festwagner
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Yes, I have a small collectin of helmet covers (too an obsession) and I saw very fews exemples of Garde covers. I s
Thanks Stephen and welcome to the forum. Great photo of your great grandfather. The only difference between his Pickelhaube and mine is the chinscales. His are flat, for foot troops, which, of course, is correct for fussartillerie, whereas mine are rounded for mounted troops- in this case field artillery. From his shoulder straps, it looks like he was a member of the Fussartillerie Schiessschule (Shooting School).I just joined the forum. Great collection. Here his a picture of my great grandfather (circa 1900) wearing what I think is a
Model 1894 Garde-Fußartillerie (Foot Artillery) Mannschaften issued Pickelhaube which is similar to yours.
He is wearing a 1915 pattern feldbluse and other rank’s private purchase schirmutze. From the light colour of the cap band and piping (and the 1 on the shoulder strap), I would guess he is now in Train Detachment Nr.1, mid to late WW1.Thank you for the information. I just received the photo from my mother's cousin who is visiting from Germany. She is pretty sure he was in the Fußartillerie Schießschule (Jüterbog) Garde-Korps. The photo was taken in Jüterbog. She was born in Jüterbog and still lives in the area. She also gave me the attached photo of Ernst. It was taken years later but not sure exactly when. We are assuming WW1. Not wearing a Kugelhelme but any help identifying the uniform would be great.