Post WWI Police?

[Mike Dunn]

Got these two photos in a group of WWI photo postcards. I have a post war police photo album and while the collar tabs are close, they are not the same. Any thoughts on who these men might have been?? Thanks in advance. Mike

[Guest Rick Research]

The double breasted tunics indicate that these are Bavarian Gendarmes (dark green with red piping) or city of Munich policemen (dark blue with carmine piping) from the Weimar era. Border guards wore the oakleaves before 1918.

Hessian "Bereitschaftspolizei" also wore these same leaves 1926+ but had a single breasted tunic.

Rank titles would vary by WHICH of these services they were actually in-- can't tell from B&W. So if you've got a M?nchen photographer's ID, or one from a studio elsewhere, that would help whether they were "rural dark green" or "city dark blue."

[Mike Dunn]

Thanks Rick, no markings on the back at all. The leaves on the other photos I have are different. Mike

[Guest Rick Research]

The firsst one's embossed by the photographer at lower right, but I can't read it in the scan.

[Robert Noss]

Both have photographer's markings at the lower right corner.

Mike, maybe You can read the towns.

Nice photos by the way.

Here's another bavarian "Schandi" - bavarian nickname for "Gendarmerie" - Policeman

Robert

[Mike Dunn]

Not sure if this is a town, but it looks like F?stenfeldbruck-the second one is Mindelheim. Darn-you guys have the eyes of a hawk!!! Mike

[Guest Rick Research]

So "green" Gendarmerie then. First one looks like "Meister": boards, so he was a Gendarmeriekommissar (start with Ober- if he's got a pip too).

[Robert Noss]

It's F?rstenfeldbruck -- very nice. Just a couple of kilometres from where I live.

F?rstenfeldbruck was a Police officer's Academy and is still today.

Mindelheim is also not too far away, more south towards the alps.

That's a postcard from F?rstenfeldbruck

Maybe he was a teacher there.

Nice photos.

Kind regards

Robert

[Robert Noss]

The photographer was Franz Kugler in F?rstenfeldbruck.

It seems the shop doesn't exist anymore but is run under another name.

A quick research brought this website:

http://www.fotokugler.de

But You see that it is called Foto Ecker now and situated in Grafing, also not far away from F?rstenfeldbruck.

At least they celebrate their 90 years anniversary so it is probably the follower of Franz Kugler.

Kind regards

Robert