Original Item. Only One Available. The East Frisian Field Artillery Regiment No. 62 was an artillery unit of the Prussian Army in the German Empire. The regiment was established on March 25, 1899 (its founding day) as part of the army expansion and originally bore the designation "Field Artillery Regiment No. 62". It was formed from elements of the 2nd Hanoverian Field Artillery Regiment No. 26 in Verden , whose 1st Battalion was stationed in Oldenburg . This battalion remained in Oldenburg as the 1st Battalion of the new regiment, while the 2nd Battalion was transferred from Verden to Osnabrück in 1903. Together with the 2nd Hanoverian Field Artillery Regiment No. 26, the unit formed the 19th Field Artillery Brigade of the 19th Division .

On January 27, 1902, the newly formed field artillery regiments received nicknames in honor of the Kaiser's birthday, referring to the regions of Germany where they were stationed or from which they drew their replacements. Field Artillery Regiment No. 62 was thus given the nickname "East Frisian," even though its garrisons in Oldenburg and Osnabrück were not located in East Frisia , and only a portion of its replacements came from East Frisia. The regimental headquarters remained in Oldenburg until the regiment's disbandment on May 31, 1919.

In the summer of 1900, six officers, six non-commissioned officers, and 18 men volunteered to join the East Asian Expeditionary Corps to suppress the Yi he tuan movement in China ; some of them participated in various battles. Those involved received the China Commemorative Medal. Between 1904 and 1906, six officers, one medical officer, two paymaster candidates, eight non-commissioned officers, one trumpeter, and 15 men volunteered to suppress the Herero uprising in German Southwest Africa . There were apparently several deaths from diseases such as typhus. While the number of officers and non-commissioned officers among the volunteers was quite high, the number of regular conscripts was strikingly low.

This is a great framed photograph of a battery in the Ostfries. Feldartillerie Regiment Nr. 62 serving between 1905 and 1907. The photo is flanked at both ends with a field cannon next to wicker-basket shell carriers next to artillery shells. 

An outstanding photo framed in a modern frame, measuring  16 ¼ x 20 ¼”. Ready to display.