Here is an interesting item I would like to share, a recent local purchase. It is the first I have seen. Comments welcome, also images of other bugles in collections would be great for comparison.
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Some years ago I had some similar items in my collection. I saw a lot of such items during last years from Prussia, Mecklenburg etc. Maybe some details were changed during the years, but I think your item is one the most common made Prussia bugles. But very decorative in a collection
Last edited by Sergeant 08; 03-08-2009, 03:10 AM.Comment
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Nice piece. That would look good with any Imperial collection.Comment
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Very nice. I picked up a Japanese one at a local yard sale.Comment
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This bugle is very interesting and a rare model in that it was only made in the latter part of 1915.
What I mean here is, note how it is all brass with no separate nickel end piece or nickel end to hold the mouth piece. See how the end piece has been formed by just turning a couple of grooves on a Lathe and is not a separate piece of metal
This is the last model made from brass before they started making the war time field grey tin ones.
Before this one piece brass model, the bugle was made of brass with nickel trim or nickel with brass trim depending on the color of the button of the uniform and the Pickelhaube fittings.
Even early 1915 bugles were still two piece but probably reflecting late 1914 manufacture. Sometime in 1916 they changed over to all tin/ light gauge steel which then had some sort of rust resistant finish applied.
An interesting item indeed which is sadly very under-rated by collectors today. In fact I do not think there has ever been a proper study of them. Just how many different types, models and different state badges are there ????
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Really nice, first one I've seen.Comment
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I have one of these too, but it is the type with the white metal fittings that Chris described. Mine is not manufacturer marked, so I really like that yours is. I have seen a few that were unit marked, but for some reason, it is not the norm.
Yours is missing the lower carrying strap attachment ring and the securtiy chain for the mouthpiece. For infantry units these were originally wrapped in red cloth where the player's hand would have been (approx. four inches in length). And there was green cloth wrapping for Jägers and Schützen.
The national WWI museum here has a gray "tin" one on display, which still has the original gray wool wrapping. The most rare version I have seen is a gray wartime example with the Hessian coat of arms on the bell. Crazy rare.
I think they are undervalued too.
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