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E.B.L.I.R.18.28Feb.1915.gw090807
Ersatz Btn LIR 18 Rekruten Depot - armed w/ Gew 88's. Cancellation Culm, Feb. 28, 1915. All rekruten wearing feldgrau stahlblech pickelhauben. The drill instructor is in the back row, center one with dienst mutze. To his right a rekrut wears a black stahlblech or a M95 pickelhaube. To his left a rekrut wearing the M95 waffenrock, has a stenciled uberzug. All have M1909 ammo pouches. L.I.R. 18 -Osterode/East Prussia ( I.Btn), Prussian Eylau (II Btn.), Marienburg (III Btn.) and Lutzen (IV Btn.).
E.B.L.I.R.18.28Feb.1915.gw090807
Ersatz Btn LIR 18 Rekruten Depot - armed w/ Gew 88's. Cancellation Culm, Feb. 28, 1915. All rekruten wearing feldgrau stahlblech pickelhauben. The drill instructor is in the back row, center one with dienst mutze. To his right a rekrut wears a black stahlblech or a M95 pickelhaube. To his left a rekrut wearing the M95 waffenrock, has a stenciled uberzug. All have M1909 ammo pouches. L.I.R. 18 -Osterode/East Prussia ( I.Btn), Prussian Eylau (II Btn.), Marienburg (III Btn.) and Lutzen (IV Btn.).