Leopold von Bayern in Prussian Uniform

[filfoster]

Leopold von Bayern wore the uniform of the 7th Prussian Dragoon regiment.

 

1. Does anyone know why? Was he ala suite or honorary chef?  And, in what year did he receive this honor?

 

2:   What shoulder boards is he wearing?  Prussian or Bavarian?  I understand that he would have worn the FM boards of the state (Bavaria) that he held that rank when the honor was given. He was made a Prussian FM in January, 1916.

 

3. Would he have carried the Prussian interimstab or the Bavarian?

[filfoster]

These boards are very large and there is no visible underlay. If the boards were regimental, they would have a cornflower blue base and a rose secondary underlay, visible. He had this appointment or right to wear the uniform of the 7th Dragoons pre-war; there are photos of him wearing it at the 1913 'Kaiser' maneuvers. 

I posit that he's wearing the same detachable shoulder boards, Bavarian general's cords on red base not visible, with the gilt '7' added between the lower crossed silver Bavarian FM baton arms, as he wore on the uberrock worn in the photos of him at the 1913 maneuvers, and also below. The size, and lack of visible base and underlay colors also support this. This was also the practice, I believe, of non-Prussian officers receiving appointments to Prussian regiments.

Can anyone corroborate or correct?

 

1 minute ago, filfoster said:

These boards are very large and there is no visible underlay. If the boards were regimental, they would have a cornflower blue base and a rose secondary underlay, visible. He had this appointment or right to wear the uniform of the 7th Dragoons pre-war; there are photos of him wearing it at the 1913 'Kaiser' maneuvers. 

I posit that he's wearing the same detachable shoulder boards, Bavarian general's cords on red base not visible, with the gilt '7' added between the lower crossed baton arms, as he wore on the uberrock worn in the photos of him at the 1913 maneuvers. The size, and lack of visible base and underlay colors also support this. This was also the practice, I believe, of non Prussian officers receiving appointments to Prussian regiments.

Can anyone corroborate or correct?

 

 

Edited January 24 by filfoster

[filfoster]

..the other likely possibility is that he wore regular red underlay shoulder boards and just had a '7' added. They are somewhat oversized, to my eye, as another point of interest.