It is a Turkish volunteer. I am not sure what their battalion units were but it looks authentic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkestan_Legion
Turkisches Bau Battalion is a Turkish Construction battalion.
cheers, Glenn
Last edited by bigmacglenn; 10-27-2012 at 09:20 PM.
Actually that's Turkistan, not Turkey so not Turks, but rather Turkistanis; it's a country that used to be part of the USSR- between Afghanistan and Mongolia and above Tibet (touches India a little...) and below Kazakhstan. They're eastern volunteers- the Ostlegion folks.
Ohhhhh- pillage then burn...
It is a interesting and rare piece of history.
Thank you for the correction...what the hell was I thinking Turkey for!? Must have been before my morning coffee!
cheers, Glenn
Heehee
That happens to me all the time LOL
Ohhhhh- pillage then burn...
My bad as well Gunney, I should have written "Turkistani volunteer" not "Turkish"
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