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Re: Waffen-SS interesting photos

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Post by von thoma » 21 Apr 2016, 02:10

Certainly the picture is baffling.
A reenactment group would have put the eagle on the overseas cap...harness and binoculars looks very real.
The vehicle doesn't seems to be restored.
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Re: Waffen-SS interesting photos

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Post by Sejanus » 21 Apr 2016, 08:45

I think reenactors would also be displaying weapons for the camera and these two NCO's are not. I don't see anything on their belts, either. Decorations might be worn under the smock (left) and on the tunic the other sergeant is wearing under his Dot 44 camo uniform (on the right), if any.

The older appearing age of the sergeant on the left does not necessarily mean anything one way or the other as there was a manpower shortage. So far I think the photo is legit. What was it's source?


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Post by von thoma » 21 Apr 2016, 10:05

What was it's source?
Here the source: http://field-of-fire.com/ss-soldiers-ta ... eak-1940s/
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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 21 Apr 2016, 15:33

I thought that it was re-enactors because the cigarettes look so clean....stupid reason I know.
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Re: Waffen-SS interesting photos

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Post by Marcus » 23 Apr 2016, 19:53

Please remember to post the source with the photos.

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Re: Waffen-SS interesting photos

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Post by GregSingh » 15 May 2016, 11:15

Artillery training at SS-Truppenübungsplatz Beneschau in May 1943.
Nice close-up view of 105 mm leFH 18/40 optics.
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SS-Truppenübungsplatz Beneschau 1943
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Re: Waffen-SS interesting photos

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Post by uhu » 15 May 2016, 20:03

Two things make it look fake. The rear view mirrors on the "vehicle", and the king size cigarette that looks thin American store bought. Perhaps a blow up of the family in the background would help.

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Post by AlifRafikKhan » 15 May 2016, 21:12

GregSingh wrote:Artillery training at SS-Truppenübungsplatz Beneschau in May 1943.
Nice close-up view of 105 mm leFH 18/40 optics.

SS-Gruppenführer Karl Hermann Frank

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Post by von thoma » 19 May 2016, 01:47

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Post by von thoma » 12 Feb 2017, 16:45

SS-Regiment "Der Führer" ?
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Post by Arto O » 13 Feb 2017, 05:35

Thanks von thoma, very nice picture. Two question:
1. For what is the holster carried by SS-Rottenführer in the middle? For the SMG or for the motorcycle?
2. The man sitting in the sidecar just on his left has something white on his helmet. A helmet decal?
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Post by von thoma » 14 Feb 2017, 00:05

Hello:
1) It's a map case, but may contain magazines for MP28.
2) It's a reissued World War I helmet M1918, with a left Heer decal.
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Post by Arto O » 14 Feb 2017, 04:07

Thanks von thoma,
1. A map case for low ranking man, but as a dispatch rider he need surely maps.
2. A heer decal in a SS unit. I never remember to seen one. Interesting.
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Re: Waffen-SS interesting photos

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Post by von thoma » 16 Feb 2017, 11:34

A heer decal in a SS unit. I never remember to seen one. Interesting.
Maybe it's not an SS.
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