Rittmeister

Thanks for the interesting replies! Much obliged! Alas no bigger scan possible, this a huge enlargement from a small group photo.

One more question: is that a Vuurkoord that the Adjudant is wearing?

And how do I recognise a Sergeant? His uniform looks no different  from the recruits....

Good evening everybody,

Could somebody help identify around what year this photo could be taken? Could it be 1928?

The soldier on the right has two stripes on his sleeve, what is that?

The soldier on the left, could this be the company sergeant major? He has a large ribbon bar but has something on his sleeve that I don't recognise.

Thanks in advance for the help!

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Could someone explain me what those white stripes on the middle of the boads mean? Are they just there to hide the regimental number?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks, PF! Makes perfect sense. Would that be EfE with swords?

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These two awards - I enlarged them as much as I could before becoming to blurry - come from a WWII-soldier's uniform. No other awards on the uniform. Could they be a EK.II and a KVK II. m. Schwerter from 1914? The lack of other awards would indicate a late war volunteer?

Thanks for any feedback!

Can anyone tell me about Waffenfarbe, Kompanie-Knopf and so on? I can't recognise anything. Thanks in advance!

Yes I know but this one seems to be a von Harack, uncommon as it might be.

He was a cavalry officer - anybody have more details? His last name is quite rare. Timespan is late 19th century.

He is wearing the overcoat with two lines of buttons: his going out coat?

I think this must be the EK II 1914 (ribbon and award) plus two other KVK awards?

The shoulder boards: a Hauptmann, but what is the sign? At first I thought it was "A" for Aufklärung but it doesn't look like it.

Hi Jef,

Some very good comments, thanks for your expertise. I enlarged the buttons, it seems to be some kind of navy motive? Does this reveal anything more?

All I know is that this comes from a 19th century German portrait, who can identify it?

I have this photo of a POW wearing this jacket but it seems rather "un-Belgian"?

The state cockade seems fairly light in overall color, so perhaps they are Bavarian. A view of the other caps would be helpful, to see if they are also generally lighter in color than the Prussian cockades. Not being too sharp, the several colors blend together to an overall tone.

Bob Lembke

Hi Bob,

Thanks for your reply, please excuse my late answer. You raised an interesting point with the colour of the Kokarde, I tried scanning another cap just to see if you can make out anything that would narrow it down to Bavaria. I also uploaded a second picture of a cap because I'm fairly certain that one does show a Bavarian cap. What do you think?

I assume this is the pre-1914 uniform, can anyone tell the branch and what the "2" would mean?

Same situation - different image, who can identify the British regiment? The symbol looks like a horse?

Can anybody identify which state this soldier belongs to? Those two uniforms behind him seem Feldgrau to me, so he must be wearing the coloured uniform of before 1914?

A few months ago somebody on this forum told me this image shows a Russian soldier rather than an English one. Can somebody here positively confirm it? Thanks! Photo was taken during WWI.

As a matter of interest were Administrative troops eligible for the Belgian Victory Medal??

or was it only for issue to combat troops and service in the rear areas (exp: medics, doctors, supply, etc..etc..)

Kevin in Deva.

Yes, they would have the M?daille Comm?morative as well. Those two were usually awarded after the war to anybody that served regardless of actual battle prestations.

Here's another British POW but with a different symbol on his cap. What could it be?

No, It could be a Service Star for Congo. That is a light blue ribbon (with a star? I do not know)

The 'Ordre de la Couronne' is a wine red ribbon for the 'Knight ' and higher decoration, lower it is wine red with white sides.

Yes, that is indeed a very good idea. The object doesn't look like a lion or a crown so it could very well be the Congo-ster. The soldier must have been in some administrative section then, since he doesn't appear to have gained any combat awards.

Alas this is as large as I could get it. I can't make out a single award so this will be a job for the experts.

Couldn't it be faded light blue with a star?

Bemed

So that it might be the Ordre de la Couronne, you mean?

Thanks guys for the quick answer! Could it be 4th battalion / Middlesex regiment? I assume this soldier must have been captured during the retreat from Mons/Belgium in 1914 and ended up between Belgian POW's.