Uniform Portraits Prussia and the German States, Imperial Army And Navy

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Musketier Regiment Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preußen (2. Magdeburgisches) Nr. 27, from 1917.  Wearing his Iron Cross in the Formal spot for portrait, he wears an M1910 or the M1914-15 Transitional Officers Tunic you'll note, can't know because we can't see the Cuffs, , Officer's version has that High Semi Choker Collar. Topped off by a Nice M1915 Pickelhaube.

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Nice button hole IC.  The ribbon is correctly folded.

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Nice shot of a turn of the century sailor of SMS Stosch, the medal, only thing it can be is the China Medal, but this man would not of been a member of Stosch then, as Stosch was in European Waters during the Boxer Rebellion, the North Sea and Atlantic to be specific, so he must of been on anointer vessel and transered out and over to Stosch after his China service. He is a Petty Officer First Class, an Obermaat, he has some kind of device on the Anchor, like a Ship's Wheel or a Cog, can't tell, and can't find a chart of the Imperial Navy specialty insignias.

 

 

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Musketier  Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 92.

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Here's one.

 

This is Richard Bruno Hauptmann when he was in the Great War, 12. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177 in 1918.

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A Hussar 1914, 2nd Life Hussars "Queen Victoria of Prussia"

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Three youngsters of Infanterie-Regiment Markgraf Ludwig Wilhelm (3. Badisches) Nr. 111 sometime in 1915 late. Still wearing the Regimental numbers on helmet covers. I suspect these ones are from the Machine Gun Company of the regiment, the 13th Company, as two have what appears to be Drag Straps, and they all have pistols. They are uniquely armed with the Hungarian Frommer Stop pistol.

[themick]

On 2/14/2024 at 9:32 PM, patches said:

Here's one.

 

This is Richard Bruno Hauptmann when he was in the Great War, 12. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177 in 1918.

Is this the same Richard Bruno Hauptman who was charged and executed for the murder of the Lindberg baby?  That one was also in the German Army in WWI.

Steve

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50 minutes ago, themick said:

Is this the same Richard Bruno Hauptman who was charged and executed for the murder of the Lindberg baby?  That one was also in the German Army in WWI.

Steve

Yes, it is him.

 

 

Hauptmann's father died in 1917. During that same year, Hauptmann learned that his brother, Herman, had been killed fighting in France in World War I. Not long after that, he was informed that another brother, Max, had also been killed while fighting in Russia. Shortly thereafter, Hauptmann was conscripted into the German Army and assigned to an artillery battery.

 

Upon receiving his orders, he was sent to Bautzen but was transferred to the 103rd Infantry Replacement Regiment upon his arrival. In 1918, Hauptmann was assigned to the 12th Machine Gun Company at Königsbrück.[3] Hauptmann later claimed he was deployed to western France with the 177th Regiment of Machine Gunners in either August or September 1918, then fought in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel;[5] that he was gassed in September or October 1918; and that he was struck in the helmet by shrapnel from shelling, knocking him out so that he was left for dead. When he came to, he crawled back to safety and was back on duty that evening.

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Fascinating history of Hauptmann and his military service.  

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Und ein anderer Braunschweiger des Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 92.

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A Pre War Conscript say in 1912 of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry. Königlich Bayerisches 2. Infanterie Regiment Kronprinz, his Shoulder Strap has the Cypher of an Entwined M and Double E for  Maximilian Emanuel II Elector of Bavaria, Max Emanuel was the founder of the Regiment back in 1682 as Regiment zu Fuß Degenfeld.