When war is declaired all german pioneer bataillons are mobilized. This exact unit marking comes from the prussian 1900 unit marking regulation.Įverything regarding the history and structure of the german pioneer bataillons is very complicated, a nightmare to research without access to the state archives in Berlin and i cant stretch enough that i am by no means an expert in this field but a very simplefied explanation might sound something like this. My personal english translation would be something like pioneer (or combat engineer) siege supply unit, so "pioneer siege supply unit no.
149." stands for " Pionier- Belagerungstrain Nr. First of all, yes, your translation of the unit marking is correct. I would appreciate any help that could be provided here. I suspect I may be barking up the wrong tree here but I am not sure I am even in the right forest! I tried to find out more about the 4th Engineer Siege Battalion but could not find out anything in another amazing source document "Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918)", published by the US War Dept in 1920 ( ). Is that correct?Īfter thinking about this, I am wondering if there is any way to tell which "P" unit applies to this rifle? If so, how? My initial translation of this stamp is Engineer Siege Service Corp, Battalion #4, rifle #149. of this same source says the "PB" marking seen on my rifle stands for Pionier-Belagerungstrain which translates to Engineer Siege Service Corps. Jager oder Grenadier-Regiment zu Pferde (Jager or Grenadier on Horseback).īelagerungs (Siege, often followed by a modified such as Train, Telegraph, etc.) I went to Jeff Noll's amazing "The Imperial German Regimental Marking" book, the Revised Edition Redux version, and if I interpret the info on page 31 correctly, the "P" symbol on my rifle could mean one of several things: The band is stamped "P.B.4.149." with the "B" in script form.
I recently acquired an 1890 dated OEWG-Steyr-built Gew 1888 Commission rifle with regimental unit markings on the front barrel band (see pic below).
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