E Williams Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Can't find in my research, what Rifle Regiments made up the Royal Saxon Rifle Corps. Would someone have that info please? Thanks Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Whats its name in gwrman? Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Williams Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Williams Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Williams Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I am still totally confused here... what is the "royal Saxon Rifles" ? i.e. what is the German term? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Williams Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 If it´s not an italic letter (R),but a normal letter (R), we have the active regiment 22 Are there some additional numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Williams Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Right! That was easy... So forget about the saxon rifle corps... Maybe it was a saxon-rifle-choir... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Williams Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Right! That was easy... So forget about the saxon rifle corps... Maybe it was a saxon-rifle-choir... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaeger7 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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