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    I looove the "hip-hop style" watch :cheeky:

    I have a lot of pictures with Swedish soldiers from around 1915-18 with BIG former breast watches now made into

    theese modern wristwatches with a type of leather holster.

    Very nice Pic !

    Christer

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    Hardy,

    I think the oddities in this photo are due to it being a postwar image. The missing national cockade, the Bavarian cockade along with a Prussian belt buckle, the odd cuff design, the lack of the Kragenpatten, all lead me to this conclusion.

    Chip

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    Hardy,

    I think the oddities in this photo are due to it being a postwar image. The missing national cockade, the Bavarian cockade along with a Prussian belt buckle, the odd cuff design, the lack of the Kragenpatten, all lead me to this conclusion.

    Chip

    Thanks Chip;

    I thought as much (but wasn't too sure) - It could not have been long after the war since the the EKII recipient is still a boy - you think he is a member of a Freikorps unit?

    Hardy

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    "Correct me if I am wrong, but I have never seen an Edelwei? being worn on a Tschako"

    Maybe not on the Tschako itself, but you may find it on period pictures or drawings on the Tschako's ?berzug

    Gilles

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    "Correct me if I am wrong, but I have never seen an Edelwei? being worn on a Tschako"

    Maybe not on the Tschako itself, but you may find it on period pictures or drawings on the Tschako's ?berzug

    Gilles

    I think the Landhutter Auction house had one on an officers Tschako, but I did not like it. Went for a fortune though!

    On the special death certificate for the Alpenkorps they have a drawing with a grave with a Tschacko, Picklehaube and Artillery haube, all with cloth covers and with Edelweis on.

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    Maybe the drawing was by Albert Reich himself, who illustrated many books and postcards about the Alpenkorps during WWI. Could you please check this, Chris?

    Best regards

    Gilles

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