Family history - my great-great-grandfather Hans

 Family history - my great-great-grandfather Hans

Hello,

today I would like to show you another hand-painted soldier. It was one of the first ideas I had when I started painting paper soldiers at the beginning of January. I am doing some family tree research and have been able to collect a few photos. Among them is a whole series of "soldier photos" from the period 1890 to 2010. And it is precisely these soldiers from the family that I would like to depict little by little - a military family tree of my family with paper soldiers.

I will start here with my great-great-grandfather Hans. He lived from 1870 to 1938 and is currently the oldest member whose military career I know. He was a soldier for the first time (as a conscript) from 1890 to 1892 in the Royal Bavarian 1st Jäger Battalion "König". 

There is also a picture of him from this time. This was originally colored, which at that time meant nothing more than painting over the black and white photo with colors - usually only the head and hands (if visible) remained exposed. Unfortunately, I only have a copy of a copy of this picture. The original picture must have been badly damaged. 

I tried to depict this uniform here. It wasn't easy for me and I had to paint over many areas of the figure several times until I was satisfied. But I think it turned out pretty nice. Unfortunately, I don't know which company he served in, so I chose the company badge (Troddel) from a 1st company. Since it is white, it is the easiest to paint over if I should find the right information one day.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the only time my great-great-grandfather had to wear a uniform. Firstly, he probably completed another military exercise in the same unit in 1906, and secondly, he was called up again in 1915. I also have some photos and his military records from this time, so there will be another figure for this at some point.

Best wishes,

Andreas