Sergeant 08 Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 I missed a Czech badge because the auction was ended early !!!! I also missed this ........... Such skull things can happen. Next time....new luck! :D
Gilles Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Closer view of the sleeve "badge": Unfortunately, the lack of quality of the picture unables to confirm the existence of any sleeve patch on the picture.
Sergeant 08 Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 It seems he was a Kraftfahrer in Danzig after ww1.
Chris Boonzaier Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 Hey guys.... have you seen the skulls? http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/50726-conventional-forces-of-the-boer-republics-display-1874-to-1902/page__fromsearch__1
Naxos Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) Well, last week I found this. A Meissen plate (to go with the Meissen Wehrwolf medallion). ... and here is the pre 1907 Degen I have to go with the plate. Edited August 14, 2011 by Naxos
Robin Lumsden Posted August 27, 2011 Author Posted August 27, 2011 Nice commemoration of The Black Duke!
Sergeant 08 Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) This tinnie may be of interest to you. Never seen before. A new item for my wishlist! :D Edited August 27, 2011 by Sergeant 08
Sergeant 08 Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 This can be another interesting skull.....Thoughts?
Thomas W Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 This can be another interesting skull.....Thoughts? It appears to be shaped like the flamethrower-regiment skull, and its mounted on a field-gray cloth oval. It's likely this man is a veteran of the Garde-Reserve-Pionier-Regiment.
Robin Lumsden Posted August 31, 2011 Author Posted August 31, 2011 The bone shapes look very similar to those of the black skull ....... slightly different from the FW TK.
Sergeant 08 Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) What is the meaning of this skull? Edited September 1, 2011 by Sergeant 08
Thomas W Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 What is the meaning of this skull? It's a Freikorps insignia, but I don't know which one. What's the badge under the EKI?
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 It's a Freikorps insignia, but I don't know which one. What's the badge under the EKI? Its a navy wound badge, the other badge with the EK1 is the one given to the guys for a years service in the Freikorps Ehrhardt. Nice selection of stuff on the guy.
dond Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 It's a Freikorps insignia, but I don't know which one. What's the badge under the EKI? Naval Wound Badge.
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 I am guessing that this guy was up in Baltikum /Schlesien /east Prussia after the Kapp Putsch and that the Skull and collar badges are from then.
Thomas W Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 So, this former naval officer is wearing insignia for at least three different Freikorps.
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 The bone shapes look very similar to those of the black skull ....... slightly different from the FW TK. Ahh yes.... the rareast of the rare... the Albino Version of the Black Skull :-)))))
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 1, 2011 Posted September 1, 2011 So, this former naval officer is wearing insignia for at least three different Freikorps. He has 2 Erhardt badges, the sleeve unit badge and the award next to his EK1. Collar badges are I assume a post Erhardt service... Would be interesting to know his career... There must also have been a number of "Walts" around back then, wearing things to impress the guys in the Pub...
Sergeant 08 Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) It's a Freikorps insignia, but I don't know which one. What's the badge under the EKI? Thomas, not all men of the Brigade Ehrhardt had such skulls on their sleeve. I hoped to get some infomations, because I read they had a Sturmkompanie and they had a Flammenwerferzug. Freikorps Flammenwerfer badge? Badge of the Sturmkompanie? . PS: Here is the complete photo, which was posted in another forum before. Edited September 2, 2011 by Sergeant 08
Sergeant 08 Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) A similar skull on sleeve. Edited September 2, 2011 by Sergeant 08
Gilles Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) I will try to manage a sort of multi-answer: The picture was shot in Berlin during the Kapp-Putsch in March 1920. Ehrhardt is identified with the x under it. The skull was the insignia of the Sturmkompagnie of the Brigade Ehrhadt. Many insignias were worn on Freikorps uniforms as many smaller units were subordinated to a bigger unit belonging to a much larger group. Here you can read it upwards as Sturmkompagnie of the Brigade Ehrhardt in the GKSD. A navy wounded badge. Edited September 2, 2011 by Gilles
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