Schutztruppe Medical Officer

 
     
 

 
 

Photo © Karsten Herzogenrath

This photograph shows Assistenzarzt Dr. Trommsdorff, a Schutztruppe medical officer. He wears the Schutztruppe 1897 grey home uniform but with the distinctions of a medical officer.

These insignia include a snake and rod of Asclepius yellow metal badge on his shoulder strap, blue collar and cuffs, blue hatband and edging on hat, red piping around the edges of the collar and cuffs, down the front of the tunic, down the trouser seam and unseen, around the rear skirts, yellow metallic Litzen on the collar and cuffs (note the large officers Litzen on the collar) and yellow metallic buttons each bearing the imperial crown.

This photograph was taken by Fritz Leyde & Co photographic studio of 59 Unter den Linden, Berlin.

 
     
 
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