dante Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Welcome your thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Could be Freikorps, compare with the badge of the "Freie Nachrichten-Truppen" shown in Ingo Haarcke's reference book #621.1 page 106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Thanks Gilles, this is the reverse of the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hel,lo! Freikorps doesn´t match with the date... Maybe someone speaks polish to translate? But probably he wrote only something private. (Papierusse means cigarettes, as far as I know...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Just a thought what insignia did the German Polnische Wehrmacht wear from 1917-19 ? Edited October 24, 2016 by dante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 The adress is in german , the receiver appears to be a guy named kasimierz serving in the 356 infantry regiment I st batallion 1st Coy , perhaps the same unit of the guy who envoyed the postcard . The Army of the Kingdom of Poland created in 1917 used german uniforms and insignias for infantry . with polish details . but not was really a proper Army . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 On 23/10/2016 at 16:56, Gilles said: Could be Freikorps, compare with the badge of the "Freie Nachrichten-Truppen" shown in Ingo Haarcke's reference book #621.1 page 106 Possibly but looks to be the wrong shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolewts58 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 On 10/24/2016 at 03:56, Gilles said: Could be Freikorps, compare with the badge of the "Freie Nachrichten-Truppen" shown in Ingo Haarcke's reference book #621.1 page 106 Gilles is correct. It's Freie Nachrichten-Truppen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Found the book....guys spot on many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolewts58 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I just saw a clearer picture of this arm-badge posted on WAF and it turns out to be some hitherto unknown MGSS badge substituting an MG08/15 light machinegun for the standard MG08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hello! Yes, it´s a MG08/15. It´s probably an inofficial badge. I´ve seen it a few times before. A rare photo! Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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