Veterinarians....

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

what would the correct piping for Vets be? I have seen shoulder boards with Violet, with green and with red underlays... which is correct? :-(

Would being attached to a Artillery regiment make a difference?

Thanks

Chris

[Glenn J]

Chris,

Crimson. Regimental affiliation had no bearing.

Regards

Glenn

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Glenn,

thanks, how far removed is that from the artillery red? Sometimes the differences are so subtle I cannot see them :-(

Best

Chris

[Glenn J]

Chris,

this from the period publication Feldgrau in Krieg und-Frieden:

Regards

Glenn

[Chris Boonzaier]

Thanks a million! :-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

does anyone have any information on the collar badges/Patcvhes? Would they have been Crimson Rectangels?

Thanks

Chris

[Chip]

Chris,

The Kragenpatten for the M10 officer's tunics were black with karmesinrot (carmine) piping. For the M15 officer's Bluse they remained the same only with the addition of matt gray double Litzen with gilt wire center stripe on each Litze ending in a vertical gilt wire stripe (see photo).

Karmesinrot is a purplish to pinkish red. I think of crimson as a sort of medium red, somewhere between ponceaurot/hochrot and blood red.

Here is an example of the officer's Kragenpatten for the Bluse.

Edited May 18, 2014 by Chip

[Chris Boonzaier]

hI;

If an officer had a M10 tailored in 1915-16, yould he have had the M15 tabs on it? or would he have stuck withthe M10? Or was it a matter of preference, or what the tailor had?

Thanks

Chris