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First time I’ve seen one like this, congrats!

A beautiful example!

Great examples

Steve, I do not own a copy, but I remember when it came out I considered buying one. They have a couple used at ABE Books Dienst- und Rangabzeichen der offiziere und Beamte der Königlich Bayerischen Armee 1806 bis 1918. Seibold, Walter; Schulz, Gerd M.

Steve, that book was published in 2005

Steve, I think photo #4 in Reiner’s post is what the epaulettes should look like (since it actually is Prince Rupprecht’s) with the cypher mounted on the crossed batons. Great post, Reiner!

I’m guessing the KP & shooting cord were added sometime after, perhaps by a collector who owned the tunic previously, but it is a good looking tunic in any case.

Nice group!

Great find, congrats!

Stunning helmets, congrats!

Frank, quite the collection well displayed. Wonderful! Cheers, Dennis

Beautiful!

Interesting, Jvpi observes that the baton’s were gold plated before 1904, and these are listed as 1914, so again, should they not be silver? Plus if they are from 1914, that’s two years prior to Rupprecht becoming a feldmarshall…so?

Steve, that’s a great point. In 1916 I don’t think they’d be wearing full dress uniforms with epaulettes, just Feldgrau with shoulder boards. That’s pretty much what they wore post war as well. Most photos of Prince Rupprecht post war, including formal portraits, I’ve only seen him in Feldgrau...

If the straps are Bavarian, the Luftschiffer emblem would be just be the “L” without a battalion number as in Sandy’s example “Luftschiffer Betriebs-Abteilung” Plus Luftschiffer Batl 5 was a Prussian unit, (Graudenz, I.AK, raised in 1913). The backing would be gray as well, as in Steve’s...

According to “Das Deutsche Heer” they should be silver. I’d be interested to hear other input also.

Beautiful, congrats!

Great condition, beautiful!

Well done, Tony!

Great looking helmet, congrats!