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Hello , Interesting photo. the Ensign appears to carry a old model of ammo pouch ,black and studded with rivets . the Senior Nco looks like a Feldwebelleutnant and they are in the beginning of Helms ab zum gebet.

3 hours ago, Farkas said:

Hi Gents

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Hello tony, The first cavalryman is of the republican army .

1 minute ago, Bayern said:

Hello tony, The first cavalryman is of the republican army .

the other man with sabre and cap without peak looks like an artillerymen of the imperial army .the rank Geschutzvormeister ,Korporal in the Infantry

Hello Chris , Why you dislike the cover ?

tony ,I am a 64 year old ,and i just entered into Internet at 57 yo.

For everyone interested in the Palestine Police Force , exists many interesting sites ,one of these is the auxiliairies com , the other britishpalestinepolice org uk .

Hello tony ,personally during the early spring of 1993 i went to Budapest, there I bought a book about the Hungarian Honved . from his creation until 1918, the book beatifully ilustrated was in Hungarian ,but with a German abreviated translation .

On 08/09/2018 at 13:40, Uffz. Rohleder said:

Nice one and nice rescue! I always live to see those ww1 uniforms. 

I have a British victory medal - the recipient died also of Spanish flu. It must be cruel for all those man. You are fighting for your life on the battlefield but the death can also get you when you are not fighting. 

 

PS: I had to giggle as I read Damenschneider 

 

Why ,Rollo . thats was very common .

Hello , I can add that Vitez means Hero , Zaszlos ,ensign , Hadnagy ,lieutenant ,Fohadnagy , first lieutenant , Sazsados ,captain ,Ornagy ,major , and Alezredes ,lieutenant colonel.

Hello Gordon , In Romanian there is enough information , 

Aldo , thanks for the link

Hello Gordon , since 1936 the German ambassador in London was Joachim v Ribentropp .

Hello Aldo, nice collection

Hello , He could be a consul , he carries embroidery only on the collar and cuffs . higher ranking diplomatics  carried embroidery over the chest also

Hello , My Hungarian is limited ,but  if you post pictures of the documents perhaps i could help

Hello ,you are right ,ihave just found in Pinterest a good portrait of Wedding and is without doubt he , and his peculiar way of carry the decorations

On 09/11/2018 at 15:32, Kriegsmarine Admiral said:

A post-war photo featuring a couple of admirals. Can anyone help me ID them?
1 Konteradmiral ?
2 Vizeadmiral Karl Wedding
3 Admiral Reinhard Scheer ?
4 Konteradmiral ?
5 Konteradmiral ?
6 I am not sure if he is an admiral. But I think his sleeve insignia indicates he is also a Konteradmiral? Am I correct?

Thanks

Hello ,to me # 2 is Admiral von Hipper and the man at his right side Admiral Scheer . # 6 appears to be a Kommodore . Scheer died in 1928 and Hipper in 1932

Hello If the buttons have a  bundle of branches with an axe in the middle ,the fascist emblem , with two branches of foliage surrounding it the uniform may be of a French diplomatic around 1900 . not an ambassador because the ambassadors hat carried white ostrich feathers

Hello , Diplomatic . 

My pleasure 

Hello , have you found something there ?

Hello ,The Reichsarbeitdienst rank badges were initially of distinctive type with trefoil shaped SBs ,from 1943 onwards they changed to a Army type model . Gefreiter : I suggest to you to take a look at the site German daggers com . first go to Forum and iside it at the right column Collar / shoulder tabs other NSDAP . the RAD was initially the Freiwilligearbeitdienst ,in 1934 was renamed RAD.

Many thanks 1812

Hello Jeff Noll . The Central Powers due to the Blockade suffered atrittion of raw materials , one of them was cotton ,imported before the war from Egypt , wool was also scarse then fine cloth as doeskin was not manufactured the same is valid for gaberdine or tricot . Nearly all textiles manufactured from mid 1916 were made using mixtures of wool with artificial silk ,cellulose based .the scarse cotton was used for other war items as captive balloons . 

Hello ,1812 . I have just read your posts about the former German House . very interesting , Tell me, existed today some of the old German Forts '? or at least remains of some one ?

11 hours ago, KLG said:

I believe it to be real.  It had been in my father's possession since he inherited it.  He past several years ago and didn't know its history either.  My 2nd great uncle as in the 5th Dragoon Guards and  served in the Egyptian Campaign  (1882).  Do you think this piece dates back that far?

Hello , I dont think so , It was not before 1884 that Carl Peters begun his explorations of east Africa ,in 1888 a reichskomissar was send with a mercenary force to East Africa and in 1891 was created the Schutztruppe. whose askaris weared the eagle on the fez . but if your great uncle remained in Egypt after 1882 or returned or went to British East Africa after 1891 or to zanzibar may be a connection