SS Officer ID

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Tessio
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SS Officer ID

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Post by Tessio » 19 Oct 2014, 10:34

I am wondering who this SS officer is. He appears to be relateively senior given the car he is chaffeured in and the bullion stripe on his arm.

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The photos are part of a series taken by Siegfried Lauterwasser and titled "A. Rosenberg's Visit to Unteruhldingen - October 16, 1937" which can be found in its entirety here:
http://www.geh.org/fm/lauterwasser/html ... niss2.html

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Re: SS Officer ID

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Post by freddiefro » 19 Oct 2014, 15:20

Perhaps Theodor Croneiss?

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Re: SS Officer ID

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Post by HM » 19 Oct 2014, 15:32

Fred,

at that time(16.10.1937) Croneis was an member of the SA. He joined the SS 09.11.1938 as SS-Brigadeführer. (He was never an SS-Oberführer).

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Post by freddiefro » 19 Oct 2014, 15:34

You're right!

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Post by HM » 19 Oct 2014, 15:41

Could be Walter Stein, at that time frame Führer des SS-Abschnitts XXIX (Konstanz)?.(Unteruhldingen lies in the vicinity of the Bodensee/Konstanz)

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Post by Andrey » 19 Oct 2014, 15:53

Looks like Stein to me...

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Post by von thoma » 19 Oct 2014, 17:54

and the bullion stripe on his arm.
It's not a bullion stripe.
Some papers are stored on his right cuff, a very common practice.
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Post by Tessio » 19 Oct 2014, 20:26

Andrey wrote:Looks like Stein to me...

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Yep your right that penant on the car seems to match up perfectly with him being Führer des SS-Abschnitts XXIX. Thx

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Re: SS Officer ID

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Post by Tessio » 19 Oct 2014, 20:26

von thoma wrote:
and the bullion stripe on his arm.
It's not a bullion stripe.
Some papers are stored on his right cuff, a very common practice.
I wasn't aware of that practice, thanks for the info.

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