Administrative Officer

[Dan46]

I have an oil painting of an Administrative Officer(Beamte). The secondary color is golden-yellow. After researching, it states "Remounting Administration". The collar patch is for a high grade; and shoulder boards are equal to a major. What is "Remounting Administration"? What did they do?
Dan 46

[DonC]

I believe they worked with both cavalry and draft horses.

Don

[Dan46]

Thanks Don!!

[Dan46]

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[PaulR]

That is a great painting. Interesting how the artist screwed up on the shoulder boards.

[NZMark]

I'll leave all technical points to Paul - he knows his stuff, but I'll just say that the flesh tones and technique of the painting itself is excellent, with the focus on the face especially attractive. A wonderful item to be taking care of.
Mark.

[DonC]

If the artist was painting from life or from a phto of the wearer, it is possible the tabs were sewn wrong on the tunic to begin with, which makes the portrait all the more interesting!

Don

[Dan46]

Thanks for the kind comments.I'm having a frame made for it at Hobby Lobby.
Dan46

[Laurence Strong]

Hi Dan

Lovely painting

He can't be a Remount official as they only had Elevated and Medium careers

There was also the Spanische Hofreitschule Wien of the Lipizaner fame http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Riding_School

There is speculation that they had a High career. The shoulder boards should have a 3mm goldgelb stripe between the silver cords. They also had a device that consisted of an intertwined "SHR".

The boards in the painting appear to be missing both the yellow or the regular "HV" green stripe.

[PaulR]

I'll leave all technical points to Paul - he knows his stuff, but I'll just say that the flesh tones and technique of the painting itself is excellent, with the focus on the face especially attractive. A wonderful item to be taking care of.
Mark.

Thanks for the kind words, however, when it comes to HEER officials, I would give that honor to Larry Strong!

The artist also flipped the green and yellow on the boards. The Admin green should be on the bottom layer.

[Laurence Strong]

Good eye, I missed that

Personally I hope someone who knows more than the rest of us comes along and sets us straight

[LDR]

Very nice painting. Shows the colours wonderfully.

[Johnny R]

Very nice painting, I have noted many of these seem to have been painted from BW photos. I think sometimes this can cause errors on insignia etc. this might explain it. Hard to know without doing research on the man himself.

[Dan46]

His name is on the back of the painting-Richard Geiler-Landau.Does this help.Thanks for everyones input.Maybe ;we can find out if he was at the riding school.
Dan46

[Johnny R]

Landau is a city in the Rheinland where he probably was from/stationed in.