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Title: Which uniform is this please?
Post by: Marianthompson47 on Tuesday 21 October 25 13:29 BST (UK)

Does anyone please recognise which uniform this is?? My grandfather was in the German army. Thank you!

Title: Re: Which uniform is this please?
Post by: bearkat on Tuesday 21 October 25 15:25 BST (UK)

In the middle photo with 2 soldiers the cap looks like one of these:
https://www.epicmilitaria.com/german-ww1-m1907-field-cap.html
and the tunic:
https://www.epicmilitaria.com/ww1-german-m15-tunic.html

Title: Re: Which uniform is this please?
Post by: Marianthompson47 on Tuesday 21 October 25 16:01 BST (UK)

Thank you bearkat!

Title: Re: Which uniform is this please?
Post by: tonepad on Tuesday 21 October 25 16:10 BST (UK)

The aircraft in the third photo (inverted) looks like a DFW C.V

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFW_C.V


Then the men are in the Luftstreitkräfte

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte


Tony

Title: Re: Which uniform is this please?
Post by: Marianthompson47 on Tuesday 21 October 25 18:50 BST (UK)

Tonepad. Thank you!