Tuesday 31 March 2015

Imperial German VII

Having cracked half of 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, I Corps of the German 8th Army c.1914 last year, it was time to move onto the second regiment - 41st Infantry Regiment 'von Boyen' (5th East Prussian) (Infanterie-Regiment von Boyen (5. Ostpreuß) Nr.41).

The acquisition of Kraus's excellent work on the uniforms and personal equipment of the Imperial German army sees this battalion enjoy a few refinements.



Firstly and most simply, the canteens went from being painted as all leather to my giving the canteen a dull brown to represent felt.

The main difference is the painting of sword knots in company/battalion colours - in this case with a white background to denote 1st battalion.



Here we have the second company, leading the fourth company:



As always, officers - both commissioned and non-commisssioned - followed their own rules:



For completeness, here are the rules of cap buttons.



 These plates all come from Ruhl, M., Die Uniformen der Deutschen Armee, Volume 2, (Leipzig, 1899).





10 comments:

  1. Very nice Early-War Germans, Stephen. I prefer this period of uniforms over the latter with Stahlhelm.

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    1. Yes, and there's still enough manoeuvre to make large scale battles playable :-)

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  2. Wonderful attention to detail - when painting miniatures, one gets a certain satisfaction in knowing they are historically correct. I might have to pick up my own copy of that Kraus Bible! Thanks for the tip.

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  3. Agreed. They look sharp. What size are those miniatures? Are they all from the same manufacturer? If so, which one? Your project has sparked an interest :-)
    Regards,
    Jean-Philippe
    Montréal

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    1. Many thanks, Jean-Philippe. These are all by Great War Miniatures 28mm, i.e. Aly Morrison and Dave Andrews. However, their Russian adversaries come from Brigade Games.

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  4. Great work there Stephen! I do like the Great War Miniatures range!

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    1. Thanks, Rodger. They are lovely sculpts :-)

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  5. Excellent job, these Germans are really nice!

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