Stogie-Rick brought this for Show And Tell to the Lowell show today. This is on a doeskin private purchase dress tunic for a private from 3rd Company, Hanoverian Jäger Battalion 10... a beautiful tunic and rare insignia to finally see and handle:
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And to be thorough, here's the reverse. -
Didn't PLM winner and author extraordinaire Ernst Ju"nger's 73rd Hannover Fusiliers also sport this same Gibralter patch?
Cheers,
Dan ColeComment
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Hello Daniel and all interested readers.
Besides the Jaeger Btl. 10 (Hannoversches) as shown by R. Lundstrom (thank you Rick) the following formations were also entitled to wear the distinction cufftitle:
- as you mentioned the Fuesilier Rgt. Generaslfeldmarschall Prinz Albrecht von Preussen (Hannoversches) 73;
- Inf.Rgt. von Voigts-Rhetz (3. Hannersches) 79.
Bernhard H. HolstComment
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He He !!
I know this jacket.
I had it sent to me from one of our favourite dealers, at the last second I did not take it. It is a super piece but I could not afford to branch out in this collecting field as well.
It was a great buy indeed! Congrats !!Comment
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