Lot of 2x WW1 photo postcards of German soldiers who appear to be from the Prussian Lehr-Infanterie-Regiment, noting the embroidered “L” on each soldier’s visible shoulder boards, along with the Guards litzen both have on the collars of their tunics.

The Lehr Infantry Battalion (infantry instruction battalion) was first raised in 1819 for the Prussian Army. In 1914, it formed part of the Guards Corps and was garrisoned in Potsdam near Berlin. When the German Army was mobilised for war on 2 August 1914, the Lehr Infantry Battalion was expanded to regimental strength as the Lehr-Infanterie-Regiment comprising 12 companies, with two machine gun companies also provided to the regiment. The Lehr-Infanterie-Regiment joined the Guards Fusilier Regiment, to form the new 6th Guards Infantry Brigade as part of the 3rd Guards Division. The Lehr-Infanterie-Regiment served with this division throughout the war on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during 1914-18.

The soldier in the photo postcard on the left appears to be from No. 1 Company of Lehr-Infanterie-Regiment and is wearing a peaked cap without chinstrap, and has a reverse inscription with this soldier’s name and is dated 1918.  

The other photo postcard shows the soldier wearing a peaked cap with chinstrap and the Iron Cross 1914 2nd Class medal ribbon in the buttonhole position, and on the reverse, has an inscription with this soldier’s name.

Both photo postcards are in very good condition overall.

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