A challenge à monsieur Murphy. Show your Bayern tunic!

[Daniel Murphy]

Detail 7. The side hooks and bar tack reinforcing. A "stitched" photo.

[Daniel Murphy]

Detail 8. Now for the inside. Here is the inside of where the false pocket flaps are.

[Daniel Murphy]

Detail 9. The size markings. This uniform is about a US size 42.

[Daniel Murphy]

Detail 10. Here are the acceptance, unit and repair markings in order from top to bottom. Notice the faint 1914 by the repair markings and that the uniform has been downgraded to a grade II due to the repairs.

[Daniel Murphy]

Here is the rest of the group. Behing the helmet is the custom case and the inserts. The album covers mobilization until about early 1915.

[Daniel Murphy]

And we must not forget the man himself. Here he is at mobilization with the rest of the officers of the 11th Company. He is second from the left. Photo from the regimental history which he help write. I hope you have enjoyed this thread.
Dan Murphy

[Mike Dwyer]

Wonderful!

Fantastic uniforms! Fantastic photos!

Thank you for sharing!

[Brian S]

very very nice, thank you.

[Chip M]

Dan,

Some nice tunics. I especially like the fact that Hauptmann Herren bought an issue tunic (probably as a one year volunteer) and very frugally transformed it into his officer's field tunic. Needless to say, the provenance and all the extra accouterments make it an outstanding set.

One question regarding the cavalry piece. Aren't those Beamtenstellvertreter boards? Offizierstellvertreter would not have the extra piece of lace across the bottom.

Chip

[Tom Y]

Daniel, I noticed the whistle in post 50. I have one like it that he told me was a TR police whistle, but apparently it's not. Could you tell me what it is?

[Daniel Murphy]

Chip,
Professor Heeren was a one year volunteer from 1900 to 1901 and received his reserve commision in 1904. I would imagine when feldgrau first came out there were few places to get an officers feldgrau uniform. So he purchased one from the unit stores and added his rank insignia. I have only ever seen 3 issue 1907 feldrocks (Prussian NCO, Bavarian NCO and this one) and all had the high collar. On the 07/10s this was done away with. This was used as one of his combat uniforms.

Tom,
I got a few other things of his from the TR period. He was in the Luftschutz from 1934 to 1940 and then transferred to the Luftwaffe as a Hauptmann d.R.. In 1940 he was at Flieger Ausbildung Regt. 63 and in 1941 became the commander of Luftwaffe Construction Battalion 7/XII. At the same time he was promoted to Major d. R.. The whistle may be from this period but being horn, I had thought it was WW1 and included it in the shot.
Dan Murphy