Uniform identification

[kolsi]

Hello,

we are looking for our relative who was born in Teplitz-Schönau in Bohemia in 1933, expelled to Germany in 1946 with his family, lived in Neustadt/Hessen up to 1960 and then was lost. Nobody knows what happened to him except he travelled a lot, lived in France for a while and maybe recruited to foreign legion.

We have his picture in some army uniform. Does somebody recognize what kind of army could it be?

Thank you very much.

Tomas

[Bayern]

Hello Tomas, Hard to determine because the type of uniform is common to many countries, of some interest are the Shoulder boards but sadly are not clearly visibles . I think more in Belgium than France because of the SBs . Belgian Ecole Royal Militaire Cadets used SBs of twisted cord in diverse colours, according to the year . the Buttons appears as those of the Belgian Chasseurs,with a horn in the center. En fin... someone could make a better contribution

[aubagne98]

Could the insignia on the shoulder be the pucelle de 13. DBLE?

 

Can you give a photo without the light reflection on the shoulder part?

[Chris Boonzaier]

It is indeed 13eme DBLE, looks like an Indochine + Algeria vet I think he has a TOE, OM. Indo medal on the top row...

[kolsi]

Thank you for the ideas. Unfortunately, I cannot provide better photo, because we got only this digital copy and do not have the original available.

We already tried to contact some foreign legion services if they could have some information about him but no positive response from anyone.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi, no problem, this is 13dble.

you need to contact the BALE

https://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/contact/index.php?titre=Contacts

[Bayern]

I look again the Photo and the buttons are those of the Legion , then the man is wearing a 13 dble pucelle on each shoulder !

[aubagne98]

Wearing a pucelle on the shoulder shows the former regiment where he came from.

On 19/12/2020 at 22:05, Chris Boonzaier said:

It is indeed 13eme DBLE, looks like an Indochine + Algeria vet I think he has a TOE, OM. Indo medal on the top row...

Medaille Indochine, are you sure?

I zoomed the placard ... the stripes does not fit.

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think he must have if the first one is a TOE?

[kolsi]

Hello,

I'm still thinking if this is really what he has on his epaulette? If yes, why I cannot find any other picture of some soldier wearing it too?

 

[aubagne98]

ausgabe78.pdf (deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-ordenskunde.de)

look at picture 20

 

the ribbons look the same than these in your picture

 

Here also the ribbon bar looks like in your picture. 

legion etrangere indochine uniform - Google Suche

 

I think the second is the Medaille Outre Mer and the picture was taken before 1953, the year the Commemo Indochine was introduced.

Edited January 20, 2021 by aubagne98

[Chris Boonzaier]

On 17/01/2021 at 19:30, kolsi said:

Hello,

I'm still thinking if this is really what he has on his epaulette? If yes, why I cannot find any other picture of some soldier wearing it too?

 

This was a short lived thing I think... so photos will be rare