Wyliecoyote
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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 capital of which is Windhoek. He is identified at the reverse as a Feldwebel, and he is armed in his right hand with a Gewehr 88 and Seitengewehr 71. In his left hand he holds the hilt of his M1889 NCO sword with Portapee. On his head he wears the Schutztruppe Südwester hat made of grey felt, with blue hatband and edging for South West Africa troops, pinned up on the right hand side by the single large Reichs cockade, which is not visible in this photo. He wears the 1896 Sandfarben Kord Waffenrock (corduroy uniform), with NCO lace on his blue collar and Swedish cuffs. Down the blue piped front of the tunic are eight white metal buttons bearing the Imperial Crown. The shoulder boards are not the twisted mohair cord in black/white/red, or at least it appears that way. He also wears the Schutztruppe leather Mounted Equipment and Ammunition Pouches, consisting of 12 single pouches, one each on the shoulder straps and 10 attached to the belt. On his boots he wears the spurs of a mounted soldier.
On the reverse:
Schutztruppe Deutsch-Südwest Afrika - Sanitäts - Feldwebel
Can anybody identify those two decorations?
These are not the usual shoulder straps of twisted mohair cord in black/white/red, no?
On the reverse:
Schutztruppe Deutsch-Südwest Afrika - Sanitäts - Feldwebel
Can anybody identify those two decorations?
These are not the usual shoulder straps of twisted mohair cord in black/white/red, no?
