Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Yep, another fleamarket find from today.Couple of photos from the Weimar period.Of course they look like german justice officials of some kind, but have a look.....Not really a problem so far................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 ....now the first strange encounter:Yes, the man in the middle:Looks a bit austrian, BUT ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 BUT ...there are many more photos with these uniforms, and I don't believe they are austrian.The Mercedes-Benz bus has a german license plate........more...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 another one with machine-guns (not really typical for justice ? )Some big ????...........more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 back to the dark uniforms...What armbadge is he wearing ??.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Detail of the last oneThey had handgrenade training as well.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 and they had a course for self-defenseand wore strange shirts...well, not always........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Self-Defense even on skiers ?????....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 and to make things even more complicated ...This photo was also in the lotAnother big ?..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 (edited) But when I compare the belt-buckles of the men in the last photo, they seem to wear the same buckles as the men with the austrian style cap.Except ONE is wearing a Jungvolk buckle !!!!! Very strange !!!!And the last photo was made in N?rtingen, which is W?rttembergNow - what are they ???German license plate, german sport badges, german photographer - makes me believe they are german, hmm. ?Any help is highly appreciated, as always.Robert Edited May 13, 2007 by Robert Noss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Robert,not sure about the last couple of photos but the others show members of the W?rttemberg "Bereitschaftpolizei" from the twenties and early thirties. They had two distinct uniforms - the dark green service dress and a fieldgrey exercise and daily dress uniform with ski-cap.RegardsGlenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Thank You, Glenn.I didn't know that the W?rttemberger Bereitschaftspolizei had Ski-Caps in the 20ties. Interesting. Also the shoulder-boards and rank collar insignia is quite different. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Robert,this photograph appeared in an article on the W?rttemberg Polizei in the March/April 1985 edition of the Zeitschrift f?r Heerekunde. RegardsGlenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 The only thing I could find out about those metal sleeve insignia is, from Ingo L?hken's "Polizei Uniformen der S?ddeutschen Staaten 1872-1932," that Stammpersonal of the POLICE SCHOOL wore this, from 30 March 1930:4x6 cm oval nickel metal shield with initials "PS."The "pajamas" are martial arts outfits. back then, it was probably ju-jitsu rather than karate being taught.NOW, the guys in the RUSSIAN style "gimnastyorka" smocks in 9 and 10 must be some version of the German Communist Party... the "opposition." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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