Chris Boonzaier Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I have been after one of these for ages and ages.... It came with some badly replaced cockades, so I replaced the replacements.... but I will replace the replacements of the replacements when i find the perfect replacements.... but for the time being I think these do the job quite well...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Chris Boonzaier said: I have been after one of these for ages and ages.... It came with some badly replaced cockades, so I replaced the replacements.... but I will replace the replacements of the replacements when i find the perfect replacements.... but for the time being I think these do the job quite well...... Way too many Ersatz ...but a man has to ersatz what a man has to ersatz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 That’s so true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Wouldn't this be Prussian or some other state that used the Resedagrün band and piping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hello! To me it´s a prussian Jäger-Mütze with visor. Kraus writes (Die Deutsche Armee), page 305: Introduced Einheitsfeldmütze from July 20, 1917, with grey-green cloth, Besatzstreifen and Piping with minor colour-differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hi, Technically yes, but the traces in the cloth fitted the Bavarian Officers cockades (and the horrible pieces that were on the cap were Bavarian, although not put on to fir the traces). Krause also has a cap with the same piping set up with Bavarian, apparently the Fieldgrey band and piping was not very popular amongst the Bavarian officers and the "normal" color was often worn. He has a nice example on page 131 in the color volume, as well as a pic of a reserve officer. If course, in such cases we are on the same ground as a tunic with a MGSSA badge or Flamethrower skull... unless it is from the family you can never be 100% sure it "belongs"... but I think this one has a enough of a chance with the cockade traces to be bavarian. 6 minutes ago, The Prussian said: Hello! To me it´s a prussian Jäger-Mütze with visor. Kraus writes (Die Deutsche Armee), page 305: Introduced Einheitsfeldmütze from July 20, 1917, with grey-green cloth, Besatzstreifen and Piping with minor colour-differences. Hi, colorwise it is 100% the version on page 131, maybe my photo autocorrector gave it the jäger tinge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hi Chris! The diffreence to page 131 is, that those caps had a grey base-colour and a reseda-green Besatz. Page 305 shows it in grey-green. Let´s wait, what Chip says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hi, it has to do with my pics.... outside lighting shows normal fieldgrey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hard to say... It could be grey or light grey-green... I am 50. What do younger eyes see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, The Prussian said: Hard to say... It could be grey or light grey-green... I am 50. What do younger eyes see? I would have loved a Jäger connection, but I think it is a bog standard all branches Einheits Cap... Prussian according to regulations, anyones according to flavor of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 It’s very hard to say. It does look feldgrau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 This is a Bluse from a Bavarian Fus Arty officer, the cap band is exactly the same as his collar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Gentlemen, regarding the cap ,note well that the upper cap is made of gaberdine cloth and the band of wool tuch , different textiles ,different shades . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 I think it is pretty well documented that the Felgraue band for Bavarians was to a large extent mainly a sentence on a piece of paper.... Tony on Kaisers bunker has a beautiful example of a Bavarian cap with Prussian colored band, and Kraus has an even better example in the Bavarian Army Museum... it says in Kraus that the Bavarian officers did not like the proposed Felgraue band and many ordered the caps with a Prussian colored band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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