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WW1 Germany. What is a "Sanit. Utffz."?
« on: Sunday 09 June 13 11:36 BST (UK) »
I think I read the gothic script correctly and it does seem to be ff and not ss. Can someone enlighten me to what this person's army role was?
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Re: WW1 Germany. What is a "Sanit. Utffz."?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 09 June 13 11:54 BST (UK) »
Utffz. would be Unteroffizier; equivalent of an NCO.
Sanit. is an abbreviation of Sanitätsbataillon, a Medical batallion.

So an N.C.O. in a Medical Batallion.

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Re: WW1 Germany. What is a "Sanit. Utffz."? COMPLETED
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 12 June 13 22:26 BST (UK) »
Thank you Maurice. Most helpful
Lloyd (Ystumtuen, Llanfihangel y Creuddyn) Powell (Rhondda, Merthyr Tydfil, Llanspyddid) Yearsley (Monmouth, Ruardean) Faust (Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund & Waltersbrück/Bischhausen) Führen (Eschweiler, Duisburg and Kranenburg/Grafwegen)