Schutztruppe and Unknown Uniform?

[Vetinari]

I got this interesting photo recently. What kind of uniform is the guy on the left wearing? Its a pc-sized photo.

Best Regards V.

[HeikoGrusdat]

.........can you read what on the cap tallys of the two naby men is written???

[Vetinari]

.........can you read what on the cap tallys of the two naby men is written???

Sadly i cannot read it, i will try later to make a better scan. But my photoshop skills are near zero.

I can only make out that its a long name. Maybe Seebataillon.

Best Regards V.

[Vetinari]

2 more scans but not very usefull i think (bad scanner (no epson ) and as said before no photoshopskills

But can anybody recognize the uniform of the left guy?

Edited July 29, 2009 by Vetinari

[TacHel]

I'm going waaaay out on a limb here. A complete shot in the dark.

Naval uniforms could be seen anywhere a ship went. Add a colonial uniform suggesting (maybe) Africa...

Could the "pudgy boy scout" actually be a non German? A Boer? A British border/police/scout official?

Like I said, waaaay out on a limb.

[HeikoGrusdat]

now my shot in the dark................. don`t ask me why but for me the whole scene looks like a shot from a theatre , cinema or other kind of acting thing.... it is too strange that one man of the Schutztruppen gives the hand to one native farmer (?) and two navy sailormen carry a german warflag...???!!!! Just my thoughts....

[HeikoGrusdat]

....and not to forget they are not standing somewhere on a beach, in a desert or in a jungle........... look in the background , there are painted carpets and wallpapers to create the right stage atmosphere.........

[Mark C]

The fellow on the left looks to me like a generic "settler/plantation owner."

[Eric Stahlhut]

i like the way the flag is defying gravity! i wonder how much laundry starch they used...