Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 14, 2020 Back in 1993, at MAX show I found a dealer with a broken photo album.The album was a Strassenbahn album......I can't tell you how much it angers me to see albums butchered to get the big bucks for one or two photos!!I bought all the remaining photos....here they are and there is a bunch.If there is writing on the back I will show it.First one is a large format 5x7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted April 14, 2020 more,nice insignia showing....can't tell what the town crest is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted April 14, 2020 and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted April 14, 2020 This has a Reichspost gentleman as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted April 14, 2020 Ready for more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted April 14, 2020 second verse same as the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted April 14, 2020 st for now...postcard format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted April 14, 2020 Share #8 Posted April 14, 2020 Very neat photos of a seldom seen uniform and insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted April 14, 2020 51 minutes ago, SARGE said: Very neat photos of a seldom seen uniform and insignia. Thanks,some of the insignia can be found,the complete uniforms are almost nonexistent.I have not even scratched the surface yet with the amount of photos I have of the Strassenbahn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted April 15, 2020 Some more,in this album there seemed to be primarily photos of 2 ladies..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted April 15, 2020 same group different pose.I am amazed by the heavy heavy boots on both men and women....grounding from the electricity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted April 15, 2020 Yet more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted April 15, 2020 more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jack the Collector Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted April 15, 2020 still more..to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted April 16, 2020 Back with more,I believe the Crest is for the city of Dresden.Dresden history makes you wonder her fate.Any German members feel free to correct me on the Crest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted April 16, 2020 sick of this thread yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted April 16, 2020 another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted April 16, 2020 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted April 16, 2020 ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share #21 Posted April 16, 2020 yet more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted April 16, 2020 Last one for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted April 16, 2020 Share #23 Posted April 16, 2020 Excellent pictures, thanks for sharing! Jack, you are right, it´s the crest of Dresden. Do you know the text of the cuff titles visible on some pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SARGE Posted April 16, 2020 Share #24 Posted April 16, 2020 I find these photos most interesting. The headgear is quite interesting in that the peaked caps worn by the men mostly have the winged tram insignia at the top like the blue deutscher Eisenbahn peaked caps have their winged wheel train insignia on the top of their caps. The tram guys wear a cockade below that but it may be a Nationale or a Dresden or a Saxon cockade I suppose. The DB wore a blue Schirmmutze with a single red/white/black national (Nationale) on the band below the winged wheel with the 1933 regulations. Earlier 1926 regulations dictated a state cockade was to be worn between the winged wheel insignia and the national cockade which was black/red/gold/black in 1926. In the pictures there is a male and female standing in front of Tram 24 wearing two cockades per this earlier 1926 regulation. Perhaps an old timer who was still wearing his early cap or just someone who was issued an earlier used cap? I also noticed a male standing between two females who had only one cockade and no winged tram insignia above it. Verrry Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwar Posted April 16, 2020 Share #25 Posted April 16, 2020 Hello ! Nice photos, I will add a little tidbit of information, some of the women in the photographs are wearing the 'KHD' badge. This badge was worn by young women serving in the RADwJ's Kriegshilfsdienst (KHD), a half-year extension of labor service duty proper that was spent working in some capacity that directly or indirectly contributed to the war effort. (For example with public health/welfare services, the armaments industry, public transportation and communicatIon, clerical work for the armed forces etc.) The badge was typically worn on civilian clothing or - if applicable - the specific duty clothing/uniform that went with that occupation, for example, in case of the railways or postal service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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