A portrait of a senior NCO, most probably a CSM (Feldwebel) or SNCO Acting Officer (not commissioned), known as an Offizierstellvertreter, in the 'walking out dress' of Infantry Leib Regiment 'Gro?herzogin' Nr 117 based in Mainz (part of the , 25th Gro?herzoglich Hessische Division with its HQ in Darmstadt). The peaked cap with red band, the 'split' coloured high collar with white/silver trim and red with the jacket piping in red also is typical attire for an Infantry SNCO/junior (non-commissioned) officer at that time. As a Leib Regiment, it owed personal loyalty to the Hessian Duchy family. Not surprisingly, therefore, the 'A' on the epaulette signifies Gro?hrezogin Alice von Hesse who was the Regiment's equivalent to the titular Royal / Ducal Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment. . Anna Hillermann, (German) B.1875.