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The Waffenmeister strap is superb. The translation as “Master Gunner” is not! The Waffenmeister was essentially a military official with the duties of a weapons artificer or master armourer. Regards Glenn

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...

Hi Charles, Austro-Hungarian chief of staff Arthur Arz von Straußenburg In the uniform of Prussian Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 157 of which he was chief. Appointed as such on 3 November 1917. Regards Glenn

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...

Hi Stefan, great stuff. Oh dear! “der lange Plüskow” does not seem to have been very popular :rolleyes: Regards Glenn

Vouziers, France, 23 March 1915; not three years since the last image of the same two colours (in quite different circumstances!) His Majesty the Kaiser visited the 1. Garde-Brigade in Vouziers and here we see members of the I. Bataillon and the band of 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß prior to the...

It does not appear to be a commanders’ grade of any of the principle Saxon decorations. Whatever, it is, it is being worn as a comical prop for the photograph. Neither this grade of any order or a Knights’ cross of the Saxon Albrechtsorden could be awarded to NCOs! Regards Glenn

Not a great portrait but here is char. Generalmajor Böckelmann after his promotion to that rank on 5 September 1929. Regards Glenn

Bob, Albrecht Böckelmann. Born 10 March 1874 in Magdeburg, he entered DR 9 on 18 April 1893 as a Fahnenjunker. Promoted to Portepee-Fähnrich on 18 November 1893 and commissioned as a Leutnant on 18 August 1894. He was promoted to Oberleutnant on 22 May 1904 and was transferred to DR 22 on 25...

Hi Stephan, very nice portrait of Hauptmann von Roeder. I checked the 1933 regimental history of 1. GRzF and found there another image of the same occasion and the date is confirmed as 7 June 1912. Presumably, the two colours are those of the I and IV battalions, that of the IV being carried...

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...

These are the only two I have found for him: Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class: (gazetted in the Bavarian Verordnungs-Balatt on 10 April 1915) Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class with Swords: 26 May 1915. Regards Glenn

These are his peacetime awards as at the time of the publication of the 1914 Militär-Handbuch. I will check for wartime awards. Jubilee Medal Prussian Red Eagle Order 4th Class Long service decoration 2nd class Malteser Ritter-Orden - Ehren- und Devotionsritter Regards Glenn

This is my go to reference to the state awards in WW1. A very useful publication. Regards Glenn

Charles, two different usages of the term à la suite: 1. A senior member of the Kaiser's entourage (Gefolge) ranking between a Flügel-Adjutant and a General-Adjutant usually in the rank of a Generalmajor - basically a very senior adjutant. 2. as an honorific. akin to a colonelcy in a...

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...

Here is the relevant cabinet order as mentioned above: "The colour bearers of the foot troops - excluding foot artillery - and the standard bearers, are in future to be appointed by the regimental commanders and the commanders of independent battalions respectively. They...

His biography in German per Wikipedia. He was elevated to the noble rank of Count in 1916 and after wounds and sickness was returned to duty with the Bavarian legation in Berlin in 1915. As far as I can see, there is just one entry for him at ancestry in the Bavarian military records collection...

chaps, according to the first document, Karl Freiherr von Soden entered the Bavarian army as an 18 year old on 25 April 1917. The tunic is that of a captain dated September 1915. The man in question is Joseph Maria Freiherr von Soden-Fraunhofen, in 1914 an Oberleutnant der Reserve (25.8.13) n...

The arm badge, Ringkragen and Fahnenträger sidearm were all introduced per AKO of 15 June 1898. If the Fahnenträger held the rank of a Vizefeldwebel, he would continue to wear the Infantry officers‘ sword (IOD 89). Regards Glenn