Mark C

The fellow on the left looks to me like a generic "settler/plantation owner."

It appears that a number of the photos are a result of some guy having a camera ready and rushing to his second-story window whenever something interesting passed by. Sometimes you can see one or two of the German soldiers glancing up at the cameraman. Thanks for sharing, Mark C Maryland

I think he's wearing a stable jacket and not his full dress tunic. I also think there are several indications of his being a hussar (either regular army or yeomanry). The cuff knot is not the typical full-dress Austrian knot, but closer to this: http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/army...ssarsstable.htm It might be described as typical cuff piping as in any branch, even the infantry, but gussied up in a way that to me bespeaks hussar. Notice also that the buttons are small and round - something not found on full dress except for hussars (but as I said, I don't think this is full dress; full dress for a hussar would have braid all across the chest in several rows).

I have no doubt Rumjar's photos were being sold commercially. I have a sense of deja vu for the first one, which I have the feeling I has been somewhere labeled as US Marines. The Asian soldiers in dark blue with the one peering at the camera -- I would have reflexively said "Japanese," but aren't those flat British-style helmets? Maybe this is the Chinese navy. Thanks for posting, MConrad Maryland

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/eu...opup&ino=46 shows the "black Tommy."

Sorry, these scans are all I have. I don't have the paper copies. Regards, Mark

http://books.google.com/books?id=dDUoAAAAY...lient=firefox-a For Husaren-Regt Nr 3.

http://www.archive.org/details/kaiskniglmilitr00kriegoog on the internetarchive for 1878 Schematismus Read this http://austrohungarianlandforcesdiscussion...-1820-1885.html for links to 11 more. And that's not even looking at Google books yet.

I agree, absolutely super! :cool:

I'd also say late-WWI or early post-war, if the tunics are to be military. Such styles, with the integral cloth belt, are much more 1918-1920 than say, 1910. If the photo is indeed from 1910 or earlier, than the boys in the tunics are almost certainly civilians in civilian coats. My guess is 1910, civilians. Regards, Mark C Maryland

Google for these regiments on Google Books. Several dozen regimental histories are available. Then you can check yourself. In general, officers are mentioned as coming and going, a few mentioned in regard to promotions, and that's about it. A commanding colonel may get a short biography covering service not with the regiment. You know, the KuK Schematismus are also online to look at the position of any officer in a given year. Regards, Mark Maryland

A real-photo postcard being sold out of Japan. I think the seller's description did not do it justice. The first group is an Italian band in their grey field uniforms, and just beyond them a number of carabinieri (military police) in full dress. I guess they don't go anywhere without their bicorne hats, even to Siberia! The next group is another band with a white flag out front - they might be British, or they might be White Russians. In the way back under the Rising Sun would be Japanese sailors in dark blue with white caps. Regards, M Conrad Maryland

In 1914, the French 149th Infantry Regiment was stationed at Epinal, the location of this photographer's studio. Case solved. Mark Conrad Maryland

A photo of Germans and Russian cossacks during the Boxer Rebellion, from the Russian Collector site http://russiamilitaria.ru/index.php?showtopic=8751 The shoulder straps have "1. Cht." in Cyrillic letters for the 1st Chita Cossack Regiment. Mark Conrad

SMS Gneisenau (a German ship) sailors (left background) socializing with Russian soldiers, dated 1903 (post-Boxer Rebellion). Seen on EBay some time ago. For info on Russian troop units in China, see Russian Operations in the Boxer Rebellion . As regards infantry, it looks like only three line Rifle regiments plus a whole series of Siberian Rifle regiments were involved. No regiments from the main line of over 200 numbered Infantry (different from "Rifle") regiments took part, since they were only stationed in European Russia. Regards, Mark C Maryland

See http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/WarMedals.htm for specifics on criteria for award. Sorry, no information on numbers awarded. In the hundreds of thousands sounds right. Regards, Mark Conrad Maryland

Please look at my site's page showing two interesting photos of the 21st Infantry in their pre-WWI dress blue uniforms: http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/US...os/USGroup.html Thanks, Mark Conrad Maryland

Any idea of what type of tank Jemadar Rajpal Singh was using in the Deccan Horse? Great collecting and documentation. M Conrad Maryland

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Isn't that a cross after his printed name, signifying he is deceased? Mark C