Weapons, dress and equipment
Easy to point and quick to discharge, the ‘Luger’ pistol (1) offered fair stopping power, but could be temperamental under muddy conditions. He carries a Stielhandgranate (2), a key infantry weapon widely issued from 1915.
His steel helmet (3) is camouflaged in a sacking cover. He wears the 1915-type fly-fronted Bluse (4); the shoulder straps (5) display the regimental numerals and the green collar (6) has an edging of silver-coloured lace, the rank insignia of the Unteroffizier. He also wears corduroy trousers (7) with leather knee-patches, puttees (8) and black ankle boots (9).
The pistol holster (10) on his waist belt is worn alongside wire cutters (11). A bread bag (12) with a water bottle attached (13) are carried at his rear right. His gas mask (14) is carried in the ready position, while its cylinder (15) is suspended under his left arm by a narrow strap. Carried on shoulder straps concealed by the grenade bags (16) worn under both arms, his Sturmgepäck (assault equipment) consists of a mess tin (17) around which is wrapped a rolled shelter-quarter (18) secured with straps.
Easy to point and quick to discharge, the ‘Luger’ pistol (1) offered fair stopping power, but could be temperamental under muddy conditions. He carries a Stielhandgranate (2), a key infantry weapon widely issued from 1915.
His steel helmet (3) is camouflaged in a sacking cover. He wears the 1915-type fly-fronted Bluse (4); the shoulder straps (5) display the regimental numerals and the green collar (6) has an edging of silver-coloured lace, the rank insignia of the Unteroffizier. He also wears corduroy trousers (7) with leather knee-patches, puttees (8) and black ankle boots (9).
The pistol holster (10) on his waist belt is worn alongside wire cutters (11). A bread bag (12) with a water bottle attached (13) are carried at his rear right. His gas mask (14) is carried in the ready position, while its cylinder (15) is suspended under his left arm by a narrow strap. Carried on shoulder straps concealed by the grenade bags (16) worn under both arms, his Sturmgepäck (assault equipment) consists of a mess tin (17) around which is wrapped a rolled shelter-quarter (18) secured with straps.
Weapons, dress and equipment
Easy to point and quick to discharge, the ‘Luger’ pistol (1) offered fair stopping power, but could be temperamental under muddy conditions. He carries a Stielhandgranate (2), a key infantry weapon widely issued from 1915.
His steel helmet (3) is camouflaged in a sacking cover. He wears the 1915-type fly-fronted Bluse (4); the shoulder straps (5) display the regimental numerals and the green collar (6) has an edging of silver-coloured lace, the rank insignia of the Unteroffizier. He also wears corduroy trousers (7) with leather knee-patches, puttees (8) and black ankle boots (9).
The pistol holster (10) on his waist belt is worn alongside wire cutters (11). A bread bag (12) with a water bottle attached (13) are carried at his rear right. His gas mask (14) is carried in the ready position, while its cylinder (15) is suspended under his left arm by a narrow strap. Carried on shoulder straps concealed by the grenade bags (16) worn under both arms, his Sturmgepäck (assault equipment) consists of a mess tin (17) around which is wrapped a rolled shelter-quarter (18) secured with straps.
Easy to point and quick to discharge, the ‘Luger’ pistol (1) offered fair stopping power, but could be temperamental under muddy conditions. He carries a Stielhandgranate (2), a key infantry weapon widely issued from 1915.
His steel helmet (3) is camouflaged in a sacking cover. He wears the 1915-type fly-fronted Bluse (4); the shoulder straps (5) display the regimental numerals and the green collar (6) has an edging of silver-coloured lace, the rank insignia of the Unteroffizier. He also wears corduroy trousers (7) with leather knee-patches, puttees (8) and black ankle boots (9).
The pistol holster (10) on his waist belt is worn alongside wire cutters (11). A bread bag (12) with a water bottle attached (13) are carried at his rear right. His gas mask (14) is carried in the ready position, while its cylinder (15) is suspended under his left arm by a narrow strap. Carried on shoulder straps concealed by the grenade bags (16) worn under both arms, his Sturmgepäck (assault equipment) consists of a mess tin (17) around which is wrapped a rolled shelter-quarter (18) secured with straps.
Weapons, dress and equipment
This officer’s main weapon is a .303in SMLE Mk III rifle (1) with Pattern 1907 bayonet (2) affixed. He also carries a .455in Webley Mk VI revolver (3), attached to a lanyard around his neck and holstered on his left side so as to be drawn across with the right hand.
He wears a steel helmet (4). Intended to make the officer wearing it indistinguishable from ‘other ranks’ at a distance his ‘wind up’ jacket (5) is an issue khaki service dress (SD) garment bearing just a single ‘pip’ on each shoulder, regimental ‘collar dogs’ and 30th Division upper-arm insignia (6). The jacket is worn with SD trousers (7), puttees (8) and ankle boots (9). His personal equipment includes a leather waist belt (10) and small pistol-ammunition pouch (11), plus a rifle-ammunition bandolier (12) over his left shoulder. He also carries a carrotshaped ‘private purchase’ flask (13), examples of which appear in various regimental museum collections.
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