Bayern

On 16/11/2017 at 21:28, Farkas said:

Hi Gents

tony

flies and mosquitoes were a consistent plague on the WW1 Ostfront specially into the Russian dominated Poland .Malaria and thyphus were also current.

Hello tony ,So you have understanded , first KF then Fahnrich and then Leutnant 

15 minutes ago, Farkas said:

Hi Bayern

First Thanks again....

I had googled fahnrich before and found out it was a rank not a name!

please could you tell me what the 'ensign' rank you mention is?  perhaps does it mean no longer a cadet but 'full' rank?

you,ve commented on pics of my grandfather before who seems to have followed a similar course through the ranks....

tony

 

tony ,ensign is the english equivalent to fahnrich. and yes into theKuK Army the fahnrich was a rank .upper to NCOs and lower to the leutnant 

Farkas , The man portrayed was first a kadettfeldwebel then an ensign ad later a lieutenant

Dear Farkas , the date is relevant , November of 1918 ,a more relevant is the location . Mobil Epidemiespital . that is a hospital created to thecare of the thousands of victims of the  pandemia of Flu known as Spanish Flu .

The line at the back of the collar marks the unit of belonging . the old collar patches were replaced circa 1916 but not entirely with arm or branch of service stripes . that is what our man wears . of course he bears the rank of Feldwebel . 

Hello puma 77, The Police of the cities weared a dark blue uniform with dark red facings and at least for the Constables a british style helmet much alike that of the Bobbies. inclusive they were nicknamed Bobica . The larger Gendarmerie weared khaki grey uniforms like the Army with cherry red facings their collar patches were spearhead form . and with a badge on. the Gendarms also weared a braid on the cuffs with a curl 

My pleasure, Yes the grenzschutz Ost weared a withe shiel with a black cross , and the chevron on the forearm of one of the men was a type of rank badge . the Freikorps units weared a variety of uniforms and badges , the rank insignias used by the Freikorps men not ever were of the old Army , except the officers and career NCOs .

Hello ixhs, Strange group. The man seated beside the nurse is probably a military doctor with long trousers and shoes. the man seated at the extreme right is a patient with pajama trousers and slippers . the man in the middle of the front line is a NCO probably a senior one . his uniform is of clean cut and the NCO braid is visible on his collar .not visibles are the button at the back of the collar and the officer swordknot of a Vizefeldwebel . the wounded badge was oval and the man carries a disc . the line of braid over the cuffs was part of the rank insignia for senior NCOs . Very curious is the man at the extreme right upper row, he wears a soldier cap with a civilian dress of open jacket and shirt and tie. one man wears a visor cap with nocockades , the dead heads were carried until 1918 by the Infantry Regiment 92 and the Hussars Regiment 17 ,both of Brunswick. and by the two Leibhusaren Regimente both of Prussia . to me are Freikorps

Hello During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , the police weared dark blue uniforms ,for the constables at least ,with a helmet very like the british bobbies helmet . the facing colour , dark red,  The other police Force was the Gendarmerie, this weared Army style uniforms ,in khaki grey colour, with cherry red facings . I believe that the Grey uniform and light blue facing colour for the Police appeared with the comunism.

Hello , Police of the cities or Gendarmerie ?

Hello , Many people in Austria viewed the societies like Schlaraffia ,as proto masonic 

Hello , The strap could be part of a EM ;NCO ; uniform of the Kunftigefriedensuniform , reglamented in 1915 , to replace the old peacetime uniforms. EM and NCOs were authorized to wear this model .purchasing it

Farkas , Iam sorry , tellermutze is the peaked cap . teller means dish ,plate, 

3 hours ago, Farkas said:

Hi Bayern, Christian

these are a little challenge for you to enjoy I hope...

i know the dates - they’ve all got them on the reverse.

I wonder if you can work them out??

The first two are related and taken a few months apart 

the third is separate....

and

lastly

Hope you like

tony

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christian , The hungarian knot over the trousers ,certainly was common to all Hungarian Infantry Regiments , but the Honved ones weared madder red braid and the Common Army ones ,yellow and black braid. The Common Army retained the yellow and black with the pike grey uniform. the Honved adopted slate grey braid. 

Farkas , The men wearing tellermutzen, are Austrian Republican Gendarms , the men with the mortar ,Hungarian Honved soldiers of about 1930

On 13/07/2018 at 05:31, Morar Andrei said:

A recent discovery

 

Hungarian Lanwdwehr infantry ,around 1895  1900

Regarding the shell , Romania used the 57 mm Gruson fortress QF gun . It a gun inside a steel domus, armored and movible. most of these guns were concentrated in the Bucharest area Forts . Romania used another 57 mm gun a Krupp mountain gun 

Hello Morar and Farkas , The sabre is a Austro Hungarian one It was carried mainly by Infantry Officers , senir NCOs ,and ensigns.whats strange is the white paint. the Helm is a good piece , apart from being without the lacquer coat ,is in well form . Its for officer , Cavalry , Dragoon , of the Wurttembergian Army ,WW1.

Hello , The harvesters of the Death , Brrr

Hello I agree , Not all the mountaineers were bavarian , Think f example in the Wurttemberg Mountain Bataillon

Hello , Tony ,the Beamte is a  official , who served into the Armed Forces ,in some capacity ,and entitled to the use of Officer or senior NCO . the theme is complex , due the numerous classes of Beamten that existed into the German Armed forces .

Just now, Bayern said:

Hello , Tony ,the Beamte is a  official , who served into the Armed Forces ,in some capacity ,and entitled to the use of Officer or senior NCO . the theme is complex , due the numerous classes of Beamten that existed into the German Armed forces .

The use of officer or senior NCO uniform  . the beamten possesed the consideration of officer or NCO but they had not military authority .

Hello Tony , A curious group , Some Police officers, a Luftwaffe Beamte and I think, nearly all the others are beamten too .

On 06/07/2018 at 10:27, Claudius said:

Marvellous photo!

Indeed very interesting !  Three senior NCOs , and an officer , The officer , wearing a litewka appears to belong to another regiment . Why ? well, the helmet badge looks as Saxon , and he carries a different type of sabre. 

On 04/07/2018 at 19:17, Farkas said:

Hi gents

 

tony

Honved Hussar . Private .

The Group photo shows also Hungarian hussars.

Hello Alex K . I am not a wizard ,but some details of your pickelhaube are too genuine for a fake one

Hello Farkas , Idont laugh ,but i know that there were no cockades with F F for Franz Ferdinand . probably the cockades with the double F belonged to the Freiwillige Feuerwehr . The Firemen .