroeders from the 3rd Schwadron killed near Ypres in 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.15. Gefreiter from the Koeniglich Preussischen Infanterie-Regiment “Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg” (3.Brandenburgisches) Nr.20 in Ausgehanzug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.16. Trompeter from the 7.Kompagnie of the 1.Westpreußisches Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr.11 корпуса (XVII.Armeekorps) in Ausgehanzug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 No.17. I need your help with this XIX century CDV. Here's Jaeger from the Grossherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Jaeger-Bataillon Nr.14 (XV.Armeekorps) based in Colmar i.E. BUT: according to the sources I use Mannschaften from that Bataillon had light green Swedish cuffs with white Litzen. This Jaeger has Brandenburg cuffs with vertical panel piped in red. How could it be? Another question: am I right assuming that he wears M1867 Schirmmuetze with the single M1842 national cockade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freiwillige Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 No ideas regarding the last portrait? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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