{"product_id":"original-austro-hungarian-wwi-10th-landwehr-regiment-field-cap-size-52","title":"Original Austro-Hungarian WWI 10th Landwehr Regiment Field Cap - Size 52½","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very interesting original Austro-Hungarian WWI field cap identified to \u003cstrong\u003ek.k. Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Jungbunzlau Nr. 10, \u003c\/strong\u003eor the Imperial-Royal 10th Landwehr Infantry Regiment headquartered at Jungbunzlau, today Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic. The cap retains its distinctive tall dark body, wide leather chinstrap with matching\u003cstrong\u003e 10\u003c\/strong\u003e buttons, bullion trim, and a bullion front cord terminating at a \u003cstrong\u003e10th Landwehr regimental badge\u003c\/strong\u003e. The upper cockade that would originally have completed the front insignia arrangement is now absent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003e10th Landwehr Infantry Regiment\u003c\/strong\u003e was formed in \u003cstrong\u003e1889\u003c\/strong\u003e from earlier Landwehr battalions and was based at \u003cstrong\u003eJungbunzlau, Bohemia\u003c\/strong\u003e. By 1914, the regimental headquarters together with the I and II Battalions were stationed at Jungbunzlau, while the III Battalion was based at \u003cstrong\u003eTurnau\u003c\/strong\u003e, today Turnov.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe regiment recruited principally from the districts of \u003cstrong\u003eJungbunzlau and Turnau\u003c\/strong\u003e. Contemporary organizational records list its prewar ethnic composition as approximately \u003cstrong\u003e95 percent Czech\u003c\/strong\u003e, reflecting the predominantly Czech-speaking population of its Bohemian recruiting area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the outbreak of WWI, Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Nr. 10 formed part of the \u003cstrong\u003e52nd Landwehr Infantry Brigade within the 26th Landwehr Infantry Division\u003c\/strong\u003e, under the Austro-Hungarian IX Corps organization. The regiment was mobilized for service against Russia and entered the fighting on the \u003cstrong\u003eGalician Front in 1914.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe regiment subsequently saw extensive service on the Eastern Front. During the major \u003cstrong\u003eBrusilov Offensive of 1916\u003c\/strong\u003e, the 10th Landwehr was involved in the fighting around Lutsk in Volhynia, where the Austro-Hungarian front was broken by the Russian offensive. The regiment withdrew with the surrounding formations toward \u003cstrong\u003eKovel and the upper Stokhod River line.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e1917\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Austrian Landwehr infantry regiments were redesignated as Schützenregimenter, and Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Jungbunzlau Nr. 10 became \u003cstrong\u003eSchützenregiment Nr. 10\u003c\/strong\u003e. The regiment continued in Austro-Hungarian service through the final phase of WWI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hat has a bullion cord along the bottom edge and a pressed leather visor in good shape with crazing and retained edge trim. There are quite a few moth nips to the exterior but the field cap has held up well overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior shows a faux leather sweatband with a retained size tag, reading 52 ½. There is a shadow where another tag once was, maybe a maker’s label. The sweatband has some holes and the stitching is a bit weak. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very rare Austro-Hungarian field cap to find in any condition. The combination of the \u003cstrong\u003e10th Landwehr regimental buttons, surviving bullion cord and badge, dark Landwehr-style body, original chinstrap, size 52½ interior tag, and direct association with Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Jungbunzlau Nr. 10 \u003c\/strong\u003emakes this a particularly interesting Austro-Hungarian WWI headgear example. The missing upper cockade, exterior moth damage, weakened sweatband stitching, and lost interior label are the principal condition issues, while the surviving numbered insignia firmly associates the cap with a predominantly Czech regiment that served from Galicia and Volhynia through the later years of the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46275828711493,"sku":"ONSV26MWC029","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/80E8286C-2D2E-4CB8-A0A3-164A9400049A.jpg?v=1793819019","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-austro-hungarian-wwi-10th-landwehr-regiment-field-cap-size-52","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}