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    GreyC

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    1. Thank you for your assessment, Bayern. GreyC
    2. Thank you Simon, the Gentleman who runs this page has asked me for permission to exhibit my photo there. GreyC
    3. Hi Paul, The former HQ is no longer in use as HQ, but some parts of the buildings now serve other functions. The photo itself could show any other Adler showroom in an urban environment
    4. Hi, here a little exotic photo by studio Sebah from the 1860s. Can anybody provide any details to uniform weapon etc? It´s absolutely off topic to my usual collecting. I bought it because the studio was quite famous. Thank you, GreyC
    5. Hi, do you mean the Großherzogtum Oldenburg and its capital of the same name or do you mean the smaller city by the name of Oldenburg in the Prussian province of Schleswig Holstein? There was a small exclave of the Großherzogtum Oldenburg that extended roughly from Malente in S-H in the north to Schwartau in the South which bordered Lübeck. GreyC
    6. Hi Chip, that´s the reason for the 2nd part of my post here. If you mail me privately, I might help you none the less. More than the info on my Feldgrau thread are not in the Dienstanweisungen. GreyC
    7. Hi Chip, have a look into a forum you should know well. I did a little piece there. See especially #3 and #4: http://feldgrau.pytalhost.com/threads/dienstgradabzeichen-und-uniformen-der-freiwilligen-krankenpflege.37404/ I am preparing a more coherent and extensive article on the topic, need to do some more research for it in Berlin, though. GreyC
    8. Hi, no, they are all holding drinks. I think they had a Sportfest, if I remember correctly. Did not buy all on offer, only this one because of the Matrose with camera on far left. GreyC
    9. Hi, here are some of them after a festivity. Note cap tally with "V" at the end. GreyC
    10. Hi Andreas, have you tried the Landesarchiv in Schleswig? They seem to have documents from that time and occasion. Also there was the Staats-Handbuch für die Herzogthümer Schleswig-Holstein. I didn´t find his name in the 1849 edition, though. GreyC
    11. Hi, it´s a photo that was given every patient of/in the Vereinslazarett Hitzacker (in Northern Germany at the River Elbe) on the occasion of the parting of Fräulein v. Estdorf who seems to have helped out with caricative duties. It seems to hae been her photo, as a note beneath her name makes it plausible. There is also a Countess of Oehnausen different female nurses and helping hands as well as a police NCO on the photo. GreyC Hi Chip, with regards to your question in #9 on ranks/insignia: the new book won´t have any, but the 1907 "Dienstverordnung für die freiwillige Krankenpflege" has a verbal description of them in it. GreyC
    12. Hi Andreas, thank you for your comment. Yes, the cross in the middle is the Ehrenzeichen des DeutschenRoten Kreuzes awarded in the Weimar Republic. But I meant to indicate with the arrow the medal next to it on the far right, which to me looks like the Red Cross Medal of Imperial Germany 3rd class. It seems to match the medal in Farkas photo. Correct me if I am wrong on this, please. GreyC PS: The Cross below the three medals looks like a long service award of one of the Landesverbände. Probably Prussian, because he was from the Goslar Chapter.
    13. Good morning Tony, the photo was very probably taken before 1917 as the collar patches of the guy from the freiwillige Krankenpflege are still rectangular, not round. A close-up of the medal would be helpful, but I think it is the RK-medal. See attached scan of the member der freiwilligen Krankenpflege who wears it as his lowest award. GreyC
    14. Hi Simon and Dave, thank you for your insights. Very helpful, if a little disappointing. Would have liked to have some British policemen in my collection. The next step will be to find out what unit these guys belonged to. Austrian/Italian border meeting seems tempting. Thanks again, GreyC
    15. Hello NickLangley, very interesting information, I thought that these helmets were unique to the British Police. Thank you for clarifying this. I wonder what continental force would wear these helmets. Maybe one of the specialists on this forum can pitch in. Thank´s a lot! GreyC
    16. Hello Gentlemen, I´d appreciate your help in getting as much information as possible relating to this photo. As I am not at all familiar with the history of police uniforms I´d have to rely on your expertise. I think that some of the men in the picture are British policemen, but from what country do the others come from and are they also policemen? Could the photo have been taken on he occasion of an international police-meeting? I bought the photo because of the man photographing the photographer. The reverse is blank save the imprint Postkarte so the other men could be Austrian or (to my mind less likely) German. The back is undivided so the photo must have been taken before Nov 1904 (Austria) or Spring 1905 (Germany). I have seen military uniforms of the Netherlands that look somewhat similar. Thank you! GreyC
    17. Hi Arb, I find it amazing that you had the information about his commission and transfer in the first place. Would you like to share your sources? GreyC
    18. Hi Martin W, the photo of Torpedoboot Albatros is very nice, but the cap tally is not Imperial Navy. It´s Reichsmarine. The ship was put into service Mai 1928 and lost 1940. The two gentlemen flanking him are policemen, I think. GreyC
    19. Hi, great photos. The first one, a Kapitän zur See served in WW1 and in a Freikorps active in the Baltic. He wears the Baltic Cross 1st. class next to his IC I and the Wiederholungsspange of WW2. He might have been a pilot or observer in WW1, but the badge is unfortunately obstructed by his arm. GreyC
    20. Hi, the man on the front was a Bavarian officer and sculptor. Maximilian Hippolyt Joseph, Graf von Courten * München, 02.01.1892 † München, 22.04.1939 this photo was probably given to a nurse or a doctor after the death of the gentleman on the front. it is dedicated by the sister of Graf Max The text transscribes as: Zur Erinnerung an Ihre selbstlose - aufopfernde - verständnisvolle Pflege. Die dankbare Schwester Elisabeth Courten Graf Max von Courten gestorben 22. April 1939 in seinem 47. Lebensjahr Translation: As a reminder/recognition to your unselfish - devotional sympathetic care. The thankful sister Elisabeth Courten Graf Max von Courten died 22nd April 1939 in his 47th year. GreyC PS: The uniform does not seem to be the usual Luftwaffen-Uniform. It doesn´t seem to be the uniform of the predecessor Deutscher Luftsportverband. Some specialist should know more. If this were the usual Luftwaffen uiform the collar rank insignia would make him an Obergefreite.
    21. Hi, a new one to my collection: Marineschule Kiel. Founded in 1913 it was responsible for the education of naval engineers (officers) . During the time of the Wehrmacht up to 4000 pupils at the same time were stationed for courses at this school.
    22. Hi, the guy opposite the one with a light meter has a small mechanical film camera. Note the crank on the side to wind up the spring mechanism that allows for about 15m of film to run through in one go. GreyC
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