Marine Feld Comp DOA

[Chris Dale]

Hello all,
I'm looking for help identfying the unit to which this cap tally belonged. Any clues would be appreciated.
Cheers
Chris

[Tanzania]

Hello all,
I'm looking for help identfying the unit to which this cap tally belonged. Any clues would be appreciated.
Cheers Chris

Never heard about this or seen such a badge.

There exist only a "Koenigsberg Field Company" in 1916, but without such a description or badge.

Is there a year associated with it? (I assume you've checked that it's not fake!?)

Regards Holger

[Chris Dale]

Hi Holger,
Thanks for your opinion, I agree. I've never heard of such a unit. I don't know if its a fake or what it's origins are. I was asking in case they were a unit that I had missed.
Cheers
Chris

[IanE]

Hi Chris,

I could not find your ribbon in:
Die Mützenbänder der kaiserlichen Deutschen Marine 1848 - 1920
Horst Rivier
Lang & Hopf GmbH Kolbermoor 1980

However (isn’t there always a ‘however’), there is a ‘Marine.Exp. Korps Deutsch Ost-Afrika’. Close, but no cigar!
Not much help I am afraid, but I would not right of your ribbon just yet.

Regards,
Ian

[Tanzania]

It must be an earlier version.

Until or around the end of the 19th century, the word was spelled in
German as it appears on the alleged cap band: Compagnie, later Kompanie

Regards Holger

[Chris Dale]

Hi Chris,
I could not find your ribbon in: Die Mützenbänder der kaiserlichen Deutschen Marine 1848 - 1920
However (isn’t there always a ‘however’), there is a ‘Marine.Exp. Korps Deutsch Ost-Afrika’. Close, but no cigar!
Not much help I am afraid, but I would not right of your ribbon just yet.
Regards, Ian

Thanks for checking Ian,
I looked there too and yes it's not quite matching the Marine Exp Korps of the Maji Maji era.
Cheers
Chris