Fritz Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Shoulder straps, fieldgrey for other ranks from Füsilier-Regiment Prinz Heinrich von Preussen (Brandenburgisches) No.35 III. Armee Korps - fieldgrey M.1908/10 with lashes on underside to attach to the tunic. The straps are piped in red, as per III. Armeekorps One of the straps still has a lace for "Kapitulanten" stitchen on. This is black/white, the Prussian colours. Have been well worn. - fieldgrey, Sept.1915, white piped for all infantry. These pieces were sewn on directly above the shoulder seams Apparently found in a former depot in Metz, unused, still sewn together 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 The red piped shoulder boards are the M1907 for the 1907 feldgrau infantry Feldrock. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 correct, colour as per Armee-Korps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 "- fieldgrey, Sept.1915, white piped for all infantry." There were over a dozen regiments that were allowed to retain their traditional piping color for the M1915 shoulder straps. Here are two Hessen regiment examples with colors other than white. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 There were exceptions to the rule of all white as from Sept. 1915. The guards regiments retained their previous colours. Information under my reference works states: Grenadier-Regt. 7 = yellow Grenadier-Regt. 8 = red Grenadier-Regt. 11 = yellow Inf.-Regt. 114 = green Königs-Inf.-Regt. 145 = blue The I.R. 117 shoulder strap in your photo seems to be in the form for the 1915 pattern, although I have not seen this mentioned in the literature. The 1915 field tunic was the Bluse, which replaced the previous 1907 Waffenrock. A chapter under the internet page Kaisersbunker states also further regiments with coloured shoulder strap piping: Red: II./ G.R.89 (Meckl.-Strelitz), Leib-Garde-Inf.R. 115, I.R. 168 (Hess.) Yellow: G.R. 7 & 11, I.R.118 (Hess.) Blue: Leib-Inf.-Regt. 117 (Hess.), Königs-Inf.-Regt. 145 Green: I.R. 114 (Baden) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Here's a collection of coloured peacetime infantry shoulder straps, almost complete, but not quite - Bavaria is also not represented here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Part of my M1915/16 Bluse shoulder strap collection. These shots show the majority of the regiments that were allowed to retain their traditional piping colors. The last picture shows the new pattern, all white infantry M15 shoulder straps for the grey dress Friedensrock. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 The only one I don't recognise here, is the one with the monogram of Kaiser Karl (with double crowns Austria-Hungary), this is certainly after December 1916, which regiment is that? Is never mentioned in any publications. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 It's the I.R.63, which was named for Franz Josef I, but was granted the new Kaiser Karl's Namenszug after FJI's death. The official change date was November 3, 1917. By 1918 all units of the 12th Division were to wear a colored band across the bottom of their shoulder straps. The 63rd wore yellow, the I.R.23-red, Krankenträger Komp.Nr.15-green, etc. The same Karl cypher was added to the Schulterschnur of the Husar Rgt.Nr.11. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 These are from Husaren-Regiment 16, which I rescued from the attic of our local Museum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 25/09/2018 at 05:37, Fritz said: Here's a collection of coloured peacetime infantry shoulder straps, almost complete, but not quite - Bavaria is also not represented here. Looks like Tony Schnurr's collection @ The Kaiser's Bunker. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Seeen the page occasionally. Must check that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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