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    The Prussian

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    1. Hi Brett!

      Yes, I also couldn´t get any informations in several german forums. One possibility is, that he was a "Handgranatenwerfer". Some soldiers marked themselves with those unofficial patches, like stars or letters. Why not a chevron?

      I stil hope I coud get some infos about the unit because of the studio, the pic was taken. Maybe somebody has photos with that background, and the studio is named? Any small references could help!

    2. Hello gentlemen!

      Does somebody know something about this mistery chevron? I have seen two other photographs in the book from Charles Wooley. There it was unknown too. My photograph is unwritten an not stamped. Note that the shoulder straps are missing. I can recognize prussian buttons.

      One of the photographs in Wooleys book shows the same background with the same table.

      Thanx a lot in advance!

    3. Hello gentlemen! Last week I bought this nice photograph. I think it was taken in the 20s. Please have a look at the collar patches of the standing man (fourth of right). He wears the motif of the old telegraph shoulder straps. Which unit could it be?

      The other question is about the first sitting civilian man. Could it be Dr.Goebbels or maybe his brother?

      Unfortunately the card is unwritten and not stamped, so I don´t have any informations.

      Many thanx in advance!

      Here is a close up of the collar patch

    4. Hello gentlemen! Last week I bought this nice photograph. I think it was taken in the 20s. Please have a look at the collar patches of the standing man (fourth of right). He wears the motif of the old telegraph shoulder straps. Which unit could it be?

      The other question is about the first sitting civilian man. Could it be Dr.Goebbels or maybe his brother?

      Unfortunately the card is unwritten and not stamped, so I don´t have any informations.

      Many thanx in advance!

    5. Hi sef!

      The left one wears black cuffs with white Litzen, so it could be a member of the "Garde-Pioniere", or one of the "Verkehrs-Truppen" (traffic)

      The 2nd one wears the MG-Scharfschützen-Abzeichen and a 12 on the shoulder straps. So he should be in the "MG-Scharfschützen-Abteilung 12"

      The former name was "Scharfschützen-Abteilung 2 of Armee-Abteilung Strantz". It consists of MG.Scharfschützen-Trupps 59,117, and 153. Formed 1.oct.1916 (Garde-Ersatz-Division)

    6. Maybe in the field, he had just changed his tunic. Does he wear only one triple cartridge pouch?

      But I don?t think, that my "my" 76ers only had get tunics without new shoulder straps. I think, is has something to do with the stamp og the Sturm-Lehr-Gang"

      I have another photo, which shows men of the Alpenkorps. The bavarian artillerist in the front of the photo wears prussian buttons...

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