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Anyone have any artifacts or stories to show and tell? I've scoured this website and come up empty-handed.

Mike that is a very nice grouping - congratulations! Here is a Sachsiche Lande Gendarmerie city of Zittau police-issue Dreyse pistole I believe a member on this forum has a Zittau police pickelhaube

Feuerhand, that is interesting information, thank you. Here is the cover of a 1926 unit history of IR 170 - my relative's details are listed in the Verlustliste

A relative of mine from Freiburg im Breisgau served with 9. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 170. Alas, no pictures of his pickelhaube

Bravo adalbert !! Here is an Elsaß-Lothringen customs marked Dreyse 1907 in case it's of interest:

Great post guys - thanks everyone for the information !

Neat buckle, lach470 !! Here's mine paired with a Dreyse 1907 pistol. Now I need the "matching" helmet ;-)

JustinG, yes I am still looking. The price/condition factor is my personal issue on the item in the link provided.

Unbelievable coincidence and amazing stroke of luck. Congratulations !

Thank you Clovis, excellent explanation !! About the saber marking, I would have thought the second "R" would indicate a "Reserve" (?)

Thanks Alan (y)

So Clovis 57, would you say that the unit-marked pistol above would have been carried by a soldier (not an officer)?

Oh that's nice - love it !! Thanks guys :-)

ww1czechlegion you are correct, no, I did not know that officer helmets were always private purchase (and therefore never unit marked). Thanks for the education !

BTT