WW1 German Bavarian Uhlan (1st Regiment ) Tschapka

If you are searching for a mint condition parade ready example of the rare Bavarian 1st Regiment Uhlans Tschapka then read no further ! If you prefer an untouched time capsule of the Great War German cavalryman then this piece may be for you ..
This officers Tschapka of the Bavarian 1st Uhlans is identified as such by its gilt fittings . Uncleaned & still with its original Bavarian Feldzeichen this is mounted with state coloured felt on a wooden base. There is only one cockade , the national, to its right side with no cockade on the left this totally correct as the field badge with Bavarian colours was worn in place of it. Original officers chinscales to front. To interior the pencil size mark of '56' can be seen with fine leather headband still in place . Although largely present it is of thin leather & not mint condition, the whole helmet hung up in an old house in France for a long period of time exposed to the hot & cold fluctuation of air. Natural age crackling to leather surfaces , totally original to the helmet.

Raised in 1863 it was one of the more noble regiments of the Bavarian army, beside of the Leib-Regiment and the heavy cavalry. It had an above-average proportion of noble officers (members of the Egloffstein, Guttenberg, Stauffenberg and Wittelsbach served in it), that’s why it got the nickname 'Champagne-Uhlans'. The regiment entered World War I on August 3, 1914 with a strength of 33 officers, 654 Uhlans, 729 horses and 19 vehicles. During the war it lost 16 officers, 17 NCOs and 191 enlisted men. 17 men were missing, 4 NCOs and 29 enlisted men were taken prisoner.
After the signing of the Versailles-Treaty and the transfer of military sovereignty from Bavaria to the Weimar-Republic in 1919, the regiment was disbanded.

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