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Hi, the photos are really to small to sayfor certain but I mean to see that the NCO (Unteroffizier) and the guy to his left in the 2nd photo both have marksman/Good shooting badges on their sleeves. The NCO one better than his comrade. GreyC

Uncle Gyulu wants to know from Aladar, how his Grandmother (probably Aladar´s) managed the trip to Ödenburg (Sopron). GreyC

Hi, my link gives the reason why it might be missing. Entnobilitiert means it was stripped of the imperial chiffre because it was used in the Reichswehr. If you find any markings on it, specialists may confirm that. GreyC

Hi, nice pix! Especially the Firefighters. The guy with the lantern is group-chief. Hermann sent the card (that he says turned out well) to his girlfriend or wife with "hot kisses". An appropriate choice of words for a firefighter! GreyC

Hi all, don´t know if this private photo counts... GreyC

Hi, probably the chiffre of the regiment he served with. See: https://www.feldgrau-forum.com/threads/infanterie-offiziers-degen-n-m-i-o-d-1889-kriegsfertigung.33454/ GreyC

Hi, the writing is very faint. What I can make out is: Nach der EK Verteilung EKI Oblt (Ing) Hans ??? in Lund i(n) N(orwegen)- After Iron Cross distribution, IC 1st class Oberleutnant (Engineer) Hans ??? in Lund in Norway. GreyC

They are German, alright. They wore felt cap, here, as in your postcard with camouflage cover. See an example from my collection dated 1913 :

Hi, the first two words are Editha Carls (zur Erinnerung an den 4. Juli 1908). That´s the name of a lady that this photo was dedicated to in remembrance of the day the photo was taken so I presume she is one of the ladies in the pic. The 4th soldier from the left, last row, is a naval officer. GreyC

Agree. Great photo! GreyC

Hi Farkas, 1st photo #82 is a Saxon note the German cuffs and the green/white cockade. GreyC

Hi Bayern, thanks, no problem! GreyC

Hi Irish Gunner, glad you agree with me. There are quite a few photos around of the like seen above. Haven´t categorized them or key-worded them in my collection. So I´ll have a hard time accessing them. I do have a few of them, though. GreyC

Hi Bayern, the rolled up shoulder straps in this "formal" photo setting indicate that they were probably done with their obligatory service. There are quite a few photos around with "fresh" reservists having the straps rolled up. If you find them rolled up during work in the field it indicates that they were probably carrying heavy loads. This way they had a cushion to relieve the pressure on their shoulder. And with regard to the Saxon. I wrote exactly that in my post GreyC

Glückwunsch! GreyC

Hi Irish Gunner, glad you like it. Here is another one of a etamäßiger Feldwebel of Saxon Regiment 106 with dog. Note the typical "German" cuffs on the tunic and the mourning band. GreyC

Hi, here are two examples with artillery connection. The soldiers are from the FAR 12 (Field Artillery Regiment 12). Note the patch indicating the gunner and the centennial medals, which might have just been handed out. GreyC

Hi Tony, row standing: 3rd from left airforce, 11th and last police row seated: 8th from left police. The three in white could possibly be doctors, as they are given room in the middle, reserved usually for the most important people in the group. GreyC

I´d say Köln. GreyC

Hi, I have not found it in Williamson, McGuirl: German Military Cuffbands 1784-Present, San Jose 1998. Whatever that means. I´d imagine an early SS training school cuff titel or the like. GreyC

Hi William, very, very nice! Thanks for posting these photos of the uniforms. It must have been a great joy to complete these uniforms and to be able to present them like this and then describe them so expertly. Unfortunately I don´t have photos of policemen in full dress, only of the different branches in their working uniforms. I wouldn´t mind learning more about them, if you decided to open up a thread on that topic, I´d be happy to follow and contribute. GreyC

And here is another one of mine. Could be Wilhelms- or Cuxhaven. The shed in the background is a nautical chart handout and swap-shop. Date late 1920s / early 1930s? GreyC

Hi, my WSP photos are not yet digitized, but maybe you like this one, too. It´s a booth from the Kiel harbour police, during a fair in 1931. Note the substance they advertise to desinfect storage rooms and freight holds on ships. It became notorious a few years later (Cyclon B). GreyC

Hi, thank you for sharing your insight and collector items with us. All I have is a couple of photo of members of the WSP, some before 1933, some after. GreyC

Hi, if it´s a catholic chaplin it can´t be Wilhelm Prince of Prussia, who died of his wounds sustained during fighting in Valenciennes on the 26th May 1940 in a hospital in the Belgian city of Nivelles. He was protestant. So the remaining German nobility in the rank of kings came from Saxony, Bavaria and Württemberg. Whereas Saxony and Bavaria were ruled by catholic nobility, the house of Württemberg had a protestant and a catholic branch. And they took up the title of "Duke" after 1918. After the death of the Prussian prince Hitler prohibited nobility of former reigning houses to be active in front duty and from 1943 to be active in the Wehrmacht at all (Prinzenerlass). So if this is a photo of a Prince´s funeral near the front, it must have been taken before May 1940. If the crown was used for princes from other houses as the above more would qualify, like e.g.: Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, a pilot shot down in 1944. GreyC