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Nice posing here

Thanks for that.Didn't know much about this. Here's another photo of officers enjoying a shooting contest.

This was posted on WAF. 3. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 138 members with badges on arms? Anyone know what these are?

Chris "This description of the hats as "Australian styled" makes sense as the Australians worn hats with the left side pinned up (as seen in the original photo), while the Germans (in the Schutztruppe, Landespolizei and East Asian formations) usually pinned up their hats on the right'. The...

http://www.theage.com.au/national/buried-where-he-fell--the-digger-who-went-down-fighting-20080820-3ywk.html How much would a pickelhauve(sic) weigh?What a silly comment. "..the reason he carried it is unknown.." ,try souvenir!

They could be the Shanghai Volunteer Corps. :) Numerous goodwill visits were made by the East Asiastic Squadron to Shanghai.Waldersee first deployed to there as well in 1900. Nationalties wore there own uniforms,these look like the British Company.There was also a Light Horse section. Here's...

Joe Thats the only pic I have. I wonder what happened to those guys?Joined the Freikorps? Peter

Same spot again.

A closer look at these guys.

From ebay ages back.

I think this is after 1918? Generalmajor von Hoffmann is the Kommandeur.

Erich Kästner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_K%C3%A4stner_%28WWI_veteran%29

Thanks,yes Freikorps. I got this reply elsewhere:

Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.de/Kaempfe-in-China-1900-Leutnant-Stotten-Baltenregiment_W0QQitemZ200117505713QQihZ010QQcategoryZ34654QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Who are these guys?Strange uniforms.

Grosser Bilderatlas des Weltkrieges (Band 1-3) http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=header&id=History.gbatlasv1 http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=header&id=History.gbatlasv2...

Some photos of Hitler visiting Fromelles in 1940: http://atlanticwallbelgiumboulogne.110mb.com/atlant/fromelles/fromelles.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6734553.stm Australian dead Fromelles:

Thanks Chip Peter

When were they introduced? This photo on ebay suggests late 1915 or early 1916.

Please someone explain this photo to me. :o