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Does "the decoration of button holes that only officers wore" mean junior officers and field grade officers??

OmSigDAVID wrote:

THAT is new substantive information.
Does "the decoration of button holes that only officers wore" mean junior officers and field grade officers??

Indeed. I've never read such.

What I know is that Frederick the Great introduced the "Rabatte" ... I don't know the English term, but it is to be seen on the (original) blue part of pic below


This was changed again in 1798: the became integrated part of the jacket - thus, button wholes and buttons were only ornaments.

As you can see from the first picture, the drummers of the 26th Infantry even had the tassel type decoration on their lace .

In the second picture, the button hole decorations can be seen on filed officers of some units and not others .

I have surmised that the 26th Infantry had the button loops similar to some other units, but at this stage it was still comparatively plain compared to much later when it was used for general and staff officer rank throughout the army .

The illustrated officers are regimental officers, of ensign, lieutenant, captain equivalent ranks. And one Field Officer. But I think the link is proven with the regiment musician also wearing the tassel part on the end of their lace.

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Infanterieregiment No. 26 (1678/2)
* Regiment zu Fuß (1715). 1714 Curt Hildebrand von Löben, 1730 Henning Alexander von Kleist, 1749 Dietrich Richard von Meyerinck, 1758 Carl Heinrich von Wedel, 1760 Christian Bogislav von Linden, 1764 Anton Abraham von Steinkeller, 1778 Hans Christoph von Woldeck (ab 1782: „Alt-Woldeck“), 1789 Philipp Albrecht von Schwerin, 1795 Carl Leopold von Larisch. Standort: Berlin.

All the insigna of the Infantrie Regiment No 26 (Regiment zu Fuss) between 1749 and 1778, under the commanding officers von Meyerinck and von Steinkeller:

Transcript:
Regimentschefs:
Dietrich Richard von Meyerinck (1749-1758)
Anton Abraham von Steinkeller (1764-1778)

Offiziere: Stickereischleifen
12 auf der Brust
4 unter der Brust
8 auf die Ärmel
4 auf die Patten
4 in der Taille
2 hinten
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34 Stück kosten 12 Rtlr.
(6/2/4/2/1 + 2 seitlich in der Taille)

Unteroffiziere: Tressenschleifen
4 in der Taille
2 hinten
12 auf der Brust
4 auf die Ärmel
-------------------------
22 Stück
(6/2/2/-/1)

Mannschaften: Bandschleifen
4 in der Taille
2 hinten
12 auf der Brust
4 auf die Ärmel
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22 Stück
(6/2/2/-/1) Tambour-Schnüre

Source: Deutsches Museum, Militaria-Sammlung ('German Historical Museum, militaria collection')

Das Regiment trug Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts eine blaue Uniform mit roten Aufschlägen und gelben Knöpfen. Auf der Brust und den runden Ärmelaufschlägen befanden sich 6 paarweise zugespitzte gelbe Bandlitzen. Die Mütze der Grenadiere war weiß mit einem weiß-roten Püschel. Der Beschlag war gelb. Die Regimentsfahne war gelb mit weißem Flammenkreuz.

Well, the "grenadier fifer, Reg. No. 26" must be of a later period:
until 1806, the Regiment No. 26 wasn't a Grenadier Regiment (and afterwards, it didn't exist anymore)

I think you will find it was a grenadier company . Later, a lot of armies amalgamated grenadier companies into special grenadier regiments, usually for shock action rather than throwing grenades .

It was originally chosen as a rank symbol for generals, later for field marshalls, and then it had the third "device" added to its side to distinguish it from the generals and their two "devices" .

I'm not sure about your knowledge in German, but it was called "Infanterie-Regiment zu Fuss".
There were 'Grenadier Regimenter' at the very same time.

From 1900 Prussian generals had worn ornate collar patches embroidered in a style called alt-Larisch, which had first been worn in the 18th century by the 26th (älterer von Larisch) Infantry Regiment; the Reichsheer and the Wehrmacht continued the tradition. These devices, sometimes called Arabesken (arabesques), were embroidered in gold bullion or golden synthetic Celleon on Hochrot (scarlet) backing.
Field Marshal

Field Marshals wore the same Arabesken as generals until April 1941, when they were authorized a longer variant with three rather than two iterations of the repeating pattern, for a total of six "prongs." In some cases GFM did not bother to replace their generals' tabs, or did so only on their dress uniforms.