Saxony Royal Saxon Rifle Corps?

[E Williams]

Can't find in my research, what Rifle Regiments made up the Royal Saxon Rifle Corps. Would someone have that info please?

Thanks

Ed

[Chris Boonzaier]

Whats its name in gwrman?

Best

Chris

[E Williams]

The only regiment I can find is:

Schützen-(Füs.)-Regiment „Prinz Georg“ (Königlich Sächsisches) Nr. 108

I'm trying to find if there was a 22 Schutzen Regt within the Corps. I don' think there was but I still need confirmation.

[E Williams]

I've gone through all of the Saxon Divisions and the only unit designator '22' was for a Pioneer Regt. So far today, I have found two items that have been wrongly identified.

[The Prussian]

Hello!

I´ve checked too.

The only saxon 22 were those:

Pi.Btl.22
Scheinwerfer Zug/Pi.Btl.22 (XIX.AK)

1.Ers.Kp./Pi.Btl.22 (19.Ers.Div.)

L.S.K.22 (47.Ldw.Brig) - I can´t say what the abbreviation means -I´ll check it later...

schwere Minenwerfer-Abtl.22

Armierungs-Btl.22

[E Williams]

Hello!

I´ve checked too.

The only saxon 22 were those:

Pi.Btl.22

Scheinwerfer Zug/Pi.Btl.22 (XIX.AK)

1.Ers.Kp./Pi.Btl.22 (19.Ers.Div.)

L.S.K.22 (47.Ldw.Brig) - I can´t say what the abbreviation means -I´ll check it later...

schwere Minenwerfer-Abtl.22

Armierungs-Btl.22

Thanks..............The Luger's unit marking was mis-identified, there is a 22.R and was part of the 12.J.D. but as you, I found nothing connecting it with the Royal Saxon Rifles.

Edited November 15, 2013 by E Williams

[Chris Boonzaier]

I am still totally confused here... what is the "royal Saxon Rifles" ?

i.e. what is the German term?

[The Prussian]

If it is a marking on a Luger, the R doesn´t stand for Rifle, but for Reserve. In this case, the R must be written in italics: R

Reserve-Inf.Rgt.22

1914-1915: 12.Res.Div.

1915-1918: 117.Inf.Div.

[The Prussian]

Hello!

I´ve checked too.

The only saxon 22 were those:

Pi.Btl.22

Scheinwerfer Zug/Pi.Btl.22 (XIX.AK)

1.Ers.Kp./Pi.Btl.22 (19.Ers.Div.)

L.S.K.22 (47.Ldw.Brig) - I can´t say what the abbreviation means -I´ll check it later...

schwere Minenwerfer-Abtl.22

Armierungs-Btl.22

I´ve checked the L.S.K.22

Landwehr-Saniäts-Kompanie 22. It became later the saxon San.Kp.562. Surely no Rifle-Unit...

[Chris Boonzaier]

If it is 12th Division and 22 R.... Surely it is a 22nd Infantry regiment?

I am still in the dark as to what the "royal Saxon Rifle Corps" is supposed to be ? What is the German term?

[The Prussian]

Hi Chris.

I think, Ed did read a marking on a Luger R 22. Maybe he thought R would stand for Rifle

I´d like to see the marking

[E Williams]

The marking on the Luger is 22.R. and the owner had described that unit as being the Royal Saxon Rifle Corps. Where he came to that being, I haven't a clue. Nowhere have I found the unit was a Rifle Regiment. I did find a 22 Inf Regt and it was part of the 12th J.D. I just thought I'd ask in case I was missing something. 'R' size of 'R' and also if it is in gothic or script means different at different times. This 'R' is a bit bigger than other "R's. I believe the seller became confused because the letter 'R' stood for rifle and instead of Inf because it being an 'R' instead of a 'J'. Both were used.

Now I'm confused........................... I passed on it anyway and acquired a 1914 Erfurt marked to the Bavarian Signal Abteilung that would have been assigned to the Bavarian Cavalry Division at the outbreak of the war.

[The Prussian]

If it´s not an italic letter (R),but a normal letter (R), we have the active regiment 22

Are there some additional numbers?

[E Williams]

If it´s not an italic letter (R),but a normal letter (R), we have the active regiment 22

Are there some additional numbers?

22.R.11.3................22nd Regiment 11th Company weapon #3.

[The Prussian]

Right! That was easy... So forget about the saxon rifle corps... Maybe it was a saxon-rifle-choir...

[E Williams]

Right! That was easy... So forget about the saxon rifle corps... Maybe it was a saxon-rifle-choir...

[jaeger7]

I am still in the dark as to what the "royal Saxon Rifle Corps" is supposed to be ? What is the German term?

Hi Chris,

Due to the very dark green uniforms of the Saxon Jäger units, they had sometimes been called "Die schwarze Brigade" (The black Brigade) - but there was no "Königlich Sächsisches Jäger-Korps" after 1813.

Regards

jaeger7-de