"Our Moscow military uniforms expert thinks the uniforms are German WW1 "Marinekorps Flandern", Marine Infantry servicemen who used 'M' registration numbers. Car on left has widow's peak radiator header tank and is wide enough for only a single person which suggest a circa 1914 Wanderer Pupchen W3 Tourer Tandem seating/doors 1286cc made in Chemnitz.
"Marinekorps Flandern" were the Naval Corps of Imperial German Kriegsmarine 1914-18 operating in coastal area of Flanders: canals, bridges, locks and ports (Belgium/Holland). Car at at back in middle has most of the identifiable bits hidden but we think from the thin edged veed radiator and distinctive drooping sides windscreen is probably a circa 1915 Opel 8'25 Tourer.
The car on right has oval badge proud off a veed header tank, small flat radiator, high gas lights on double stalks with a high headlamp link bar, adds up to a circa 1916 Audi 18’45 Tourer.
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The photograph was not taken in New Zealand but somewhere in Europe. The cars have a distinct Germanic air to them as do the military uniforms.
So far it has been determined that the small car on the left of the photo is a German Wanderer Puppchen with tandem seating.
The car on the right has been identified as an Audi Type D.
I have received more information on this photo.
"Our Moscow military uniforms expert thinks the uniforms are German WW1 "Marinekorps Flandern", Marine Infantry servicemen who used 'M' registration numbers. Car on left has widow's peak radiator header tank and is wide enough for only a single person which suggest a circa 1914 Wanderer Pupchen W3 Tourer Tandem seating/doors 1286cc made in Chemnitz.
"Marinekorps Flandern" were the Naval Corps of Imperial German Kriegsmarine 1914-18 operating in coastal area of Flanders: canals, bridges, locks and ports (Belgium/Holland). Car at at back in middle has most of the identifiable bits hidden but we think from the thin edged veed radiator and distinctive drooping sides windscreen is probably a circa 1915 Opel 8'25 Tourer.
The car on right has oval badge proud off a veed header tank, small flat radiator, high gas lights on double stalks with a high headlamp link bar, adds up to a circa 1916 Audi 18’45 Tourer.
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