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This one came my way recently, it's really quite interesting, just thought I'd share... And I really have no idea, and no information to go along with it... But I do think it may be from Germany

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Do you think it could be as old as 90 years?
What kind of paper?
 
I'm actually not that familiar with different types of photo print, so I'm not sure how to answer that...
 
It is rather haunting isn't it, what caught my eye about this one...
 
Have you tried "googling" the names on the sign? I cannot quite make them out, but "walleien" has something to do with easter celebrations.... so it seems either Austrian or German though the top line looks like "Leven-" and then something startinf with a "Zy and ending with a "yk" seeming slavonic or Balkan, or maybe Polish....

The style of the uniform (the flaps over the shirt pockets) looks vaguely British to me, as does the gas mask....
 
Actually it seems to be Dutch, but just generic words, nothing to clearly identify a place name

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Go ahead, it doesn't matter to me...
 
These old pics remind me of when we sold the wife's parents huse in Upstate NY a yeat ago It was left to us and we had to clean it out to sell. Thousands of pics...many were from when hops were grown in the area and wagons pulled by horses with the crops. The land shown is around the house and village, and the ironic thing is that all my ancestors were hops growers there. Our families were linked as far back as that time...and maybe thats why in my young and crazy years...i liked hops:smile:
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]"The gasmask is a British WWII vintage Special Service Respirator. It is the model issued to the police, and other civ. emergecy services (also telephone switchbord operators etc.) It was heavier duty than the standard civvie one in a cardboard box but not as large/bulky as the military "Small box respirator" which had a separate filter at the end of a tube." [/QUOTE]
 
I love old photos like that! I have a couple of similar vintage that I cherish! Here is a segment of one I wish I could post in its entirety, but it is much too long (about 24"!)with three planes and the entire detachment lined up in front of them!
 

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Thanks Baz,

So I guess it's not quite as old as you thought then, I know I would have never known what kind of gas mask it is.

Mike,

Looks like a great photo, is that one you acquired? Or a family-related photo?
 
I sent an email with the photo to a colleague in the Netherlands yesterday. Here is his reply:

<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">The first word says “Levensgevaarlijk” which means life threatening.

The second word days “stik valleien” this is a strange uncommon word but it means that that area is a valley where there is choking danger. So you will have difficulty to breath.


Stik valleien is a word we don’t use as far as I know, but my guess is that in South Africa or Belgium they will use this word. Also the landscape doesn’t look like it is in the Netherlands, as you know our country is flat and has sandy grounds. But this could be in Belgium.</span></span>
 
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