weimar period ?

[georgecl]

Hers a couple picture PC in my collection
I dont know what type of para military there are.
Just like them..

George Liuzunie

[Rick Research]

They look like members of the Stahlhelmbund and its youth group (boys in the truck)

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[VerKuilen Ager]

First look seemed to confirm the Stahlhelmbund. Compare the jackets to those in the " Stahlhelmbund photo - identification i.p." post about a dozen posts down. However, a closer look at all those dark flags makes me wonder (red? Commies? Yipes! ). The jacket style was also popular with the Reichsbanner and some left wing groups. How about a closer scan of the flag and pennant in the truck pic? Also, maybe the best tight shot you can get of one of the hats or other areas with possible insignia?

[Eric Stahlhut]

Gut instinct tells me that the use of the particular style of filial shown on those flagpoles would exclude a left-oriented organization, but who knows?

[VerKuilen Ager]

If I squint real hard the one on the flag in the center doesn't look all that much different than this 1925 Rotfrontkämpferbund piece to me. (Photo from the former Armeemuseum der DDR.)

[Eric Stahlhut]

If I squint real hard the one on the flag in the center doesn't look all that much different than this 1925 Rotfrontkämpferbund piece to me. (Photo from the former Armeemuseum der DDR.)

I stand corrected! Say, thatsa neat filial! Almost looks like the "fig" gesture..

Histaria, is there a website or didja get the image from a book? I'd like to learn more.

[VerKuilen Ager]

I stand corrected! Say, thatsa neat filial! Almost looks like the "fig" gesture..

Histaria, is there a website or didja get the image from a book? I'd like to learn more.

The photo is from a museum catalog of German Communist tinnies, uniforms, flags, etc. I'm sorry to say that I don't know where you could get a copy. By the way, this finial was one of the least ornate that they used.