von Epp on horseback at the bottom of the photo. Reichsparteitag 1935.
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von Epp
Very fine picture!Moulded wrote:von Epp,left,inspecting his Freikorps.
The round brass lion's head on the diamond-shaped black patch on the upper left arm of these Freikorpsmanner is indeed the badge of the Bayerisches Schützenkorps (Freikorps von Epp). The gentleman with the MP18 submachine-gun also has a WW1 MG qualification badge directly below his von Epp patch, and may well be the model for the colour plate of a member of this unit in Carlos Caballero Jurado's Osprey Elite book on the Freikorps.
The smattering of medal ribbons on the men in the picture, the somewhat informal bearing (and rough and ready appearance), light personal equipment and the lack of Y-straps supporting the mens' belts (bread bag straps were sometimes a substitute, as also seen here on some of the soldiers) are all very characteristic of Freikorps troops.