Robert Noss Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Found this photo on a fleamarket today (what else) .The photo is dated 1916, so he can not be from a Freikorps.However I am wondering about the Totenkopf on his cap and the strange collar insignia.It is not a typical cavalry uniform either.What do You think ?Kind regardsRobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Looks like they got the date on the photo wrong. I think it should be 1919....................not 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 This one's dated 1919.An ex-hussar, now in the Freikorps.See the collar insignia...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Yes indeed-- insignia of Generalkommando VI. Armeekorps and Freiw.-Truppen of Provisional Reichsheer Brigade 32: #140 in VerKuilen Ager's "Freikorps Insignia." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Mysterious.That's the back of the photo:And this is the post stamp:The date is to read like this 22 APR von 9-10 16.22nd of April, between 9 and 10 o'clock, (19)16................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 ......the handwritten date in the text:Although the 6 is not clear to see, you can see how he made the 9 in 1916, and if it would be 1919 there should be a similar 9 at the end.Besides that, it matches with the post stamp.21.4.1916 - written the day before he carried the card to the post office.Of course I have no doubt about Your identification of this Freikorps man, but I am thinking how there can be a wrong date on this card.Don't know.Kind regardsRobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Mystery revealed !!!Sorry for the confusion.The photo of the Freikorps man was fixed to an older postcard, maybe to stiffen it.Coincidentaly it is an Easter Greetings Card, so ----- Happy Easter to all of You. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Hello Robert!Thanx for solvin the problem... I thought I?ll get a headache, thinking about the Freikorps in 1916... I?ll remember the emoticon, so if you come the Ruhrpott or I will come to Bavaria, you can pay the first drink... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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