Hello, can anyone tell me what the uniforms are for in this postcard photo? Is the lighter tunic military or civil? Uniform identification is not my thing. Thanks.
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Originally posted by Indyarch View PostThanks for the great information Mike and Chip. When you say "one year volunteer" does that mean they only served for one year?
And with the postmark date of Sept. 6, 1911; was this the Imperial German army? Were there any state armies left at that time?
There's a great excellent article concerning Einjährig-Freiwilligen here on ColonelJ's webpage:
http://www.pickelhauben.net/articles...rVolunteer.htm
The Imperial German army kept within it state contingents (in name and tradition) from nearly all of the formally independent German states during its entire existence from 1871, but all were under Prussian leadership- especially during wartime.
Since the postcard was postmarked in Erfurt, you are most likely dealing with a Thuringen infantry regiment in the Prussian-German army. The 38th Division was stationed in Erfurt, which included Infanterie-Regiment (3. Thüringisches) Nr. 71 [II. and III. Battalions garrisoned in Erfurt proper], Infanterie-Regiment (5. Thüringisches) Nr. 94, Infanterie-Regiment (6. Thüringisches) Nr. 95, and Infanterie-Regiment (7. Thüringisches) Nr. 96.Last edited by MauserKar98k; 11-26-2011, 12:35 PM.
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Mauser,
thanks for great explanation and VERY interesting link. I wasn't aware of this page. Indy, thank you too for posting an excellent scan of this interesting photo. I'd only like to add that one-year volunteers were not only German thing, the same regulation was in Austria-Hungary (if you've read Good soldier Schweik, you can't miss the terrible EF Marek ) and I believe in tsarist Russia too. It was useful for both sides - the guy was serving less time and state saved money.
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