Weimar-era Firefighter (?) with decorations for ID

[Freiwillige]

Dear Gentlemen, I need your expertise in attribution of this Weimar Republic-era portrait. I assume this man is a firefighter, but I may be wrong.

  

Fragment with decorations and sleeve insignia.

- EK II ausg.1914; 

- Kriegsdenkmünze 1914/18 des Kyffhäuserbundes mit Frontkämpfer-Abzeichen (als Feldspange); 

- ???

- certain aiguillette

Edited January 7, 2019 by Freiwillige

[laurentius]

Dear Freiwillige

The second award is the Friedrich-Kreuz from Anhalt, I can't comment on the uniform

Kind regards, Laurentius

[GreyC]

Hi,

I wonder if there is a whistle at the end of the cord?

GreyC

[Freiwillige]

11 hours ago, laurentius said:

Dear Freiwillige

The second award is the Friedrich-Kreuz from Anhalt, I can't comment on the uniform

Kind regards, Laurentius

Many thanks, Laurentius!

10 hours ago, GreyC said:

Hi,

I wonder if there is a whistle at the end of the cord?

GreyC

I wouldn't say so, as the lower end of the twisted cord seems to be fastened firmly to the interior portion of the breast pocket button, while the upper one is stitched or attached somehow else to the inner part of the blouse button... Maybe it's a kind of long service or good conduct decoration, something like a Green Aiguillette with Westphalian Horse?

[GreyC]

Ah, ok.

Did firefighters of that period have long service stripes? The stripes on the sleeves remind me of the long service stripes of the Red Cross.

GreyC

[bolewts58]

 

6 hours ago, Freiwillige said:

 Maybe it's a kind of long service or good conduct decoration, something like a Green Aiguillette with Westphalian Horse?

 

Not the Grune Fangschnur if that's what you mean. That went under the epaulette at the shoulder and under the arm. The knot with the horse and 2 acorns was at the junction of the epaulette and shoulder.

[GreyC]

Superb photo. Thanks for posting!

GreyC

[Freiwillige]

8 minutes ago, bolewts58 said:

Not the Grune Fangschnur if that's what you mean. That went under the epaulette at the shoulder and under the arm. The knot with the horse and 2 acorns was at the junction of the epaulette and shoulder.

Sure I know that is not  Green Aiguillette with Westphalian Horse!!! I just mentioned it as an example of award lanyardsthat did exist then...

[GreyC]

5 minutes ago, Freiwillige said:

Sure I know that is not  Green Aiguillette with Westphalian Horse!!! I just mentioned it as an example of award lanyardsthat did exist then...

Yes, but to my knowledge most of them were worn on the other side, were they not?

GreyC

[ixhs]

Could it be an early Reichswehr uniform?

He definitely wears the IC & Anhalt Friedrichskreuz for combatants.

The two stripes = Infanterie Lehrregiment (?)

Freiwillige, are you the guy of that cool photo hp. with all those uniform pics?

 

[Freiwillige]

Frankly speaking I doubt this is a Friedensheer serviceman, I assume this vet serves with Firefighting or Red Cross agency or any other organization.

5 minutes ago, ixhs said:

Freiwillige, are you the guy of that cool photo hp. with all those uniform pics?

Sorry, I can't get what do you mean by  "photo hp. with uniform pics"? 

[ixhs]

http://antique-photos.com/en/awardsdatabase/weimarawards.html

[Freiwillige]

Yes, that's my website which I update twice a month. All the photos in the Gallery section and used as illustrations for articles are from my personal collection.

[ixhs]

A very good page. I like it and it helped me a few times to ID some kind of uniforms and other things.?

If you want, you can add the pic of my shown Freikorps guy to your page.

In this time it has been in my collection. I sold it later, because i am not a Freikorps collector`s guy.