73 Hannover Fussilier Shoulderboard

[Daniel Cole]

Can someone help me out an post a picture of a shoulderboard from the 73 Hannover Fussilier Regiment? I'm curious what the cypher looks like.

Thanks,
Dan

[Glenn2438]

Just a Number

Dan,

Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 73 did not have a shoulder board cypher - just the number 73.

Regards
Glenn

[Daniel Cole]

Thanks

[Paul B]

Fusilier Regt Nr 73 shoulder strap

Hi Daniel

I've attached this scan of an original WWI period shoulder strap (from an M1910 tunic or M1915 Bluse) worn by a member of Fusilier Regt Nr 73 from my collection.

It's white piped, and bears the nember "73" in chain-stitched red wool. I've noted several variations in the way the numbers are formed, sometimes the seven has a longer, curled up tail.

Hope this is of some interest, all the best

Paul.

[Daniel Cole]

Thanks for the photo. I'm a big afan of Ernst Junger and I'm trying to learn about his regiment.

[bhholst]

Thanks for the photo. I'm a big afan of Ernst Junger and I'm trying to learn about his regiment.

Hello Dan.
Do you have the regimental history of F.R.73 ?
"Geschichte des Fuesilier Regiments Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Albrecht von Preussen (Hann.) Nr. 73 "?
If not you may be able to locate it used in Germany .
Did you read "In Stahlgewittern" in German , English translations so far were not so great but a new one was to have been published in the U.K. I recall reading here. Amazing to see the literature which is out there about E.Juenger today.
Bernhard H.Holst

[Daniel Cole]

Hello Bernhard,

I have one regimental history and unfortunately didn't win an auction for another version recently. I'll keep looking. I have read In Stahlgewittern in both english and German. I have two old German editions and a 1920s and modern english versions.