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ID Help - Military Branch and Uniforms

Can anyone identify what military branch these men represent? Army? Marines? Are they American?

I have no idea...I don't have a magnifying glass to really examine it, and I can't tell from what I can see here.

I don't know how to enlarge the photo without it getting all blurry. (or maybe my eyes are just tired right now)

 

Will check back in the morning. Thanks in advance!

 

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Unfortunately there are no markings on the uniforms typical of the shoulder patches the military wears today. That was the practice in the early days of WW1.

 

The best I can give you an educated guess:

 

I would be inclined to say they are U S Army for these reasons:

 

The officers are wearing what were called Sam Brown Belts. That was a belt worn on the outside of the jacket with an additional strap going up and over the right shoulder. They were generally symbolic of an officer rank as they had no practical purposes (for example holding up the pants).

 

The lack of patches makes the picture most likely either before or in the first year or so of WW1. General Black Jack Pershing instituted the typical shoulder patch we know today when he got to Europe. Interestingly his superiors made him take them all off. They were afraid that advertising the unit they were with would give the enemy tactical and troop movement information. Pershing successfully got them to reverse their decision by showing that the patches gave the unit a sense of cohesion and unity which greatly raised their morale.

 

The style of boots with the pants legs tucked into up to the knees was typical of the cavalry uniform. However that does not mean that these are necessarily cavalry troopers as they were also worn by regular infantry troopers as well. Generally only the army wore these style of boots as only the army had genuine cavalry troops. In fairness, the marines do have a cavalry unit but they are generally only a few troopers and usually only perform color guard and ceremonial duties.

 

Hope this helps.

 

And again I want to emphasis that without patches or flags the best I can give is an (educated) guess.

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Looks to me like Russian army uniform, during WWI.

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What would you guess the 'object' at the right shoulder (braid?) of the two officers closest to the foreground.  And, it almost appears to be a horse in the background group on the left.  I was thinking cavalry, but somehow I have this image of eastern European.

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Thanks, y'all!

 

"Generic Military Possibly WWI Soldiers Country Unknown Could be Cavalry"

 

I got work to do lol

 

I did look up WWI officer uniforms, and this seems to match. (Gen. Pershing)

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The one thing that concerns me are the hats. The uniforms I usually see didn't have that kind of hat. Looking around, it seems that cadets had that type of hat. Could they be cadets? ROTC?

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We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did. - Thomas Sowell
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From the little I can see of the insigna on the cap of the single officer, I would say British or British Empire. 

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

Respect, like money, is only of 'worth' when it is earned - with all due respect, it can not be ordained, legislated or coerced. Anonymous
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Where do you all guess these good looking men are from? Hair styles 1900s?

 

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