# Any idea what kind of uniform this is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 6, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170 "2021-08-06T23:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170/1 "2021-08-06T23:01:13Z")
[Photo](https://ibb.co/BLn4531) Year is 1943, location probably Berlin, Germany Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170/2 "2021-08-06T23:50:15Z")
[Panzerwaffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerwaffe), tank corps. All-black uniform derived from the old Brunswick Hussars. [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerwaffe#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-208-0030-05,_Russland-Nord,_Offizier_der_Panzertruppe.jpg) is one of their colonels ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170/3 "2021-08-07T01:07:16Z")
That is one ugly Tuetonic son of a gun. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170/4 "2021-08-07T04:20:24Z")
He is wearing a monocle, possibly with a single earpiece? If so, can anyone find a name and picture for the type of monocle? ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170/5 "2021-08-07T08:38:46Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > [Panzerwaffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerwaffe), tank corps. Yes, that’s it! Great, thank you very much. Do you think the white oval on his chest is a [Panzer Badge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_Badge), then? He also wears the button-hole ribbon for the Iron Cross, like [this](https://www0.imageselect.eu/image-stock-a-special-issue-panzer-clothing-for-an-oberleutnant-field-tunic-of-black-wool-cotton-liner-with-stamping-of-berlin-clothing-office-black-horn-buttons-black-collar-patches-with-pink-piping-aluminum-death-s-heads-on-a-pink-underlay-sewn-on-shoulder-boards-grey-woven-breast-eagle-on-a-black-background-iron-cross-buttonhole-ribbon-orders-loops-among-others-for-the-german-cross-in-gold-black-woolen-trousers-with-white-liner-and-depot-size-and-rb-number-stamps-of-the-frankfurt-clothing-office-both-with-obvious-signs-of-usage-small-repairs-and-flaws-historic-historical-s-th-century-armoured-corps-armored-corps-tank-force-tank-forces-branch-of-service-branches-of-service-armed-service-armed-services-military-militaria-utensil-piece-of-equipment-utensils-object-objects-stills-army-wehrmacht-ns-national-socialism-nazism-third-reich-german-reich-germany-clipping-clippings-cut-out-cut-out-cut-outs-uniform-uniforms-clothes-outfit-outfits-textile--014680000-14680092.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170/6 "2021-08-07T08:42:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is one ugly Tuetonic son of a gun. I guess my late grandfather would’ve agreed with you. As far as I can tell, panzer guy was dating grandma when she first met grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-kind-of-uniform-this-is/948170/7 "2021-08-09T15:56:15Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > He is wearing a monocle, possibly with a single earpiece? If so, can anyone find a name and picture for the type of monocle? Pretty sure that’s a Klink Rechts model. the Klink Links model was much more popular.