Mountain Troops?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Does anyone know what unit these guys could be from? Vaguely in the back of my head I associate that shield on the collar with a bavarian Division?

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello Chris.

Looking at the stockings and mountain boots worn by the two fellows on the left they certainly belong to mountain troops. The pipes in use seem typically Bavarian. The collar shields do not ring a bell and to me are non regulation.

Bernhard H. Holst

[Chip]

The pins are for the 11.b.Inf.Div., so there are several possibilities for the specific unit. The division was formed in the Karpathen in 1915 (thus the mountain boots) and was in Serbia later that year. The division contained the following units,

3.b.IR, 22.b.IR, 13.b.RIR, 4/b.Chev.Rgt.7, 21.b.FAR, b.19 & b.21 Pio.Kp.

Chip

Edited March 22, 2014 by Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

Thanks

Its impossible to see the straps and there is nothing on the back, but the division ist just what I need.

Any idea what was on the badge?

[The Prussian]

Hi Chris! Of course! Here is the badge:

The badge was created by the Div.Kdr. Kneußl himself in january 1916. But in august 1916 the permission to wear were forbidden by the bavarian ministry of war.

Maybe the picture was taken between january and april 1917, when the division was under command of Armee-Abtl. B in the "Upper-Alsace" OR in 1916 in Rumania

The b.11.Inf.Div. wore the mountain-trousers, if it was "necessary".

Edited March 23, 2014 by The Prussian