duarte1223 Posted January 5, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 5, 2007 I've had these 2 pictures for as long as I can remember, both are dated 1947 on the back (by the photo service company), but the man seems to be wearing a WW1 uniform. The only problem is... the collar isn't from any WW1 uniform I've seen. Does anyone have ANY clues about these pictures? Thank you, Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duarte1223 Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted January 5, 2007 and the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted January 5, 2007 Share #3 Posted January 5, 2007 It looks like it is his shirt collar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duarte1223 Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted January 5, 2007 It looks like it is his shirt collar. Was it a common practice to have it outside of the tunic like that? Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibi Posted January 5, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 5, 2007 Was it a common practice to have it outside of the tunic like that? Adam It was not regulation to wear the service COAT insignia on the shirt collar. I have seen this in quite a few pictures and my assumption is that the soldiers were allowed to remove their coats for exterior work and training, but the local commands wanted them to show their unit identification. This simple temorary wear of the shirt collar over the coat collar avoided changing the collar disks from coat to shirt collar and back. I have examined images of officers with their shirt collar out over their coat collar and it shows up in photo images often enough that it could be called a "common" practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim2 Posted January 5, 2007 Share #6 Posted January 5, 2007 I believe another reason that it was done was to prevent the itching that thr jacket collar caused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duarte1223 Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted January 6, 2007 So, chances are these are photos of a WW1 soldier that weren't developed until 1947? Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibi Posted January 6, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 6, 2007 The photos were taken circa 1918-1926. I cannot imagine the unprocessed negatives holding up over 20 years. Perhaps the film was processed at the time exposed and these two prints printed in 1947. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted January 6, 2007 Share #9 Posted January 6, 2007 Any chance the "4" is really a poorly written "1". Then 1917 would fit well for these pictures...the finish on the pictures does really looks WWI period to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duarte1223 Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted January 7, 2007 They're definitely marked 1947, I'm sure they're just prints of WW1 photos, as was stated. Thanks for your help everyone! Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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