New Zealand vet bought back pork pie cap and bugle

[nzef1940]

Thought I would post a couple of recent finds, as I like to collect NZ vet bought back items from WW1 and 2. The bugle is maker marked and dated 1915.

Both came via the same veteran, a junior officer who's basic service details are on the following link:

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/datab...r_search=20925

I like the tag.

cheers

Mike

[nzef1940]

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[MauserKar98k]

Very nice.

The XVIII Armee Korps were based out of Frankfurt am Main. Their corps district included the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Hessen-Nassau, and parts of southern Westphalia. Considering this cap has the Prussian cockade instead of a Hessian one, a person could infer that this cap belonged to a member of one of the infantry regiments in the 21st Division in 1917 (Füsilier-Regiment von Gerdsdorff (1. Kurhessisches) Nr. 80, Infanterie-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich I. von Hessen-Kassel (1. Kurhessisches) Nr. 81, Infanterie-Regiment (1. Nassauisches) Nr. 87) all of which came out of Kurhessen or Hesse-Nassau (Prussian territory.)

What does the purple stamp in the cap say? Also, what does the marking on the bugle below the eagle say?

[nzef1940]

Thanks for that, the purple stamp is very hard to read and is in three lines, the bottom of which is 'MAINZ',I assume it is a makers stamp.

The bugle stamping is 'J ALTRICHTER, FRANKFURT. D 1915

[Adler 1]

Excellent find! Congratulations!

Adler 1

[C. Roelens]

Congrats Mike... Excellent find.

Chuck

[Matt]

vet stuff

Very Nice, thanks for showing.