Germany, Freikorps. A Mixed Lot of Freikorps Photographs

(Freikorps Fotos). A mixed lot of Freikorps photographs, including:

1. One studio portrait of a member of 2. Marine-Brigade Wilhelmshaven/Ehrhardt, with his sleeve bearing both a unit insignia and Danziger-style Totenkopf device indicating flamethrower troops, the reverse in unused postcard format, unmarked, measuring 8.5 cm (w) x 13.5 cm (h), demonstrating a folding crease to the top left corner, a scarce image in better than very fine condition.

2. One studio portrait of a member of 2. Marine-Brigade Wilhelmshaven/Ehrhardt, in uniform with collar tabs and sleeve insignia clearly visible, in addition to First World War decorations as well as the Merit Badge of the 2. Marine-Brigade, the reverse in unused postcard format, unmarked, measuring 9 cm (w) x 13.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. One group photograph of personnel of Freikorps Lützow shortly after capturing the Salvator Brewery in Munich during the defeat of the Bavarian Soviet Republic, the reverse in postcard format and bearing a handwritten inscription describing the occasion, dated 6 May 1919, measuring 13.5 cm (w) x 9 cm (h), a scarce and significant image in extremely fine condition.

4. One studio portrait of a member of Freikorps Reinhard, with sleeve insignia clearly visible, the reverse in postcard format and bearing handwritten inscriptions with a date of “14. 10. 19”, measuring 9 cm (w) x 14 cm (h), demonstrating soiling throughout, in better than very fine condition.

5. One group photograph of personnel of Freiwilliges Landesschützenkorps, with collar tabs visible and flanked by a pair of Minenwerfer, the reverse in unused postcard format, unmarked, measuring 14 cm (w) x 9 cm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

6. One group photograph of members of Grenzschutztruppen des XVII. (Westpreußischen) Armeekorps, with collar and sleeve insignia clearly visible, the reverse in unused postcard format, unmarked, measuring 14 cm (w) x 8.5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

7. One group photograph of members of Freiwilliges Landesjägerkorps, with collar tabs clearly visible, the reverse in unused postcard format, unmarked, measuring 13.5 cm (w) x 9 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

8. One group photograph of personnel in Reichswehr uniforms and wearing classic Freikorps black-backed Machine Gun Sharpshooter Badges with Danziger-style Totenkopf cyphers situated on the sleeves above, the reverse in postcard format and bearing an illegible inscription, measuring 13.5 cm (w) x 9 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

9. One studio portrait of a member of Detachement Graf Stillfried, the reverse in postcard format, bearing a handwritten inscription of “ONKEL FRANZ”, measuring 8 cm (w) x 12 cm (h), in very fine condition.

10. One studio portrait of a Reichswehr soldier wearing Garde-Kavallerie-Schützen-Division collar tabs, the reverse bearing a lengthy handwritten inscription, measuring 8.5 cm (w) x 13 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

11. One large photograph of a member of Garde-Kavallerie-Schützen-Division mounted on a horse, in turn affixed to a large card stock backer, unmarked, measuring 23.5 cm (w) x 19.5 cm (h) overall, in extremely fine condition.