Any Ideas

[Imperial-German]

on this Armband?

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[Imperial-German]

anyone

[Paul B]

Hello

The literal translation is "Railway Officer", so I'm guessing it was worn by a soldier -probably a senior NCO or officer- responsible for either security and a railway station, or -more likely- it signified a temporary position whereby the soldier was responsible for organising the rail transport of his unit and it's equipment. Seigfried Sassoon recorded that in the British Army in WWI this task was generally left to the Company Serjeant Majors to organise.

Does the stampings confirm that it's WWI and military in origin?

All the best

Paul.