kmad Posted 5 February , 2019 Share Posted 5 February , 2019 Hi i found the attached Fieldmutzen in a mixed lot of items in a local auction. i bought it for a few euro as it did not attract any attention. has anyone any idea what regiment it is from and i would appreciate any opinion as to if it has any value or not. it has some bad mothing as I have illustrated but overall in solid enough condition no other markings other than what in photos thanks ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 5 February , 2019 Share Posted 5 February , 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, kmad said: Hi i found the attached Fieldmutzen in a mixed lot of items in a local auction. i bought it for a few euro as it did not attract any attention. has anyone any idea what regiment it is from and i would appreciate any opinion as to if it has any value or not. it has some bad mothing as I have illustrated but overall in solid enough condition no other markings other than what in photos thanks ken The top Kokarde was the German Empire's one in an earlier life. Black, white, red from out to in. Every German soldier had one on top of his cap. Bottom one is to denote the State where the Regiment that a particular German soldier was in, came from. In this case the Kingdom of Saxony. Or not. I could be só wrong with that, but it sure looks Royal Saxony to me! Albeit it a somewhat dilapidated version... This is what they look like new. (Says eBay.......) Edited 5 February , 2019 by JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 6 February , 2019 Share Posted 6 February , 2019 (edited) Hi, it´s Saxon alright. The stamp gives it away. XIX AK was the 2nd Saxon Armeekorps with the regions of and around Leipzig and Zwickau as well as Chemnitz from which it drew its troops. GreyC Edited 6 February , 2019 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 6 February , 2019 Share Posted 6 February , 2019 The red band and piping makes it a Krätzchen for infantry units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmad Posted 6 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 6 February , 2019 Many thanks all for the ID nice to know what it is regards ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 15 February , 2019 Share Posted 15 February , 2019 On 06/02/2019 at 03:59, GreyC said: Hi, it´s Saxon alright. The stamp gives it away. XIX AK was the 2nd Saxon Armeekorps with the regions of and around Leipzig and Zwickau as well as Chemnitz from which it drew its troops. GreyC Wish I could find something like that! Just to elaborate slightly, if I may GreyC, on your perfectly correct ID, and just for the benefit of Kmad really - 'BA' is short for 'Bekleidungs Amt' of clothing office. There is a nice article on these at: http://pickelhauben.net/depot-marks/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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