schutztruppen re-enactment

guldan · Post by **guldan** » 03 Dec 2005 17:54

Anyone ever considered putting together a schutztruppen uniform/ group for re-enactment?

Matt Walker · Post by **Matt Walker** » 05 Dec 2005 16:16

Its an intersting idea, I suppose the main problem would be getting the equipment and uniform together.

Hun1918 · Post by **Hun1918** » 05 Dec 2005 23:52

I don't see any problem if anyone decided to go south west africa as it was man by german settlers and german soldiers but doing east africa might be a problem as the rank and file was black, unless they did it as a white officer and NCO.
Equipment no problem as it was the same as the soldiers in germany..

David C. Clarke · Post by **David C. Clarke** » 06 Dec 2005 00:16

east africa might be a problem as the rank and file was black,

I'll volunteer as a soldier, but only if I eventually get to frag an officer when we reach Portugese territory......

Best Regards,
David

Gwynn Compton · Post by **Gwynn Compton** » 06 Dec 2005 09:38

I just want to wear the hats

DCC, as the commissar, I imagine you'd get to frag any officers you'd please in the name of upholding the ideas of the then upcoming revolution

Gwynn

Chris Dale · Post by **Chris Dale** » 06 Dec 2005 11:09

guldan wrote:Anyone ever considered putting together a schutztruppen uniform/ group for re-enactment?

Yes someone has- http://www.historische-uniformen.de/Tru ... A/DSWA.HTM
Cheers
Chris

Matt Walker · Post by **Matt Walker** » 06 Dec 2005 14:50

Hun1918 wrote: Equipment no problem as it was the same as the soldiers in germany..

I meant the specific African related equipment, although depending on who you were doing I'm sure you could improvise.

Things like the official tropical helmet, although no problem if your doing SWA as I dont think they were used there much at all. I was also thinking of the Khaki uniform.

I think it'd be cool to do it though, it'd help to raise awareness for a largely forgotten conflict. As well as that I'd just love to have that uniform

Those guys in the pecture have done a good job.

Hun1918 · Post by **Hun1918** » 12 Jan 2006 22:19

Good point but i think you can still get tropical helmet which look the same as the german type on the web somewhere.

Chris Dale · Post by **Chris Dale** » 13 Jan 2006 14:51

I doubt if you'd find the type of tropical helmet used by the Seebatallione, Navy and East Asian units with the folding back on ebay. But it'd be easy to find one to fit into the Schutztruppe. They wore such a variety of issue and private purchase items, also some Schutztruppe issue helmets were bought from different foreign sources. Here's a photo of some Camroon Schutztruppe with very different helmets (from http://www.imperialgermanphotographs.de).
Cheers
Chris

soldat_m56 · Post by **soldat_m56** » 10 Feb 2006 23:44

I think its a fascinating idea. Kind of strange about how I talked about the same subject with some guys in a WWII reenacting group I just joined last month.

I would think getting the Imperial tropenhelm would be a problem. A big problem is the need for someone to fight. Otherwise all you can do is walk around dressed as a schutztruppe!
A great place to do it would be central Florida - lots of fairly flat open grassland and "prarie".

Hun1918 · Post by **Hun1918** » 13 Feb 2006 12:46

http://www.kammerbulle.de.vu/
They make Imperial tropenhelm..

Chris Dale · Post by **Chris Dale** » 18 Feb 2006 15:08

Yes Hun, the Kammerbulle website would probably be the best to re-create Schutztruppe uniforms. This website http://www.glemb.com/ also emails me every now and then claiming to make excellent reproduction insignia to order.
Cheers
Chris

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