Jools mckenna Posted 25 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2018 well, there is handwriting on the back and also has the name of photo studio. 'mathieu pieters artphotographe, la haye.' But some of the letters are obscured by handwriting and remnants of black photo album paper. I will do a scan tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 25 August , 2018 Share Posted 25 August , 2018 (edited) Hello! La Haye is a name of several communes in France and the french name for Den Haag in the Netherlands. Could it be a dutch soldier??? "Pieters" sounds dutch too... Maybe he is a belgium soldier and he took the photo in Den Haag and he wrote "La Haye", because he was a french speaking Belgian? Edited 25 August , 2018 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 25 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2018 13 minutes ago, The Prussian said: Hello! La Haye is a name of several communes in France and the french name for Den Haag in the Netherlands. Could it be a dutch soldier??? "Pieters" sounds dutch too... Maybe he is a belgium soldier and he took the photo in Den Haag and he wrote "La Haye", because he was a french speaking Belgian? 'mathieu pieters artphotographe, la haye.' Is typed on the back, not handwritten. There is handwriting on the back. Anyway, hopefully the scan will clear things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 25 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2018 Well, this photo will do for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 25 August , 2018 Share Posted 25 August , 2018 (edited) Hmmm, it seems to be german writing... Von ??? und Bobby für Ihren liebe Hildchen 29. Januar 1921 That is grammatically wrong it could be: für Ihre (without the n!) liebe Hildchen January 29, 1921 "Hildchen" is a friendly minimization for the german female name "Hilde" It seems, he was a dutch soldier, who wrote to a german family. I also have a postcard from a dutch soldier (or a german one in durch service...), who wrote in perfectly german: "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit 1919-1920, Amersfoort" (5th Inf.Rgt.). In dutch it would be: Ter nagedachtenis aan mijn dienstjaren A lot of Dutch people had relationships or friendships to germans Edited 25 August , 2018 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 25 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2018 2 minutes ago, The Prussian said: Hmmm, it seems to be german writing... Von ??? und Bobby für Ihren liebe Hildchen 29. Januar 1921 That is grammatically wrong it could be: für Ihre (without the n!) liebe Hildchen January 29, 1921 "Hildchen" is a friendly minimization for the german female name "Hilde" So its in German? Thought I recognised the handwriting style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 25 August , 2018 Share Posted 25 August , 2018 (edited) Yes. German. But probably written by a dutch person Edited 25 August , 2018 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 25 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2018 1 minute ago, The Prussian said: Yes. German. But probably written by a durch person So he probably Dutch. Meaning the uniform he's wearing should be Dutch navy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 25 August , 2018 Share Posted 25 August , 2018 (edited) I don´ t know. Unfortunately I haven´t any knowledge of dutch navy... The mentioned guy called "Bobby" seems to be dutch too. It´s not a typically german name in that period of time. Edited 25 August , 2018 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 25 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, The Prussian said: I don´ t know. Unfortunately I haven´t any knowledge of dutch navy... Thanks, I thinks its safe to presume he is Dutch and just leave it at that for now. Edited 25 August , 2018 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 25 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 25 August , 2018 (edited) One a completely different note, do you know which German/Prussian unit had an iron cross badge on their caps? (one of the other 14) Edited 25 August , 2018 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomasJakl Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 On 20/08/2018 at 22:48, Jools mckenna said: Bought 16 photos recently, only 2 of which I don't recognise the uniforms. Czechoslovak Army, interwar period. Děl. pl. 201 = Artillery Regiment No. 201 8 bat. = 8th Battery 1926 18-2 = [probably - unusual format] 18th February 1926 Colar badges are of Czechoslovak mountain units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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