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Not explicitly German but a wonderful new addition to my library. The latest offering from Militaria Verlag titled "The Tyrolean Kaiserjäger: History, Uniforms, Equipment and Upholding Traditions from 1816 until Today". This arrived yesterday from Vienna and is of course up to the usual very...

I suppose am I am very fortunate in having some very high quality scans of an original Tellgmann album and this certainly helps in identifying individuals in these groups (unlike many of the poor quality images one finds on the web). Now, the caption was not particularly helpful but the Kaiser...

This from a larger group of Fahnenträger taken in 1907 in Hannover. Of especial interest are the Gibraltar cuff title on two sets of colour bearers - Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 73 and Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 79. No sign of Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 10 on this Oskar Tellgmann shot. Lurking in the background...

Here is a nice image of the colours of 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß being paraded before the Kaiser and the King Ferdinand of Bulgaria at Potsdam in early June 1912. Some interesting characters are identifiable in this shot. From right to left: Generalleutnant Fritz von Below, commanding 1...

I referenced this chap in the Garde-Korps colours thread - Otto von Plüskow. Here we see "lofty" with his friend and Flügel-Adjutant, Major Hans von Boehn. Both Otto and Hans rose to very senior rank; General der Infanterie and General der Kavallerie respectively. They were both in their careers...

The assembled colour bearers of the Garde-Korps at Tempelhofer Felde, Berlin on 2 September 1895. Note the very tall officer in the group of 1st Foot Guards officers at the right of the photo - Hauptmann Otto von Plüskow, commanding the "Leib-Kompanie", the tallest officer in the Prussian army...

Photograph of the escort and colours of 3. Ober-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 172 leaving the Kommandantur in Neubreisach on 27 January 1912 (Kaiser's birthday). The escort officers are from left to right Leutnants Mittermaier, Böttger and Heinecke (all three survived the war). Of note is...

I have commented a couple of times about poorly captioned or misidentified images before but in the context of fairly modern publications. This image is period to 1905 and was found on the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg site. A quick google search shows this and higher quality reproductions...

This shot of His Majesty struck me as amusing. A visit to Jüterbog in 1892 accompanied by King Umberto I of Italy in the uniform of Husaren-Regiment Nr. 13 and General der Kavallerie Alfred Graf Waldersee in the uniform of Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 13. Regards Glenn

I have discovered a bit of a discrepancy in the accepted historiography of the insignia of the Generaloberst (with the rank of a Generalfeldmarschall). I will not go into too much detail just now as I am working through the sources but would appreciate any input especially from the noted...

Many of you are perhaps familiar with then ground breaking uniform studies and illustrations of Andrew Mollo and Pierre Turner in their "Army Uniforms of World War 1" published back in the late seventies. Mr Turner based his studies from period photographs although often with subtle alterations...

Hello chaps, here is an interesting photograph I happened across on ebay.de. It was captioned along the lines, "nobles, generals etc." In fact, it is a great shot of the Police President of Berlin, Traugott von Jagow in conversation with the commander of the Berliner Schutzmannschaft, Oberst...

I came across this rather nice photograph at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg website. It is interesting on a couple of levels. It was captioned "Der Kaiser auf der Wartburg in Eisenach". It appears to be around 1889. Note the two relatively youthful then Flügeladjutanten (later...

I thought this rather nice grouping of Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 officers would be of interest. I came across the photo in a Russian language military magazine (Zeughaus) which had it captioned as a group of officers of KAGGR Nr. 1 at Theatre Square in Moscow in May...

Hi folks, just visited the Royal Armouries in Leeds today. Fantastic displays of everything from mediaeval armour to modern police equipment and everything in between. However, the one imperial German piece of headgear I encountered left me bemused and amused. Let me show you the ultra-rare...

First time I have seen the Reichsland Zoll Pickelhaube next to it's owner who can be confirmed as a member of the Zoll administration. This from ebay.de. Regards Glenn

Saw this rather interesting variant on ebay.de: Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 239. Under command 30. Reserve-Division until May 1917. Regards Glenn

Joe, one of yours from Flickr (I am not keen on the format of that site now!!) I believe I have a name for you: Oberleutnant der Landwehr (24.1.04) Fridolin Bayrhammer, Rechtsanwalt in Aalen, Württemberg. On the books of Landwehrbezirk Gunzenhausen (11. Infanterie-Brigade). Bavarian...

just watched the three part BBC drama "37 days" which tells the story of the period between the assassination of Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand and Britain's declaration of war. The acting was very good, particularly Ian Mcdiarmid (Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars movies) as British foreign...

This last few days, I acquired a copy of the Customs clothing regulations of 1913. The helmet of the Zoll officials is described in some detail. Here is an illustration from the Bekleidungsordnung. Glenn