filfoster Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 16 hours ago, Bayern said: filfoster : all is right ! Please tell us if from the musee des etoiles someone gives you some data Will do. No response yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Well , will await Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filfoster Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 OK, sadly but not surprisingly, no response from the French museum of generals. However, I was interested enough in this topic to buy the wonderful but hideously expensive (at my age, I have less need for the body parts surrendered for the purchase), Verlag books on the WW1 French Army. Inconclusive. The photos of generals items show mostly silver stars but also a few gold stars; There is no particular explanation for this. Foch's uniforms, in particular two of his Marshal rigs, show both (I think; again, the size of the stars on one photo is not clear enough to distinguish between worn gilt or tarnished silver). I hope this thread will eventually produce a definitive answer about this but for now, it seems that it was, as in most armies, then and now, "generals please themselves". Silver seems the most common metal for the stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 filfoster , The question is to not forget the topic and in some moment someone feels interest again and the answer appears. I agree with you about Militaria Verlag books , a bit too expensives . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filfoster Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 No museum response, so let's give that up. Based on the Verlag book, (the sutures from the removal of one of my 'parts' for the cost of same have healed rather nicely), the Foch uniform photos suggest that the silver stars were worn on the 'field uniform' and the gold stars were worn on the 'parade'/dress uniform of the same cut. Anyhoo, if that's not right, I look forward to someone posting better information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 filfoster, A last possibilty, regarding the dress uniforms, perhaps Generals used stars in the metal of their Arm of origin , that is Gold for Infantry ,Artillery,and Sappers, Silver for All the Cavalry, Cuirassiers,Dragoons ,Hussars and Chasseurs a cheval. The Light Infantry ,Chasseurs a Pied used also silver buttons and rank Tresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filfoster Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Bayern: Yes, that is a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I will continue searching a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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