A Kaiserschutztruppen Sergeant im Afrika @ 1912 ?

[Ulsterman]

Check this out. I bid on this and lost. Lo-it came to live down the street from me, whence I have borrowed it for YOUR viewing pleasure. Check out the medal bar. Now THAT's a Feldwebel!

[Ulsterman]

a close up of the bar and stripes: I think I see the Prussian honor medal on war ribbon, a crown order medal, a China medal, a SW Africa medal and a LS medal.

Daniel, perchance any idea who he might be?

Edited November 12, 2008 by Ulsterman

[Ulsterman]

the photo in its entirety. Note the horse.

[Ulsterman]

ooops- I meant 1913, by the LS medal peeking out at the end of the bar.

[Rick Research]

I'd say 1913/14:

MEZ2

LD2 (so he was a RESERVIST)

?Colonial 2 bars

?SWA multi bars...

rest obscured

Long service awards came before campaigns until 1935, and from the size, it can only be an LD2.

No name?

[Leutwein]

At first it?s a Vizefeldwebel (3 chevrons)!

No way to identify him. For GSWA were approx. 2805 MEZII awarded.

The 3rd one could be the colonial or china medal. Unfortunately has the pic a bad quality. But I would prefer a china-medal (due of the 2 battle clasps).

All the best

Leutwein

[joe campbell]

lovely picture!

wouldn't it be nice to computer colorize

to see what the ribbons looked like?

thx,

joe