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Nationality? (Poss. POWs)


4thGordons

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Can anyone suggest the nationality of these gentlemen?

There is nothing on the back of the card (it is a divided back postcard with lines for an address and a square for a stamp. No photographer's mark or anything else.

The photo was in among a small lot of German cards

I wonder if they may be POWs? (although there are no armbands or such)

 

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Serbs was my immediate thought, I musy say.

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The man on the left is wearing the very distinctive Serbian Army Field/forage cap that I do not think was worn by any other Army.

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Thank you all.

My initial reaction was Serbian/Balkan of some description but I was uncertain precisely as to why - I suspect the cap Frogsmile identifies although I wondered too about French as there seems to be a fairly broad range of shapes/styles in French forage caps of the period.

I did like the double breasted cardigan too!

Thanks all, I will file under Serbian!

Chris

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4 hours ago, 4thGordons said:

Thank you all.

My initial reaction was Serbian/Balkan of some description but I was uncertain precisely as to why - I suspect the cap Frogsmile identifies although I wondered too about French as there seems to be a fairly broad range of shapes/styles in French forage caps of the period.

I did like the double breasted cardigan too!

Thanks all, I will file under Serbian!

Chris

 

I have a gut feeling that they may have swopped caps for the photo.

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