John ;
A little information for you .
There is sort of an odd story about the 1 G R zu Fuss
now they received their new silver miters .
Jim Turinetti tells the story in his book on miters .
He gives an exact date of 9 February 1894
that only 3 Companies of the regiment were given the new
silver miters . They were 1st ; 5th and 9th Companies.
Kaiser Wilhelm II bought and paid for these out of
his personal money .
The miters were modeled after the miters of the Garde regiments
of Frederich the Great.
The Kaiser then "requested " that the War Minister come up
with the money for the miters for the other companies .
So there was a short time frame of about 2 months when some companies
wore the new miters and the rest of the regiment wore the old miters .
This scene was captured in a print by Rochling showing the parade in the Lust Garden 1894
see attached photo from my collection
While I can not prove this photo is from 1894
I have to guess that it is
the 1 G R zu Fuss Fahna Co.
There are 9 soldiers in the photo
2 officers wear the new miters ; 1 officer the old miter
4 N C O 's wear new miters ; 2 N C O 's wear the old miters
There are only 3 Batls in the photo ; I ; II ; Fusilier
the Fusilier Fahnentrager is on the left
there is not yet a IV Batl
It was formed in 1894 , so no flag yet for them .
Only 1 pole has the flag attached to it
My guess is that new flags were being done for the others
all 3 Batl flag poles have the Sakular Parade Banners on them .
The regiment was 200 years old in 1888
so I guess the Sakular Banners were awarded after that date .
Every picture tells a story , don't it ?
Steve