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Hello, in the book Naval Marine and Air Force uniforms of WW2 , Andrew Mollo - Malcom Mc Gregor ,appears a colorized photo of Hermann Goering wearing a litewka in pigeon grey colour and carryng the Interimstab . that is the everyday baton .nothing spectacular, more a walking stick than a baton . If you dont have the chance of read the book , search about photos of for example Marshall Keitel when he signed the German capitulation . he went there with the interimstab and put in on the table

Gentlemen , After the Ocupation of Czechoslovakia in March of 1939 ,the country was splited in two. one portion constituited the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ,the other the  State of Slovakia .In the Protectorate the Germans retained the Police and the Gendarmerie of the former Czechoslovakia in their service with the same uniforms and organisation and formed an Army the Government Army which lasted until 1945 .thats one possibility .the other is Slovak soldiers of the Fast Division  a mixed force of motorized and Cavalry units that taked part in Barbarrossa under the command of General Augustin Malar .the pictured soldiers are seated because they are eating and is noticeable that they wears cavalry boots , the other units weared ankle boots and putees ., 

ArHo ,the circassian Kindjal was used by Cossacks , Turks ,Tcherkesses in Siria and Iranians . the handle is characteristic in form dont matter of which material is made .the blade is straight ,pointed and double edged and with fuller.

Manufacture is not uniform , the quality variable ,material employed also .

ArHo ,strange thing indeed , to me he carries a circasian dagger into a bayonet sheat and frog ,notable also the handgun of the sanitater, a 1879 Reichsrevolver . Austro Hungarian medics carried the M1853 Pioniersabel , 1853 sappers sabre . a short  weapon heavier and with a wide blade . Perhaps your man served some time in the eastern front or cared some Russian POW 

To explain the Mrs anything about sandbags or barbed wire i looks as more dangerous than a Mills without pin in the pocket

Hello Chris ,Nice ! 

19 hours ago, MG1918 said:

Landwehr Machine gunners ?

Hello .I will expect anxiously your posts about this unknown and interesting theater of war

Luftmensch , I rejoice for you !

On 16/03/2018 at 11:42, Mattyboy said:

Hi all,

Love seeing these photos. Here is my one which I posted on another forum. It might be Lt dR Adolf Degener, but I cannot say for sure...

 

The man pictured wears a Cavalry type uniform , Dragoon , The piping looks as white thats means Hesse Dragoons . or light yellow , Baden Dragoons . The light blue piping of the Train uniforms looks also as white .Two Prussian Regiments of dragoons have also withe piping .finally two Prussian regiments have light yellow piping

Ok Gurkha no .

Hello, Brazilian ,the blade is engraved Pelotas ,a city of the Brazil southern state Rio Grande do Sul whose inhabitants are called Gauchos, as the Argentinian cowboys

Nice !

On 28/04/2015 at 16:45, Hoss said:

1880's shown with the pole as a boiler handle.

Eric

Practical !

Thanks Zaim ! I read once that in October of 1940 a Albanian regiment named Tomor fight against Greece .

Gentlemen , the man wears state cockade on the band of his cap , to me is the Red Black cockade of Wurtemberg

Yes ,more pics please and regarding the officer i said the same as 922f

Hello , plain khaki yes but lightweight cloth and not serge cloth . regarding the posible badge Lancers not . Sikh Infantry not. Jats also no. with certain imagination again ,Ghurka . Artillery ? not  well, remember that existed also the Princely Armies as the Army of Hyderabad or that of Kashmir .

A mostly unknown war theater , thanks for share . interesting the officer seated with Royal Army uniform , first sight looks Italian but later you recognize the Albanian Shoulder Boards

Thanks for share ! the Crown Prince was a enthusiast of Protos cars , manufactured in Berlin ,they were well made and fast cars , by 1911 all the cars owned by William jr were Protos. one Protos participated in the Race New York - Paris of 1908 and nearly won .

Regimental krankentrager , stretcher bearer

Its difficult ,the photo appears to be retouched ,and the badge too , with a lot of imagination the badge looks like that of the Punjab Regiment. 

On 16/01/2020 at 18:54, GreyC said:

Hi,

not sure if of interest and if Müldner is on them. But I do recognize the crownprince ?

GreyC

Interesting ! the man on the left of the photo wears uniform of the Landwehr Cavalry.

Hello dedehansen , I dont know the seller. I just visited the site and the description the seller gives is not very clear. I suggests you to search in Hermann historica militaria .