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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 178 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Help with identification Jul 23^rd, 2022 at 12:49pm	Print Post
	A friend recently bought this photo on eBay. Even with a hi-res image I can't make out the hat emblems. Any ideas?


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KFW Oldtimer Offline Posts: 558 Location: Powell Wy. Joined: Dec 18^th, 2016	Re: Help with identification Reply #1 - Jul 23^rd, 2022 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	Almost looks like a GAR hat emblem?


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Mick B Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1007 Location: 19 Ian Nicol St watson ACT aus Joined: Apr 11^th, 2013	Re: Help with identification Reply #2 - Jul 23^rd, 2022 at 8:48pm	Print Post
	Interesting that in nearly all the old protos nobody is over weight, now the obesity rate in the USA is somewhere in the 60% range and here in Aus it's also 40% or so. Mike.


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Help with identification Reply #3 - Jul 23^rd, 2022 at 9:13pm	Print Post
	It appears that the notice on the building is in German, so perhaps an area that has a large number of German speakers (not especially helpful back then, however). It's also possible that Ken is right - i.e., a GAR post with a shooting group. Bill Lawrence
	« Last Edit: Jul 27^th, 2022 at 1:32pm by MrTipUp »

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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 178 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: Help with identification Reply #4 - Jul 27^th, 2022 at 10:45am	Print Post
	These uniforms are fairly typical for the various Schuetzen organizations. I think they were probably CW surplus or tailors that had been making them were happy for some orders. The hat on the guy in the front row is barely legible and I think I can see UMS(?) C (?). The last two letters are tough to decipher. Sure wish folks would write on the back names, dates and places (hint, hint). I do see some full fledged masculine figures. Lots of cigars and damn few smiles. Interesting group, odd that the rifles were Winchester Lo-walls.


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2057 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Help with identification Reply #5 - Jul 27^th, 2022 at 12:16pm	Print Post
	Tom, some of the faces look vaguely familiar. The round-faced guy standing on the left and the guy with the big sideburns both look familiar. Maybe we can match them with other photos.


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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 Oldtimer Offline Tom Trevor Posts: 695 Location: Granada Hills Ca. Joined: Jun 16^th, 2004	Re: Help with identification Reply #6 - Jul 27^th, 2022 at 10:35pm	Print Post
	Tom, I once had a medal with that wreath as the top and in it was DASG deutsche amerikausche schutzen gesellschaft. I may have butchered it from memory. On line some place is a picture of their headquarters building in New York city.Clubs around the country were affiliated with them. This is my dimes worth.


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TRowe Full Member Offline Posts: 178 Joined: Sep 4^th, 2017	Re: Help with identification Reply #7 - Jul 28^th, 2022 at 10:44am	Print Post
	Tom Good to hear from you—long time. I have a photo of the building—it is now a book store, located on St. Mark's square. I know the sign is in German but remember at that time there were more Germans in the US than any other group and some schools were even teaching their students in German, most big towns had a German paper etc. I don't have a good clue where this club was.


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ISS Oldtimer Offline Posts: 570 Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: Help with identification Reply #8 - Aug 15^th, 2022 at 6:29pm	Print Post
	MrTipup, it's because they didn't have McDonalds or Pizza hut back then... Rich


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ScrapMetal Junior Member Offline Posts: 75 Location: Nebraska Joined: Aug 21^st, 2019	Re: Help with identification Reply #9 - Aug 16^th, 2022 at 2:03am	Print Post
	Removed pointless text. -Ron
	« Last Edit: Aug 20^th, 2022 at 5:22am by ScrapMetal »

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Help with identification Reply #10 - Aug 16^th, 2022 at 8:43am	Print Post
	it's because they didn't have McDonalds or Pizza hut back then... Perhaps it's because my mental facilities are rapidly aging, but I don't understamd Rich's comment. Bill Lawrence


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Otony Full Member Offline Posts: 197 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Help with identification Reply #11 - Aug 16^th, 2022 at 9:27am	Print Post
	[quote author=1B30353515382E2B3C373A3C590 link=1658594993/10#10 date=1660653789]it's because they didn't have McDonalds or Pizza hut back then... Perhaps it's because my mental facilities are rapidly aging, but I don't understamd Rich's comment. Look at the 3rd post, by Mick


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Help with identification Reply #12 - Aug 16^th, 2022 at 12:08pm	Print Post
	Ah, OTony, had Rich's comment not been addressed to me, I might have caught what you did. Bill Lawrence


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Otony Full Member Offline Posts: 197 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Help with identification Reply #13 - Aug 16^th, 2022 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	MrTipUp wrote on Aug 16^th, 2022 at 12:08pm: Ah, OTony, had Rich's comment not been addressed to me, I might have caught what you did. Bill Lawrence I barely recalled Mick’s post, had to scroll up to decipher Rich’s comment!


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S99VG Oldtimer Offline Posts: 509 Location: CA Joined: Feb 1^st, 2020	Re: Help with identification Reply #14 - Aug 19^th, 2022 at 9:30am	Print Post
	Mick B wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2022 at 8:48pm: Interesting that in nearly all the old protos nobody is over weight, now the obesity rate in the USA is somewhere in the 60% range and here in Aus it's also 40% or so. Mike. There are a few guys in there who are packing some extra pounds. However I read years ago that back in the days when there were logging camps with cook houses that the average daily consumption of food amounted to 8000 calories! And I don’t think there were too many over weight loggers back then.
	« Last Edit: Aug 19^th, 2022 at 2:58pm by S99VG »

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