Gordon Williamson Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Who can spot something rather unusual on this shot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Or this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 On the first photo it's the use of both eagles, breast eagle and police eagle, I guess ?( Have to look through my photos, I think I have such a photo too )Second one I can not see what's on the gorget. Can You make it a bit bigger ?Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hi Robert, I knew you would get it right. The first photo is very unusual in showing the Feldgendarmerie sleeve eagle being worn on the tropical tunic. Normally only the cuffband would be worn. I have only seen two or three photos where the arm eagle is worn. The second one you are also correct. At first glance just another Feldgendarmerie NCO, but on closer inspection after enlarging the photo ( the original photo is very small) you can see he wears the much rarer Gorget "Zugwachabteilung". The are two versions of the Gorget, one with "Zugwachabteilung" and the other simply "Zugwache". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hello!Wow,interesting PHOTOS. :jumping: All the best Nesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Ha! Two MORE things:There shouldn't be any Sergeants' collar litzen on a tropical tunic (naughty man) aaaannnnndddddin the second one, a "Ringkragen" was only to be worn on duty and..... he's DRINKING!!!!! It all depends on what you look for.... :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 NCO braid on the collar is quite correct on the tropical tunic though I've seen examples of it being omitted on late tropical tunics. Only one I can think of where NCO braid was not to be worn was the panzer wrap.All of these are Feldgendarmerie NCOs with collar braid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 My Feldgendarm is not in tropical uniform. The only photo I have with the double eagles being wornAnd here is my Zugwachabteilung portrait........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Without the coat is the better of the twoGood to see the detailsThese gorget portraits are extremely rare, well, nothing new.Kind regardsRobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Superb photos Robert !Another type I found very difficult to obtain was the Feldgendarmerie officer with bullion police sleeve eagle. Eventually I found a few, but most officer pictures do not show the police sleeve eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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