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Hello, the man seated on the first photo wears the typical russian doctors hospital robe with short or rolledup sleeves

Utgardloki .Thanks! ,vielen danke ! for share your finds. A question ,Is in the book any reference to the Grey uniform for Governors ? Ihad see a pic of the surrender of the South west Africa in 1915 and on it appears Governor Seitz in grey uniform

Utgardloki . I think that in some Museum or Auction House may exists uniforms for Civil Servants of the German Empire

Why ?

Hello , the pickelhaube is a nice piece , apart from the splintering i dont see other damage , Stahlhut says that if you file a claim they will pay you but they have reatain the pickelhaube . better ask to some specialist about how to restore the lack , that of the helm must be some kind of nitrocellulose based .of the same type of the one used to coat hand made guitars

My pleasure .

Dr Heinrich Schnee wears the uniform of Governor of German East Africa . dark blue tunic with white collar and cuffs .the cuffs were of same model of those of the used by Generals. both collar and cuffs were embroidered in a pattern for civilian servants .the headress was a peaked cap in dark blue with white band and piping with the imperial cockade on the band .white trousers and black shoes .

ccj ,Taking about aiguilletes or fourrageres ,do you know how expensive are today these items ? take a look at : handembroideyshop.com and their prices. poor fellows those obliged to wear one !

Try here , www bddm.org/ a French Fundation for the Memory of the Deportation and Internement during WW2

eurorders , The Spanish Military Merit Cross ,with red distinctive could be pensionada ,that is linked with a life long monetary assignation to the recipient or his mourners in case of the posthumous awards. Today the Military Merit Cross with red distinctive is not pensionada . strangely the equivalent Cross for the Guardia Civil and the Policia Nacional is pensionada

Peter : In complete concordance with you

Rollo , Insigna Specialist de Clasa 2 transmisiune

Peter, Sir Douglas thanks to Mr Ll oyd George received an Earldom and the financial reward of 100 thousand pounds ,but not was the only . Sir John Jellicoe was first made a viscount and later received an Earldom and the financial reward.

Hello ,Iam not certain if in Imperial Germany or Austria Hungary existed decorations with a monetary stipendium anexed but i can said that in many cases the Monarch added to the award a money donation . The Prussian Kings were very generous with the generals and high officials which served well . Emperor Francis Joseph was also a grateful monarch . In Great Britain after WW1 Sir Douglas Haig received apart of the honours a metallic donation of 100 thousand pounds . In Germany It was called Dotation ,Crown Dotation and could be in metallic or Land , curiously during the Weimar Republic and during the III rd Reich the System was mantained , Hitler was very generous with his followers or persons who desires to flatter

Well , they appears to be Argentine documents regarding the crew of the Graf Spee . but i not see clearly the Argentine Navy or Police stamps , or the signatures .Please enlarge the second one

Hello, In Spain existed decorations associated with a money stipendium .

Hello , the lieutenant on the right side of the photo carries what appears to be a disc granate ? The officer on the center wears a German M1907 10 Tunic

Why do you think that are fakes ?

OK Doc .

Nice pieces but you need a Brother to identify each one .

Hello toot, may i ask why are you interested in the equipments used in the 1930 film '?

Hello, Swedish certainly not. neither present or past . US Navy ,Chief Petty Officer badge for use with the grey uniform .

The Austro Hungarian M 15 mountain cannon was one of the best pieces of his kind ever made. it was used after the War by the Italians in Lybia, Ethiopia , Greece , Russia and again Lybia. It remained also in service with Hungary ,Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. The Czech Army until its demotion in 1939 used the gun too , the Polish Army destroyed in 1939 employed many pieces .even the Wehrmacht employed the 75mm M15 . either the ones belonging to the Austrian Bundesheer until 1938 or the Italian ones captured after the 1943 Armnistice

Hello, Darre was born in Argentina .of German father and Argentine mother . he was send to Germany to study . he voluntereed in the WW1 and after the war he thought of return to his country of birth but it was not possible for him so he stayed in Germany and completed his formation in Agricultural Matters.

Hello bcalkins , If a fake, it was carefully made by someone with good knowledge of the matter . But its something that a faker rarely take in account and is the Cloth . is possible to determine if the cloth has 100 years or is a today one. perhaps the cap is a reenactement uniform item .manufactured in Eastern Europe ,from the Czech Republic to Romania , including Poland