Imperial Russia Russian POW portraits ?

[GeorgeCL]

Here a couple PC portraits my Mother picked up for me last weekend.

Bothe dated 1916 and named in Latin letters.

On the left.

Alexander Masuroff

On the right

Borris Vittkina?

Reverse

George

[GeorgeCL]

This photo also came int he Group..

Looks like a Russian Band

The reverse is hand written the German..

Closer

Edited July 23, 2006 by GeorgeCL

[GeorgeCL]

Closeup of the main officer

And the reverse dedication in german, I cant make it out. Any help?

Thanks

George

[Guest Rick Research]

Unfortunately I can't get the PLACE name, which is complicated by ? if that's a "t" overwittten in it, or a random mark...

"dein geliebtes (Listroriezr???) Kurort Orchester Saison 1916."

Not written IN German script, though IN German. "Kurort" may be a humorous reference to a POW camp, but I don't know--

these ordinary soldiers are TOO neat, TOO clean, and too fully uniformed, right down to all having shiny boots. By 1916 the average tsarist private was a poor shabby looking creature in the mass.

Maybe they are the staff of a Russian POW camp, photos given TO a German?

[GeorgeCL]

Unfortunately I can't get the PLACE name, which is complicated by ? if that's a "t" overwittten in it, or a random mark...

"dein geliebtes (Listroriezr???) Kurort Orchester Saison 1916."

Not written IN German script, though IN German. "Kurort" may be a humorous reference to a POW camp, but I don't know--

these ordinary soldiers are TOO neat, TOO clean, and too fully uniformed, right down to all having shiny boots. By 1916 the average tsarist private was a poor shabby looking creature in the mass.

Maybe they are the staff of a Russian POW camp, photos given TO a German?

Thanks again Rick,

I found out today the guy on the left is a private and on the right is a sergeant.

The officer is a regimental band teacher, Civil servants that wore military style uniforms.

George