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imforti · 27 October 2009, 03:50 AM

Hallo Captain Albert,

intersting picture....but ;-) if this Oberleutnant was a member (not necessarily Beobachter or Feldpilot of the k.u.k. Luftfahtruppen) he should have the balloons on his collars (near to the rank-stars). Maybe in a better scan they are viewable.
He is in fact high-decorated and the picture would be taken in 1917-1918 (in fact of the Karl Truppen Kreuz).
If the badge in his right chest is a Feldpiloten- or Fliegerabzeichen is not viewable from this scan.... but it seems so.
Then it looks strange (but sometimes was usual) that officers wore (foreign) orders in the button-wholes instead of wearing them following the austrian prescriptions.
At the end the names you wrote seem strange...are they written on the back of the picture? if yes can you post a scan of it too?

Thanks and sorry for all my questions ;-)

Ivo-Michael Forti

27 October 2009, 03:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
imforti Observer Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1	Question Hallo Captain Albert, intersting picture....but ;-) if this Oberleutnant was a member (not necessarily Beobachter or Feldpilot of the k.u.k. Luftfahtruppen) he should have the balloons on his collars (near to the rank-stars). Maybe in a better scan they are viewable. He is in fact high-decorated and the picture would be taken in 1917-1918 (in fact of the Karl Truppen Kreuz). If the badge in his right chest is a Feldpiloten- or Fliegerabzeichen is not viewable from this scan.... but it seems so. Then it looks strange (but sometimes was usual) that officers wore (foreign) orders in the button-wholes instead of wearing them following the austrian prescriptions. At the end the names you wrote seem strange...are they written on the back of the picture? if yes can you post a scan of it too? Thanks and sorry for all my questions ;-) Ivo-Michael Forti