nesredep Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Very rare Reichsbahn Cuff photo Larry! Best regards,Morten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thank you very much Morten. Here is an even earlier photo. The cap insignia was introduced in 1924 and the "Bahnpolizei" cuff bands that several of the men are wearing changed to "Bahnschutz" in 1927. So the photo was taken between these two dates. Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Wow,very nice early photo sharing Cuf in wear.Thanks for sahring with us Larry! It is SAD that so FEW contribute to your excellent and different Thread in this Forum! Best regards,Morten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 This guy wears the tab on his left upper arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Lovely photo of a Bahnschutz Hundfuhrer with his working dog. Thanks for posting. It is strange that more people don't collect DRB photos. The Third Reich would not have functioned without its railways. Here are some DRB civilian employees on their way to work. The truck is a Polski-Fiat. Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Larry, I think that the reason is not about the role of the Reichsbahn but the availability of information about RB uniforms. The same applies to e.g. Reichspost, Organisation Todt, NS-Frauenschaft, Red Cross and many other uniformed organisations. Good research books, when available, are expensive and collectors with a small purse rather buy pieces for their collection instead of investing in building a reference library; also because it is possible to put all questions on forums. Some more RB photos from the early 1930s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Larry, I think that the reason is not about the role of the Reichsbahn but the availability of information about RB uniforms. The same applies to e.g. Reichspost, Organisation Todt, NS-Frauenschaft, Red Cross and many other uniformed organisations. Good research books, when available, are expensive and collectors with a small purse rather buy pieces for their collection instead of investing in building a reference library; also because it is possible to put all questions on forums. Some more RB photos from the early 1930s. Hi, Thanks for your reply and the nice early DR photos. I agree with everything you have said. While people collect civilian, NS and paramilitary items the amount of collectors in these fields is reasonably small and as you have said specialist information on these organisations can be scarce and expensive. Another reason for the lack of good information on these organisations is there were so many of them. There was an organisation, club or association for just about every facet of life during the Third Reich period. This the main reason why I collect photos on that theme. They are harder to obtain and some of the subject matter in them is rare. Here is another photo of a DRB man standing in front of his 8-tonne A. Fross-Bussing truck. What is nice about the photo is that the truck has a Deutsche Reichsbahn number plate. Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Woman wearing bare chested man's DR tunic and cap. Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Female DRB employee. Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Female DRB employee. Cheers, Larry Very nice Photo Larry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thanks very much Morten. I like the way this guy has pinched the top front of his cap to give it that "peaked look." Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thanks very much Morten. I like the way this guy has pinched the top front of his cap to give it that "peaked look." Cheers, Larry Nice peaked look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Great photos of some rarely seen uniforms. I've never seen a female uniform in a period photo before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 This is my favourite portrait of a female member of the Reichsbahn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 That is a very nice portrait. Female DRB portraits are hard to find. Thanks for sharing it with us. DRB portrait with metal collar insignia. Good reference site: http://www.bahnmuseum-benneckenstein.ag.vu/uniformen_vom_bahnschutz/ Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryT Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Another from my collection. Cheers, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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