paja Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Greetings, A friend is doing ancestral research and asked for my help. Third Reich is really not my field so I'd be grateful if someone could identify uniform and rank. Notice a barely visible patch on the left sleeve, Ordnungspolizei perhaps? Unfortunately this is the only photo of him in uniform. Also what kind of research is possible based on the person's name and date and place of birth and death? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Looks like a member of one of the many Police Battalions, who served as a security troops in counter-guerilla warfare in the Balkan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Thank you, Odulf! You are right about the location, this person served in Yugoslavia. Is that rank of Unterwachtmeister that he holds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) As there is no part of the chevroned soutache closing the bottom of the board, his rank is Watchmeister. http://www.uniforminsignia.org/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=568 Cheers Larry Edited July 15, 2016 by Laurence Strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Larry, thank you very much for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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