favorite Waffen-SS/Heer pic?

[Richard_]

I have always liked this Florian Geyer picture

[Mattlander]

The first is of the infamous picture of SS Dirlewanger Brigade: Warsaw Crushing the uprising. Mean looking guys.

[Eisenfaust]

Here's a good one.

=E=

[Marc Rikmenspoel]

Eisenfaust, it is fascinating to me that in 1941 an officer was still wearing his diagonal leather strap across his chest. Many units had already in Poland discovered that this singled out officers to snipers. I wonder if this was a unit new to combat in 1941?

[Harro]

The house in the background looks VERY Dutch/Belgian, as does the sign for the name of the street. And look at the bicycle!! Even the curtain looks typical Dutch to me. Looks like Westfeldzug 1940 to me.

[panzerIV]

Interesting pic! It looks like there´s another person on the photo, look behind the shoulder of the enlisted man, who might that be? Civilian or soldier? Looks like he´s wearing some sort of ushanka-like fur hat.

[gunslinger]

You mean the little Dutch boy ??, cos for me also, this looks like Holland/ (Belgium)
We know our home-turf

Great photo imo,Thanks for sharing
regards

[Harro]

Ushanka-like fur hat??? Looks like a very common haircut for a 1940's blonde Dutch boy to me.

[panzerIV]

Ok! Wonder what he was doing there. Nevertheless, it's a great pic!

[Heimatschuss]

Dear Marc,

you wrote:

Eisenfaust, it is fascinating to me that in 1941 an officer was still wearing his diagonal leather strap across his chest. Many units had already in Poland discovered that this singled out officers to snipers. I wonder if this was a unit new to combat in 1941?

The shoulder support strap for the belt ran across the soldier's right shoulder to his left waist side. This lieutenant is wearing a strap just the other way round. Probably some kind of gear is attached to it, for example a binoculars case, bread bag, gas mask can or something like that.

Best regards
Torsten

[panzerIV]

all1knew: Do you have a larger pic of this one?

[Harro]

Ok! Wonder what he was doing there. Nevertheless, it's a great pic!

He was probably making sure that the Germans would not steal his dad's bicycle

[Eisenfaust]

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=E=

[Harro]

I'm not looking forward to such pics without warning in a "favourite pic" topic.

[Panzerass]

Ok! Wonder what he was doing there. Nevertheless, it's a great pic!

He was probably making sure that the Germans would not steal his dad's bicycle

Perhaps it is - from the shape of the head - another German soldier, wearing a side cap, who's just urinating at the house's wall.