Telegraph or Flieger ?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Can anyone guess at what these guys are?

Thanks

Chris

[Nelson1805]

Colonial Police?

[Chip]

The shoulder strap in the first picture is a M15 Kraftfahrer enlisted example. No idea why they would be wearing Tschakos. There were Kraftfahr troops assigned to various units, but they normally wore their branch clothing and not that of the unit they served.

Chip

[Odulf]

Bavarian Train-Bat. did wear Tschakos for a long time, note this uniform table from 1905

Edited February 12, 2016 by Odulf

[HeikoGrusdat]

Kraftfahrer belonged originally to the Verkehrstruppen , as well as the Telegraph boys and the Flyers - and thats why they all wear Tschakos - sometimes  - nice pic

[The Prussian]

Hello!

Bavarian Kraftfahrer changed their helmet into Tshakos since june 5, 1912.

On this photo, they don´t have Litzen, so we have a bavarian Kraftfahr-Kolonne, that was set-up in war-time

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

 

thanks for the Info guys!!! I had never factored them into the Tschako equation.

I guess they never wore then in the field, driving with a Tschako must have been pretty difficult!

best

Chris

[HeikoGrusdat]

5 hours ago, Chris Boonzaier said:

I guess they never wore then in the field, driving with a Tschako must have been pretty difficult!

.....not in a Cabrio

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is another.... also with a "K"

[HeikoGrusdat]

seems to be a Filz-Tschako.... nice pic

[HeikoGrusdat]