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The Waffentag der Deutschen Kavallerie or German cavalry arm of service day of 1931 was the first of a series of annual commemoration reunions/parades organized by the German cavalry association (Waffenring) culminating in the 8th at Erfurt in 1938. The patron was none other than...

I always think it a great shame that the Prussian, Saxon and Bavarian armies discontinued their publication of army lists during the war. I of course, appreciate that it would have been a huge undertaking but I do believe the British and US Armies did so and included all variants of commissions...

The latter picture shows Premier-Brigadier Paul Pfeiffer around 1870 (he has yet to receive the commemorative medal for 1870-71). The rank is that of an Oberlieutenant (rank and spelling then in use). The subaltern officers of the Hartschiere, the Premier-Brigadiers and Brigadiers were...

A future general officer in the 1899 group. The squadron commander is Jobst Freiherr Knigge (1861-1928) who spent most of his earlier career in Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 13. Entering as a Fahnenjunker on 1 April 1881 and rising to the rank of major on 18 May 1907. He had a brief interlude as the...

Steve, I am not certain what the first strap is but I can confirm that the "Offizier-Stellvertreter" strap is the normal strap of the rank of Hartschier. (in the rank of a Feldwebel/Vizefeldwebel). It is described as thus in both the "Knötel, Pietsch, Collas" and in a more official period...

These company/squadron/battery photographs are always interesting and provide much of worth. Here the squadron commander is Rittmeister Victor von Koenig, born 21 April 1854 in Rybnik in Silesia. Entered Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 2 as an "Avantegeur" or Fahnenjunker on 1 November 1873 and promoted...

Thanks all, just to round out this thread, here is the real Georg von Gayl. Regards Glenn

I think of all the wartime straps for non-commissioned officers and soldiers, the yellow straps of the Fußartillerie are the most striking and appealing. Wonderful stuff. Regards Glenn

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...

Indeed, one can clearly see the darkened epaulets in the 1901 image. I checked the 1896 officers' clothing regulations page 37, paragraph 51 which states that epaulets, shoulder boards, sashes and portepees should be "eingeflort." Flor is gauze or crape so presumably to cover with such...

Whilst looking at similar photographs taken on the occasion of the funeral of the Kaiser's mother in 1901, I noticed for the first time what appears to be another funeral order of dress practice: the sashes (Schärpe) and waist belts also appear to have been darkened and in some cases almost...

A couple more identifications for this one: The officer looking at the camera next to the tree is Hauptmann Albert Zeyß. He was the director of the automobile detachment at the Royal stables. In the 1912 Rangliste (the year of this Kaisermanöver) he is listed as an Hauptmann à la suite der...

Coert, these are very useful for order of battle information and some very nice photographs also. Mine are packed away at the moment. I think I bought the set about 15 years ago. Regards Glenn

Steve, Major Renouard's biography: Georg Leopold Gustav von Renouard de Viville, born 16 September 1873 at Bromberg, son of the then Premier-Lieutenant (Oberstleutnant) Gustav von Renouard de Viville of Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 9 and adjutant of the 7. Infanterie-Brigade. A former cadet, he...

Just a thought; IR 153 wore the cypher of Herzog Ernst I. It seems to me that these boards could be those of a Flügeladjutant to Ernst I. Regards Glenn

Steve, fantastic boards. I cannot help but feel that Herr Hauptmann was taking liberties if he wore these whilst still as an officer in IR 153. As a Flügeladjutant to the Duke, he would of course have worn the silver piping on the boards. He is listed at the time as an officer in IR 153...

A quick follow up: Prinz Leopold's escort officer is the then Oberleutnant Wilhelm Baldamus. A check in the 1910 regimental history of DR 7 provided the following: "His Royal Highness (Leopold) also participated as an observer, and during the entire time, Oberleutnant Baldamus had the honour to...

Brian, you are right about the belt, certainly unusual. Major von Cramon was formerly a line Kürassier officer but at the time of this photo, a Prussian general staff officer. Regards Glenn

I was happy the image was around 1904-1905 and Sandy has confirmed the occasion; the Kaiser-Manöver of 1905. The Bavarian “General” is the then Oberst (and later General der Kavallerie) Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel, the Bavarian military plenipotentiary in Berlin. The Prussian general staff...

Hi Sandy, personalities aside, the reason I was mostly thinking on was the sword scabbards. There are two useful dates for dating photographs; 26 June 1905: The sword scabbards were blackened 3 November 1910: The lower suspension ring was abolished I reckon this photograph is either 1904 or...