Freiwillige

I assumed that the one on the left was the railroad ehrenzeichen hand mounted (ones sees these sometimes), the one next to it is one of those funny private purchase regimental crosses and the one on the far right, although it looks a bit big, is the Wrtmbrn. service cross?

Thank you for the help with identification! By the way could you please let me know where can I have a look at that Railroad Ehrenzeichen and those crosses (any weblink)?

sorry....100% no official or inofficial military awards -  ALL shooting club awards

Thanks for the info, Heiko!

Close-up of shoulder strap and collar patch.

Here's a couple of details, maybe they could be useful.

Do you have any ideas whom do we have here?

According to the colours of Troddel and its knot I would assume here is a member of Polizei or Feuerwehr. I suppose the cockade is that of a Hamburg (according to the atelier stamp on the photo). Awards: EK 2.Klasse, Ehrenkreuz des Kyffhäuser-Bundes 2.Klasse. 

Any ideas?

Many thanks for the information, Uwe!

I thought it's a rare photo due to the numerous awards 

Hi Freiwillige, please see all the identical ribbons!

Therefore I think, that there is nothing military or are in another way "official".

OK, they were awarded from the shooting association(s), but there seems nothing to be official!

You could (and can) buy such "awards" in several shops all over in Germany

Uwe

Many thanks for your help, Uwe!

But nevertheless, as for this man's uniform???

One of the "medals is the trains long service award. Another is one of the purchase regimental crosses and I think another on the right hand lower medal bar may be the Waurtmbrgn. service medal.

Many thanks for your comments! Could you please concretize (maybe by placing an arrow on the scan) where exactly is the trains long service award and regimental cross?

Thanks, Heiko!

Any ideas regarding the exact names of his decorations, at least some of them?

Here's a fragment of the photo with that veteran's awards. Please submit your ideas regarding his decorations!

 Just got this beautiful photo of a highly decorated WW1 veteran, presumably a member of a certain shooting society. This photo is dated 1939 on the back.  

Any comments on his awards would be highly appreciated  :rolleyes:

Here's the fragment of the previous photo. The sailor is from the SMS Breslau, a Kaiserliche Marine Magdeburg-class light cruiser.

I came across this photo in one of my albums. It seems here we have a really drunken one

It seems to me that he doesn't look like being drunk, maybe a bit tired ;)

Many thanks for your reply, Mike!  :beer:

Here's a fragment of the photo with that mysterious cross.

Could you please help me to identify the cross worn just below EKI by this Reichswehr member? I've been told it could be a kind of Johanniterorden award. 

It's obviously Weimar Republic-period police unit and its members wore an armband with swastika as a symbol of support of NSDAP. I've seen several photos with just plain white armbands but unfortunately I have no idea what it means... As for the collar patches they look like those used by the staff of prisons but in this case I'm not sure.

Anyway here we have policemen from Weimar era.

Hello - Those photos are fantastic. 

I have a few of my father in uniform, 1942, and yes they do look very amateurish, almost as if they are coloured in using colour pencils.

Do you know the name of the technique used? How this "clouring-in" was achieved?

regards Thomas

Thanks, Thomas! As for the technique, it was quite simple: strongly diluted water-based paint was applied over the photograph's emulsion. All the rest depended on the photographer's skill as it could be seen in this topic - some photos are very gently and close-to-life colourized, a couple of photos too vivid. 

No.10 Beautiful portrait of the Luftwaffe Nachrichtenhelferin Elsbeth Mueller that came within the large grouping of that girl.

No.9 Very large (nearly A4 size!) portrait of the Kriegsmarine Matrose made in the Paris atelier (63 Boulevard de Rochechouart ).

No.22 Very interesting portrait of a SAR-I (SA-Reserve I) Stahlhelmbund member from Sturm 31, Reserve-Standarte 180. According to the Oberste SA-Fuehrung order (January 25, 1934) all the Stahlhelmbund members serving in the SAR-I had to wear SA uniform and insignia.

No.14 Very clear and sharp wedding photo of a RLB Luftschutz-Fuehrer (equivalent to a Wehrmacht Leutnant). Note the NSDAP 1st type round arm badge on the left sleeve (background was blue-gray in colour). 

This uniform was institutionalized in March 7, 1934. As the new regulations regarding uniform were announced on October 1938, this photo can be dated 1934-1938.

Thanks a lot for kind words, Paul! Ok, I'll keep on posting photos. Here a couple of RLB members and then I'll show some SHD, LSW and Generalluftzeugmeister personnel

No.13 A small photo of a RLB NCO (Truppmann...Obertruppmeister).

I just wanted to let you know that I started a separate topic where I post original Luftschutz photos from my personal collection: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41623

Please have a look if interested!