The Marshals Baton Thread!

[jizillii]

View of this showcase in the Winter Palace:

[frankandfrank]

Stolen by the russian in the war ?

[Sepp45]

A friend sent me these photos of the baton attributed to Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I

[Sepp45]

Wider picture

[chen]

The velvet of those Imperial period batons look like same material as those for Third Reich period baton.

[jizillii]

In the German Empire was no single template for baton? All the pieces shown here are different.

[Sepp45]

Display of GFM Ritter von Leeb's baton

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[chen]

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Nice photo.

[Jmondo]

Sepp, where is V. Leeb's baton. That is an awesome display I would love to see it.

[chen]

Sepp, where is V. Leeb's baton. That is an awesome display I would love to see it.

Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt, Germany

[Sepp45]

Sepp, where is V. Leeb's baton. That is an awesome display I would love to see it.

As well Chen pointed out, it's at Bayerisches Armeemuseum.

Period photo of Leeb's marschallstab.

[Sepp45]

Großadmiral Erich Raeder during a speech, carrying the "daily-walk baton".

Another good picture of this type of baton carried by Raeder

[Sepp45]

A marschallstab display on the funeral pillow of a dead GFM ceremony.. pre-1939.

Despite not having a sure confirmation, WAF member Luftkrieg has helped me in the ID process and has indicated it could be Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.. who died on 31 October 1939.

[Sepp45]

The last photo of the cased baton is the one awarded to Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle

A two color photos of the baton!

(Photos from the book: "Mythos Marschallstab", by André Stirenberg)

[jizillii]

Baton of King Oscar II of Sweden. Livrustkammaren, Stoсkholm, 1905.