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    Posted

    Hi to all !

    Here some of my new ones.

    I would have some questions about the pics:

    -  The shown Lt. has the number 15 on his shoulderboard - does it mean, he served in the 15 IR?

    He wears a Pickelhaube - not a M 16 or later steel helmet. When i look at the MVO 4th class with X

    i think (because of the swords) it is a piece of 1916 or later - the combination with Lippe is uncommon - sothe earliest date

    for this pic would be that time.

    The pic was made by Atelier Kegel (i found a Kegel Hoffotograph with shop in Wuppertal (prussia) and Kassel (hessia)).

    Can anybody confirm, that the shown uniform is bavarian?

    #2 :

    Seems like a military official in a staff officier´s rank. (because of his shoulderboards?????)

    Unfortunately no name and no date as on pic #1.

    Can anybody confirm, that this guy has an official`s rank - if yes, that combination -for me - is interesting (with twm & IC 1st class)

     

    Thanks again!

    zähringer 45.tif zähringer 48.tif

    Posted

    Hello!

    The first one is a prussian uniform (crown-buttons). The other one is an official, you´re right.

    The combination is strange. Is there anything on the reverses?

    Posted

    The 2nd photo was taken in Hildesheim. Doesn´t have to mean anything, of course. Could be home on leave.

    GreyC

    Posted

    Hi, Danke - thank you to all.

    #1 - is it a guy of IR 15 - an infanterist?

    #2 - no, unfortunately no date, no name, no unit.  I think it´s a photo taken at "home".

    Posted
    12 minutes ago, ixhs said:

    I think it´s a photo taken at "home".

    Have you read my post at all? The studio´s mark is clearly visible in the lower right hand corner.

    GreyC

    Posted

    Number 1 could be August Scheel, but I can't say for certain as my Lippe list is incomplete.

    Scheel, August Wilhelm Heinrich, *5.1.1885 in Elberfeld, gef. 13.2.1916 b. Neuve Chapelle; Königlicher Bahnhofsvorsteher in Elberfeld, Leutnant der Reserve, 8./IR 15. EK1, BMV4X (6.12.14), LK (7.6.15).

    Posted

    Thanks to all. - Wow Dave - Mr. Data - that´s great. Thank you. - so KIA in 1916.

    I.m.o. the MVO4X is a piece of around 1916 - it would be great, if Andreas could have a look on it.

    • 3 months later...
    Posted (edited)

    Hi again and a happy New Year to all.

    Here i have another pic (i got it from Chris). 

    I think, the shown staff officer could be the later Gen Lt. Otto Haas - he´s wearing both IC & wuerttemberg MMO.  I think the pic was taken latest in 1916 - because he`s wearing a Pickelhaube.

    Any thoughts ?

    zähringer 59.jpg

    Edited by ixhs
    Posted

    Hello, The pickelhaube in all his variants ,the lancer cap and the hussar busby as well as the tschako remained in service until the end of the war .not in first line of the western front but behind the lines . the same is valid for the tunics . M 1907 / 10 tunics were used along with the Feldbluse and all the intermediate models. the man on the pic wears what appears to be Staff officer shoulder boards ,cavalry helmet and artillery sword plus litzen on collar and cuffs . 

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