Marinemembers in Funchal

[Vetinari]

This nice photo was made in Funchal Madeira.

Can anybody tell me what rank the men have? Also the tallyband? I can read .....WEHR.ABTEILUNG

Thank you V.

PS: Sorry for the bad scans, its not a EPSON ;)

Edited August 15, 2009 by Vetinari

[Vetinari]

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[Guest Rick Research]

:Cat-Scratch: What a VERY odd photo!

1) Someone from a Küstenwehr Abteilung had no business being aboard ship far far away from the German coast!

2) The Oberbootsmannsmaat isn't wearing a white topped cap

3) The Deckoffizier (or is he a Feldwebel? There appear to be Petty Officer stripes on his officer's style coat, but not the collar patches of a Feldwebel..... IS wearing hot weather white cap top BUT he is clutching a studio prop army sword without hangers on the wrong side!

Can you read the YEAR?

I almost wonder whether both are holidaying civilians dressed up completely in studio "fancy dress costumes" like THIS happy bunch of army Fußartillerie regiment oficers before the war:

These were all army officers, yet three are dressed as naval Petty Officers, one is in an army enlisted man's partial uniform... and the less said about the "lady" the better!!!! :cheeky:

[Vetinari]

Sorry, the only thing I can read is the 24 (i dont know if this is the day or the year). Also i am not sure if the Hat with Küstenwehr has a Reichsmarinekokarde.

[Guest Rick Research]

I thought it was the Reichsmarine "chicken on a platter" as well until I saw the Imperial Deckoffiziere cap... then I thought it was just a blur. But obviously BOTH cannot be in the same photo-- certainly not a Reichsmarine cap on a Kaiserliche Marine jacket so...

I think it is a "funny foto" and NOT a military portrait at all.

[Vetinari]

Thank you Rick.