Füsilier-Regt.Prinz Heinrich v. Preussen No.35

[Fritz]

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

[Chip]

The red piped shoulder boards are the M1907 for the 1907 feldgrau infantry Feldrock.

[Fritz]

correct, colour as per Armee-Korps

[Chip]

"- 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.

[Fritz]

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)

[Fritz]

Here's a collection of coloured peacetime infantry shoulder straps, almost complete, but not quite - Bavaria is also not represented here.

 

[Chip]

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.

[Fritz]

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.

[Chip]

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.

[Fritz]

These are from Husaren-Regiment 16, which I rescued from the attic of our local Museum

[Chip]

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.

[Fritz]

Seeen the page occasionally. Must check that.