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Please, if anyone would be so kind, I am requesting help in identifying what kind of military unit this is. The man in the center left with the mustache is my great grandfather. Unfortunately, we do not have any information about his military career. All we have is this picture and one other (a portrait.) We do know that this was taken in Germany some time around the 1900's or 1910's before coming to America, but that is about it.
Judging from his uniform and the little bit I have gathered from Google, I think he may have been part of the cavalry, but I have nothing else to base that assumption on. Any and all help would be most appreciated.
I did a little research, and by the looks of it he may have been a German Hussar. http://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/husar.htm The elaborate piping of his pre-war "Attila" tunic is a dead giveaway, as apposed to the more modest uniform of a Ulanen (lancer), f.e: http://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/ulan.htm Now, I can't tell exactly what his rank or unit was, but by the looks of it, he was an enlisted man, due to a lack of obvious rank insignia. http://uniforminsignia.org/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=2185
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Looks like they all have moustaches. Is he the one with the sabre?