Fritz Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Tunic for other ranks, private purchase, from the Bavarian Infanterie-Leib-Regiment, stationed in München. This Regiment was the Royal Household Regiment of the Kings of Bavaria, and was raised in 1814, belonged to the I. Bavarian Army Corps. The tunic is of a lighter blue than the Prussian regiments, and as often encountered, of a ribbed cloth material, commonly seen with Bavarian private purchase uniforms. This was the only regiment in the German army to wear buttons with a crown on the peacetime uniforms. It was also the only Bavarian regiment to wear white metal buttons, Swedish cuffs and Garde-Litzen. All other regiments wore the Brandenburg Cuff. It also has the unusual feature of a white piping to the upper cuff edge. The shoulder straps for all Bavarian infantry regiments were red, in this example with a yellow woven crown. The shoulder buttons have an impressed 3 for the 3rd company (wrongly restitched). The helmet had all white metal fittings, including the chinscales, no parade plumes were worn. The regiment served in 1916 on the Verdun front and suffered heavy losses. Chevauleger helmet - identical to the helmet worn by the Leibregiment till the introduction of the new helmets in 1896. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Further picture added. A new helmet of identical pattern was introduced in 1886 for the Infanterie-Leib-Regiment. All other regiments wore yellow metal fittings. This was again replaced by a new model in 1896, similar to the Prussian pattern. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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