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Can any of you decorations aficionados please help me I.D. these two awards please? This CDV is a portrait of a man identified on the reverse of the photo as a Schutztruppe Deutsch-Südwest Afrika - Sanitäts - Feldwebel. No date on the card at all. Not being a collector of Imperial German Medals...

Thanks fellas!

I would like to share this CDV I recently acquired of a Schutztruppe made at the studio of R. Schubert in Berlin W.Potsdamerstr. 3. In gold embosed letters: Auf Wiedersehn! The marker at left says Veste Windhoek, indicating he was destined for Deutsch-Südwest Afrika, (Present day Namibia) the...

Glennj Thanks immensely for the (as always) terrific info! Obviously the site I pulled the Kaiserabzeichen info from is not complete.

Happy Easter! Soldaten in this photo dated 30 Juni 1907, canceled in Neuhammer am Queis, (I am thinking in the Truppenübungsplatz Neuhammer am Queis). All armed men with Rifle 88 and Sidearm 71. The helmets are M95 with chin scales and gilt first pattern Grenadier wappen. M95 waffenrocks many...

Could you post the link? Please?

Happy New Year fellows! Joe, is that an uberzug from a train outfit?

Will you look at those gorgets. Bet they didn't get those from old Saint Nic! Excellent card Brett!

We've had snow in this region tonight, if it lasts until morning, a white Christmas! The author of this postcard, Hermann Steinhoff is identified by the X and arrow. Munsterlager, d(en) 23.12.14 Lieber Schwager & Schwägerin u(nd) Torsten lange habe ich euch warten lassen(.) ich habe diese...

1930's - 1940's Luftwaffe?

Merry Christmas! Landsturm Men of the 39th Infanterie Brigade, Tenth Armeekorps armed with Gewehr 88 rifles and S71 bayonets. Sign reads "Merry Christmas Munster 1914." Dated Munsterlager, 23 Dezember 1914.

Gents! Here is an old thread in line with this one! http://pickelhaubes.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2812&hilit=Hamburg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Brett, that is way cool! Did you ever contact that fellow? He got the bluing a bit wrong on the Gewehr 88 action and bolt, but it is really a very nice figure. Maybe if I leave a few extra cookies for Santa? Hmmmn!

Nor did I, and I enjoyed the article too! :bravo:

Just look at the shine on that tschako! Fantastic photo Joe, I am not sure what I like best, the chin strap or the finish on the helmet, Thanks for posting!

I totally enjoyed that article! What was your Grandpa's opinion of Wilhelm as an employer & as a person? Terribly interesting topic!

Funny how monikers last the test of time. During the "Cold War" we still referred to Russian troops as "Ivan", just like the reverse side of your card.

The rifles depicted appear to be captured Russian M-91 Mosin Nagants.

No telling without being able to read the collar dogs, or with the lack of a unit listed on the reverse. Their hats have the Landwehr Cross, that pretty much identifies them as Landsturm.

Michelle He has Swedish cuffs and M1889 NCO ammo pouches, which were favored by pioniers (same as combat enginieers) & feld artillerie. Possibly Train (supply) troops also. As a civilian saddler, he would have been a good choice for troops that use horse drawn wagons. I know that isn't much help...