paul kennedy Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I've just acquired this sword, and I have a question about the inscription. I've always known these swords as artillery swords. However, every artillery sword I've seen with inscriptions always mention feld artillery or fuss artillery. I'm curious about the "1 Batt. Regt. No 50" Would this be an infantry regiment? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Hi, as far as i know, there was no FuAR 50. The FeldAR 50 was founded in 1899 and from Karlsruhe. The IR 50 was from Posen. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul kennedy Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Thank you for your reply. Would an artillery regiment ever be written as 1 Batt. Regt. No 50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) Yes. An Artillerie-Regiment is divided into (2) Abteilungen which are subdivided into Batterien. 1st Batterie is part of 1st Abt. IR´s did not have Batterien. My guess is, because there was no FuArt 50 it seemed superflous to write FAR 50 as it was the only option. GreyC Edited April 30, 2019 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul kennedy Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) That's right! I should have known. Batt. would never be battalion, as battalion would be abteilung in German. Thank you again. Edited April 30, 2019 by paul kennedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 First battery of the 50th artillery regiment .That is Royal Prussian 50th ,2nd of Baden ,Field Artillery Regiment . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul kennedy Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 My pleasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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