LarryT

Another photo showing canvas gaiters in wear.

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Larry

On 28/05/2018 at 20:31, Hans Kristian said:

Really nice pictures you are sharing here.

I have only a few of the KM personel, here is one.

 

Nice photo, thanks for sharing.?

Küsten-Artillerie.

15 minutes ago, Odulf said:

Thanks Larry, could be a thin chain, indeed, for a whistle, whach or stop-watch. In general the whistle is tuched away in the breast pocket. This is fastened to the button in such a manner that the pocketflap cannot be opened without removing the ring of the chain/cord, so I presueme it is for a temporary purpose.

I agree, most likely a watch or stop-watch. Here is a photo of a whistle cord tucked into the breast pocket.

1 minute ago, SICHERHEITSDIENTS said:

Nice pic Morten... Thanks for sharing ??

I agree, top photo!

14 minutes ago, Odulf said:

Hi Morten, a very nice portrait! Could jou please post a close up of the shoulderboard? 

On the left lower cuff visible, the double yellow/gold tapes of a Ober-/Hauptfeldwebel acting as Kompanieoberfeldwebel (Spiess) [Company Sergeant-Major / Warrant Oficer Class II).

The Kriegsmarine-Schiessauszeichnung (Marksman cord) is of blue wool, acorns in black,silver, gold to indicate class, not often seen on the feldgrau Naval tunic.

Fantastic photo Morten, thanks for posting it.

Cheers,

Larry

2 hours ago, Odulf said:

Nice one Larry ( with 2 KM Abzeichen!), is he wearing canvas anklets, and is that a little chain dissapearing into his left lower pocket?

So that's a bit of a puzzle still. Thanks for your reply!

It is a cord which is attached to the button on his top left pocket and runs down inside the bottom left pocket.

a cord attached to a whistle perhaps.

Another for the thread.

13 hours ago, Odulf said:

Interesting photo Larry, do you have more info about what we see (location, unit, year)?

Hi,

The photo is in an album which belonged to a crewman who served aboard M132  (1 Minensuchflottille). As there are many photos of the 1 Minensuchflottille 1 cap tally in wear I would say they were taken pre -1939. He served some time aboard the harbor vessel v.St. Hieckmann, Memel as well. The album contains postcards of Minensuchflottille Pillau, Pillau Harbor, Marineschule Flensburg, Torpedoschule Flensberg-Mürwik. Is it possible that the parade photo was taken at one of those locations?

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Larry

Parade. From a 1 Minensuchflottille album.

Oberbootsmannmaat (left) and Steuermannsmaat.

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Larry

Very nice!

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Larry

14 hours ago, nesredep said:

Hi ,
We are a 5-6 friends in here who are active on this Forum and they are
I am very fond of. But then we unfortunately have an open Forum as people do not have to sign up to see the posts. But unfortunately also many members in here who unfortunately only harvest but sow very rarely.

 

Best,Morten.

Hi ,
although what I write above is the case I need to post more from my collection.

 

Best,Morten.

Hi,

I'm afraid it happens in all threads and forums. You have thousands of members, thousands of looks at threads, a few who comment and a few who contribute. The few who contribute keep the threads alive otherwise they would die.

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Larry

Nice Morten. Here is another.

Nice photo Morten.

I agree, nice photo!

Nice photo Morten.?

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Larry

A new one from me.

My pleasure. Here is another contribution. Kriegsmarinedienstelle Stettin tally. This is from a small photo lot of a reunion of WW1 ex-U-Boat crew. The ceremony was held aboard U-43.

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Larry

Another from the series. Unterseebootflottille Hundius tallys and one Marineschule Wesermunde tally.

Nice photos gentlemen. Here is a new addition to my collection. Torpedoschule.

17 hours ago, Odulf said:

Very nice Larry and thanks for sharing, these yellow/red Laufbahn- und Sonderausbildungsabzeichen on fieldgrey material patches are hard to find. On photos they are even harder to find, thank you for bringing this under our attention. However,, I have some remarks: 

- The fieldgrey patches, as issued on blue for POs (Unterführer ohne Portepee) and lower ranks, we have/see are mainly as worn by the Artilley branch;

- In the Reichsmarine the patches were allowed, but in the Kriegsmarine, the wearing of these insignia was strictly forbidden; which could indicate that they are Reichsmarine. However some of the insignia used date from the KM period.

- The Sonderausbildungsabzeichen (red on fieldgrey) have been on the market for long. the Laufbahnabzeichen (yellow on fieldgrey) appear to be around for shorter time (after my asking around amongst very long time collectors).

Without expressing opinions about the originality (I have to do more research into an unresearched field) I am only stating that this field is yet another field for research, the only sources I have are are Schlicht & Zienert, and ancient men now vanished.

So, a matter worth researching together...

 

 

Thanks for your input and I totally agree that more research is needed on the yellow on feldgrey laufbahnabzeichen.  Photos of these in wear would be nice but I haven't seen any. The only reference material I have about the yellow on grey patches is Angolia & Schlicht's Die Kriegsmarine - Uniforms & Traditions vol. 3, pages 36-38.

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Larry

Very nice combination.

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Larry

From my collection.

11 hours ago, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

Thank you Larry. The unknown Konteradmiral is Gustav Kieseritzky, later Vizeadmiral.

Thanks for the ID of my Konteradmiral photo.

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Larry

Unknown Konteradmiral.

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Larry

Early photo of Kzsee Hermann von Bredow promoted Konteradmiral 01. Nov. 1942.

Vizeadmiral August Thiele.

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Larry

My pleasure Morten.

There were two different types of Spielmann patches. Each one woven slightly differently.

The one on the right is in my collection.

Cheers, Larry

Photo of Kapitän zur See Karl Kaufmann (later a Vizeadmiral (ing.)

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Larry