Vapenrock m/1910

Unknown artist

Group C. From a uniform for a major at a church assistant No 1 Grosser Kufürst, Silesian VIth Army Corps, Prussia. 1914-18. Composed of: coat of arms, riding trousers, collar boots, cap, sharpness, saber strap, spurs. The Cage of Count Gilbert Hamilton. Of field gray diagonal fabric. Possessed with a waist stitch. Single and has eight buttons. On the back pockets a two-nosed lid with three buttons. At the back at the waist are 2 hooks of brass. At the buttoning on the chest is a ribbon to the iron cross (black-and-white-red) with a mark of metal. On this brand are two cross beaten swords and a crown. Higher up sits two bands of words, one being the Iron Cross. Axle flaps with braided coachwork of cotton with black fabric during the coaches and under this white fabric (black and white were the colors of the I Kyrassiärreg). The shaft flaps lack stars and the coaches expel the majors degree, stabsofficers coaches. The high shaft flap has metal naming cipher: “F.W.R.” (Fredricus Wilhelms Rex), the V lacks naming cipher. Both are sewn to the coat of arms and have small buttons. Pockets. On the chest two inner pockets with treuddy lids and two larger slanted with round lids under the waist. Feed of brown cotton fabric with two inner pockets (on the chest and on the bottom of the coat of arms). The pocket on the lower part is for first dressing. Buttons matt gold colored, d: 20 mm, with crown. Those on the shoulder flaps are of the same type but smaller. Collar of the same fabric as the coat of arms, set up with round angles. On the upper edge of the collar there is light gray galon of cotton silk, b: 30 mm, with two black silk bands, b: 3 mm. The collar has three hooks and is lined with green fabric. Passpoals of black velvet along the front edge of the rock and on the lid of the back pockets. Sleeve cover, cut straight from the same fabric as the coat of arms, 8 cm tall with gallon of light grey silk (thrown with two black silk strips 0.5 cm wide) about the sleeve struck. Below the gala are two buttons. Buckle with miniature wordband. Ordensband for the Hohenzollernska House Order. LITT The Army Album In Germany. Die graue Felduniform der Deutschen Armée, Leipzig. Page 3: Field grey uniforms were introduced after day orders of 18 March 1910. Annex. Page 12: Weapons coat for church teachers m/1910. P. 4. Description of officer uniforms. Page 8. Description of church coat. Deutschlands Armée in feldgrauer Kriegs- und Friedens Uniform. P. Casberg, Berlin. Page 8. By day order of 27/9 1915, new uniforms were introduced in the German army. After this day order, the officers received shoulder flaps of braided cotton coaches for the field service instead of shoulder flaps of braided coaches in oxidized silver. Uniformenkunde, R Knöel. Album Prussia. The Livkyrassiärreg Grosser Kurfürst was the oldest in the Prussian cavalry and was founded in 1648. The “Great Curfurst,” Fredrik Wilhelm, reigned in 1640-1688. Das Deutsche Reichsheer. G Krickel Page 64. By day order sep 1866, reg: t was given the rank of church assistant and the same year the name cipher “F.W.R.” on the shoulder flaps. Enl W Granberg.