Help needed on a P08 holster marking...

[Edelweiss]

I posted it on the fireams forum, but nothing yet... Maybe my saver will be among you ?
Here's the link :
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=43934

Thanks for your help !

[hausser]

1. schweres Reserve-Reiter-Regiment

I posted it on the fireams forum, but nothing yet... Maybe my saver will be among you ?
Here's the link :
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ad.php?t=43934

Thanks for your help !

Bavarian heavy cavalry reserve
1.s.R.R =
1. schweres Reserve-Reiter-Regiment

find more German markings here:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/Bajonette/Deutsche-Stempel.htm

[Edelweiss]

Thanks for the precision ; very interesting web page !

[Rick Research]

"1. s. R. R." correct regiment but NOT Reserve: two Rs, not three. There was no Reserve SRR. The several war formation Bavarian Reserve mounted units used "Kavallerie" in their designations.

[GerColctor]

In Jeff Noll's book Imperial German Regimental Markings, the unit mark, s.R.R. means: Recruiting Deport of a heavy Cavalry Regiment.

The unit mark, s.R. means: heavy Cavalry Regiment.

Hope this information is helpfull

[Edelweiss]

Yes it is, thanks. So Rick & GerColctor, if I understand well, 1.s.R.R means (with the help of Hausser's page) :
"1. schweres Reiterregiment Rekrutendepot", a Bavarian unit...

Could you please tell me more about what a "Recruiting Depot" is ? I'm afraid the equivalent in french is not really clear for me...

[AOK4]

A regiment does not have a Rekrutendepot! Only divisions had Rekrutendepots, Regiments have Ersatz-Battaillone or Ersatz-Schwadrone etc.
The abbreviation means 1. schweres Reiter-Regiment and nothing else, believe me.

[Rick Research]

[Edelweiss]

Ach, verdammt !

Well, going... going... gone !
OK for "1. schweres Reiter-Regiment".
That's the one I preferred, anyway...

Thanks a lot to all of you !
(There's a lot of knowledge here, about "order of battle ; this has always been chinese for me... Great !)

[hausser]

Ach, verdammt !

Well, going... going... gone !
OK for "1. schweres Reiter-Regiment".
That's the one I preferred, anyway...

Thanks a lot to all of you !
(There's a lot of knowledge here, about "order of battle ; this has always been chinese for me... Great !)

Aber was- Contenance, mein Herr.

Since I was the first to put in an answer, maybe I am the one to close the thread.
I stucked to the given URLs, but the interpretation
as a Reserve-Reiterregiment on the pages must be false.
Anyway, there was never a triple R, nor seems Jeff Noll´s Book regarding s.R.R. as a Rekrutendepot correct.
Correct is indeed, that a Rekrutendepot is always attached
to a Divison.

I called the Bavarian Army Museum at Munich today,
as well as the Army Archive, and so I can at least
-hopefully- utter that 1.s.R.R. does stand for
1. Schweres Reiter-regiment, and nothing else.

Best,
Hausser

[Edelweiss]

Hausser : I hope you won't mind if it's me who will close this thread, as your previous post deserves a big "thanks".

So, danke sehr mein Herr. Ich bin sehr froh such helpul persons joined the forum ; obviously and hopefully, worth and rigour do not depend on the number of posts...