Prisone of War cap badge Great War

[grumpy]

Many photos exist of allied P o Ws wearing the same design of badge apparently unique to the place and time.

Does anyone own a specimen please?

[leigh kitchen]

Didn't someone post on the forum a few years ago images of the badge worn by these men?
(I may be thinking of the wrong forum).

The photo from which these images are cropped is postmarked 8th September 1916 and was sent by a RMLI private who gave his status and address as "Kriegs-Gefangenen at Lager Dyrotz, Westermarsch, Deutschland".
The camp was located in Brandenberg and held Other Ranks.

[grumpy]

Probably the GWF. But do any of our members have such a badge?

[leigh kitchen]

I'm thinking of images of a badge or badges that the person posting owned, shown in response to these images of mine, I wouldn't have posted on GWF.

[grumpy]

Thank you. The hunt is on!

[grumpy]

Do I see a Union Flag in the centre?

[leigh kitchen]

Yes, from what I recall the badge was of enamelled gilt, the Union flag in the centre, the garter surrounding in light blue although (again) I'm unsure if the garter may have been garter blue.

[KLR]

Curious ! I have a photograph of what I'm pretty sure are officers of our (erstwhile) allies - but definitely labelled as Dyrotz.

[leigh kitchen]

There were over three hundred such camps in Germany, mixing nationalities seems to have been common practise from what I see in photos of prisoners at the time.

[grumpy]

Have you seen/ handled a physical specimen pleae? Has anyone?

More collateral here:

https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/...nition-please/

[fougasse1940]

Here you go: https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ight=groningen

Rgds, Thomas

[grumpy]

Brilliant! Thank you so much!

[leigh kitchen]

Yes, well done, I thought there was a thread showing one of these but I couldn't find it.
I'm still thinking of of an enamelled badge I've seen - must be in an auction catalogue. I've checked the ones I have with no success.

[leigh kitchen]

The reverse of the photo which the images I posted above are from

[leigh kitchen]

And a postcard sent by the same RMLI man.
It's undated but as it has the wording "I'm out of Germany" I take it to have been sent by a released prisoner of war (an escapee's less likely) rather than a RND man whose made it to Holland in order to avoid capture in 1914.