Austria-Hungary Strange German METAL "Stabsfeldwebel" Boards

[Guest Rick Research]

Posting these for my friend Bernd

Tops-- the "lace" is METAL!!!!

Bottoms (all rather Italian in construction, but read on!)--

The buttons suggest some sort of private nobleman's ... what?

[Guest Rick Research]

German style Beamten rosette pips, in strongly mocked up "bullion" metal:

No German wore three pips TOUCHING like that-- rather reminds me of Austrian collar patches...

and yes, made by Schneider Brothers, Vienna:

They used this inverted clover "BSW" mark from 1917 Karl Troop Crosses to WW2 Luftwaffe badges.

The colors on these boards, if not the completely alien design and inexplicable buttons, lean me towards some sort of railways origin.

Orrrrr .... ???????????????????

[Naxos]

Could that be a Stadtwappen (city crest) ?

The Habsburg City of G?rz had a similar crest

Hardy

Edited July 7, 2007 by Naxos

[Christian Zulus]

Could that be a Stadtwappen (city crest) ?

The Habsburg City of G?rz had a similar crest

Dear Hardy,

that's what I also guessed - maybe shoulderboards from firefighters ?

The crest of G?rz http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorizia :

It's not exactly ident - maybe another town in old Austria ?

Best regards

Christian

[Christian Zulus]

It's not exactly ident - maybe another town in old Austria ?

Might be also Klosterneuburg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klosterneuburg with a rather similar coat of arms:

I guess, that 3 towers + city wall is a rather common symbol at coat of arms ...

Best regards

Christian

[Naxos]

Christian, if you are interested in Austro-Hungarian Heraldik, have a look here: http://www.heraldryshop.biz/books/strohl.htm

Regards, Hardy