Feliciaj
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:46 pm
Post subject: Uniform identification
Hi, I have two old photos and am trying to identify the uniform the man is wearing to help determine the approximate date/place of origin. Can anyone help?
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TeresaB
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:57 pm
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Hi Feliciaj
Skirts of ankle length first came into fashion in 1908 and were popular at this length until WW1. The little boy's sailor suit was at the height of popularity around 1909 but had been around since 1900. Is it possible for you to enlarge the area of the hat badge so it is clearer?
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Feliciaj
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:32 pm
Post subject: Uniform identification
Teresa, thanks for the info. Didn't know which hat badge you wanted to see, but when I enlarged the cropped area I noticed something on the side of the one hat. See what you think.
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TeresaB
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:21 pm
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That's interesting! Shame you can't turn the fellow's head slightly and we can see the full badge 
Feliciaj, I have had a good search today on military sites and can find very little. One site indicated that the centre cap badge may mean this man is a policeman rather than in the army. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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Feliciaj
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:20 pm
Post subject: Uniform identification
Teresa, thanks for checking! My roommate did a search on Prussian military uniforms and found this last night. It is a 1910 Vereinfachte Feldrock uniform. You were right about the time period. This at least tells me the people are likely from my grandmother's side of the family as her passenger listing said she was German, while my grandfather was listed as Russian.
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ShelliePO Top Contributor & Patron
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:39 pm
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Feliciaj
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:05 am
Post subject: Uniform identification
Shellie, thanks for the information! I am amazed by what is out there for geneological purposes. Would never have guessed such a site existed. I can't even imagine how difficult my searches would have been without the internet and the helpful people who use this forum.
Felicia
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TeresaB
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:08 am
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Feliciaj, I'm so glad you managed to identify the uniform and now know which side of your family the photo belonged to.
Shellie, that is a great site and I shall be using it soon as I have an old photo of my grandfather taken standing next to a soldier in what I think is a Russian uniform.
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ShelliePO Top Contributor & Patron
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:25 am
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I'm happy that you found the information helpful. When I first started my research and didn't know what to do, I received lots of advice right here at PolishOrigins. Now I'm more than happy to pay it forward.
Does anyone else think that those round things on hats are snaps?
It looks like they snap together to scruch the hat down in front.
Good Luck and let us all know what you find out about the uniforms! Shellie
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TeresaB
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:22 pm
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I thought they looked like large buttons! I had a look at a close up of one on another site and they are actually metal studs with a coloured insert. There are quite a few different colours, probably to denote various regiments??
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Feliciaj
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:45 pm
Post subject: Uniform identification
Hi, looking at the site saxoniamilitaria.com, apparently the buttons denoted whether a man was an office or NCO. Looks like the top button was usually red or partly red. The colors of the cap itself probably did show the regiment. It would be great if there was a way to transform black and white photos to the original colors.
Can the photo be posted with the possibly Russian uniform? I'd like to see it.
Felicia
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ShelliePO Top Contributor & Patron
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ZenonPolishOrigins Team Leader
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:59 am
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Just a short note from my friend Jacek who is a professional soldier and historian.
He confirms that this is uniform of Prussian soldier from the breakthrough of 19th and 20th centuries. Most probably he served in Prussian Army infantry unit.
I know it may sound obvious but is there on the photo any stamp of a photographer?
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:01 am
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Hello
This is Antoni Kaczmarczyk born 1882 Poland. Here he is in his uniform. Can anyone idenify which uniform it is??
Thank you.
Diane Potter
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Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:05 am
Post subject: Antoni Kaczmarczyk uniform
| Zenon wrote: | Just a short note from my friend Jacek who is a professional soldier and historian.
He confirms that this is uniform of Prussian soldier from the breakthrough of 19th and 20th centuries. Most probably he served in Prussian Army infantry unit.
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Hello Zenon
There was nothing on the back of the photo. Antoni was born in Poland, so why would he be in a Prussian uniform????
I would over in Poland May 2013 and stayed at what was his farm. His 92 year old lives there now. The farm is in the southwest part of Poland.
That is why I can't figure out why your friend said it looks like a Prussian uniform. I don't know much about Poland, I only took a friend over to see her aunt at the farm. Antoni was born in 1882, so would he not be a little too old to be in the army of any sort. I also can't figure out why he has no collar on his jacket. Wasn't Prussia part of Germany at one time???
Diane Potter
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