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can annyone identify this Wurttenberg button


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im doing an impression of the 54th reserve division (Wurttenberg) and i was wondering if i need special buttons similar to the bavarian ones, so i found these does annyone know more about them they where listet as "uniform buttons". thanks already.

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That's a Gefreiter- or Sergeantenknopf, depending on the size (a rank button on the collar). Normal uniform buttons were the same as the Prussian ones (king's crown).

Jan

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1 hour ago, AOK4 said:

That's a Gefreiter- or Sergeantenknopf, depending on the size (a rank button on the collar). Normal uniform buttons were the same as the Prussian ones (king's crown).

Jan

Big thanks mate, so they used normal buttons but different gefreiter buttons , do you happan to know how big a Gefreiter button is?

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I strongly recommend "Die feldgraue Uniformierung des deutschen Heeres 1907-1918" for anyone interested in German uniforms from WWI. A Gefreiterknopf is app. 24 mm, a Sergeantenknopf app. 30 mm.

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For those really into German buttons this is the go-to book: Lüdenscheider Knopfbuch / Im Frieden wie im Krieg: Militärische Uniformknöpfe in Preussen-Deutschland seit Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts (Schriften zu den Beständen des Stadtmuseums Lüdenscheid) 2005. Sadly out of print and quite expensive now, it is a standard source for specialists, though.

GreyC

 

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