Then and Now
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Jasna Góra Monastery 1940-45
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Bickentor VILLINGEN 1933-45
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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele III Messina Sardinia Kubelwagen -->> Golf
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If we ignore the stairs in middle, it looks like the tomb of Cyrus the Great:
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In WW2 photo, what is that extra piece of cloth on their shoulders??? Never seen that before!
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I believe it is a fanfare / military band . they always have some fancy stuff around their uniform.
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I knew that the new statue of Roland is a copy (the original is kept in a church in Riga), but I also have the impression the statue has been moved from its original place. The proximity to the church with the hexagonal tower is different in both photos. The big dark 5-storey house was probably re-built after the war, but in the war time photo there is a damaged modern style corner building at the approx. same place.
As Snautzer already mentioned these are uniforms of a military band members.
The shoulder piece is called "Schwalbennest" in German (swallow nest). The British equivalent is "Shoulder Wings".
If you check historical photos or pictures (starting with the18. century) you'll find many different styles in all possible countries and in their military (or even civil) bands.
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Lion statue of the fortress of Belfort France
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Cathedral Holy Ghost Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
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Yes. Seem those more then once. Dies out after 1942.
