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Unread 04-27-2012, 10:24 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Jan C Still View Post
The 5.74 (5 squadron, weapon 74, used in the two books below) is not necessarly a real or used example.
Good point. I had noticed in the Wacker/Görtz book a tendency to "invent" Weimar police markings based on a combination of abbreviations permitted by the instructions even though no such unit existed. One of several examples is S.Si. listed in Table 5 on p. 295 for the Schupo of Sigmaringen. There was no Schupo presence in Sigmaringen. Perhaps this was also done for Imperial military markings.
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