von Mackensen MYSTERY

[filfoster]

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]

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]

arb: Thank you!   Does anyone else have another photo of Mackensen wearing this uniform?

[P.F.]

Here is a better copy of the same photo.

[graham]

Maybe:

 

https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/german-general-august-von-mackensen-inaugurates-a-monument-news-photo/537571001?adppopup=true

[filfoster]

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. 

[GreyC]

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

[filfoster]

On 19/11/2024 at 08:04, GreyC said:

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

Thank you for that. I wish there were some more photos of him wearing this uniform.