According to writer Alexander Moritz Fry, who served in the sa | LOST HISTORY

According to writer Alexander Moritz Fry, who served in the same regiment as Hitler during World War I, the future Führer originally wore a rather bouffant mustache similar to that of German Emperor Wilhelm II.

However, he had to shave it off by order of his commander and leave the characteristic "toothbrush" because it prevented him from putting on his gas mask properly.