filfoster Posted November 14 Posted November 14 Does anyone know what uniform v. Mackensen is wearing in this photo? In 98% of photos of him, he's wearing his 'Death's Head' Hussars uniform. In the other 2%, he's wearing his adjutant's uniform. The white underlay to the shoulder cords hints that it's an honorary regimental 'chef' or ala suite appointment. THIS IS THE ONLY PHOTO OF HIM WEARING THIS UNIFORM THAT I'VE EVER FOUND. It appears in the book 'The World War One Sourcebook'.
arb Posted November 14 Posted November 14 He was named Chef d. Inf. R. 129 on 27.11.15. I believe this photo shows him in the uniform of IR 129. Andy
filfoster Posted Friday at 22:22 Author Posted Friday at 22:22 arb: Thank you! Does anyone else have another photo of Mackensen wearing this uniform?
graham Posted Saturday at 04:35 Posted Saturday at 04:35 Maybe: https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/german-general-august-von-mackensen-inaugurates-a-monument-news-photo/537571001?adppopup=true
filfoster Posted Saturday at 13:15 Author Posted Saturday at 13:15 8 hours ago, graham said: Maybe: https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/german-general-august-von-mackensen-inaugurates-a-monument-news-photo/537571001?adppopup=true Graham: That is a nice, post-war photo, one I'd not seen. It's not the infantry uniform, however. You can see the frogging for his Hussar atilla and he's wearing his pelzmutze also. 1
GreyC Posted Tuesday at 13:04 Posted Tuesday at 13:04 The photo presented in this thread is the photo featured in the regimental history of IR 129. The reg. his. has a few pages outlining his biography, too. https://dfg-viewer.de/show?tx_dlf[double]=0&tx_dlf[id]=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.wlb-stuttgart.de%2Fmets%2Furn%3Anbn%3Ade%3Absz%3A24-digibib-bsz4769063774.xml&tx_dlf[page]=11&cHash=9368d737cb1b7b073de332ec0b5a98fe GreyC
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