Farkas Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Hi Gents i feel I was lucky to get these together the other day.... the photo is a large framed photo of recruits for the reserve battalion of the Bayern 3rd infantry regiment and the bonus was this collar board that came with it. As it is the only one I have Gents, I wonder if it is a good example? I don’t mind a couple of moth holes! any thoughts or opinions welcome as always Gents tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Interesting, I’m no expert but thought red cloth straps were artillery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 33 minutes ago, ccj said: Interesting, I’m no expert but thought red cloth straps were artillery. Often the case. However, Bavarian infantry was also red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Even on the Fiedgray uniform? This strap looks like a slip on for the 1907/10 but I may be wrong. its a very nice strap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hi Both Many thanks for your thoughts and the info... i do hope they ‘belong’ together, having been together for 100+ years, that was the attraction for me. For now at least, I’ll treat them as such...! i’d rather post my stuff and ask about it here than google search it. It must seem lazy sometimes when the answer is ‘obvious’ but when you gents have questions too I don’t feel so bad! So thanks again best wishes tony 22 hours ago, ccj said: Even on the Fiedgray uniform? This strap looks like a slip on for the 1907/10 but I may be wrong. its a very nice strap... 23 hours ago, IrishGunner said: Often the case. However, Bavarian infantry was also red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Farkas said: i’d rather post my stuff and ask about it here than google search it. It must seem lazy sometimes when the answer is ‘obvious’ but when you gents have questions too I don’t feel so bad! Tony, my approach usually is to research as much as I can about an object before asking questions in a post here on GMIC. So, I will at least see what I can find with Google before posting questions. Doing the research yourself is part of the fun. That said, Google searches can be tricky things and take some practice (at least in my opinion) to get the phrases that return the best results. Of course, frequently the "experts" here on GMIC do not need to search for an answer as they have the resources readily to hand; in many cases, those resources are print books or years of experience that Google just can't replicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Good evening IrishGunner! at 01.57 Welsh time I decided to see what time it was for you by checking your location and the answer was 02.01 and I’m telling you this at 02.06(?)..... i’m not The quickest but that’s not the problem cos I am keen! I really appreciate your reply. I hoped for one like yours... 21.14am if I write a considerably long reply, pouring my heart out ish will you reply because if I did then I’d be gutted if you didn’t acknowledge it! Shall I go for it...? regards tony ps 48 minutes ago, IrishGunner said: Tony, my approach usually is to research as much as I can about an object before asking questions in a post here on GMIC. So, I will at least see what I can find with Google before posting questions. Doing the research yourself is part of the fun. That said, Google searches can be tricky things and take some practice (at least in my opinion) to get the phrases that return the best results. Of course, frequently the "experts" here on GMIC do not need to search for an answer as they have the resources readily to hand; in many cases, those resources are print books or years of experience that Google just can't replicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 apologies... I had a few too many last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, Farkas said: apologies... I had a few too many last night! No worries! Your photo of Batterie Wilhelm II is actually a very well known naval gun: 30.5 cm SK L/50 gun. Mostly mounted on warships, there were a few mounted as coastal defense. This particular battery was to defend the port of Zeebrugge. These were manned by Matrosen Artillerie Regiments. A nice photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMB Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) On 16/07/2018 at 20:14, ccj said: Even on the Fiedgray uniform? This strap looks like a slip on for the 1907/10 but I may be wrong. its a very nice strap... I believe it was only pre war that the Bavarian Infanterie straps were red, then they switched to feldgrau straps. With the introduction of the M1915/16 straps for the Feldbluse, Feldartillerie used the red straps but with yellow bomb and numbers. Edited July 18, 2018 by KMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Hello , The strap could be part of a EM ;NCO ; uniform of the Kunftigefriedensuniform , reglamented in 1915 , to replace the old peacetime uniforms. EM and NCOs were authorized to wear this model .purchasing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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