SS Translation Help Needed

Brig · #1

I have this text written on the back of a recently acquired photo. German writing always seems to run together, can anybody make out what it says and what it means in English? I see the SS runes on the end of the first line. thanks!

Raab · #2

Maybe,
Xeluno?, Mai 44
hgalania?-Schlucht

Schlucht means ravine and the other words are probably place names which I can not really make out. Mai means May, and the “ss-runes” looks more likely to be the year ’44.

regards
Peter Raab

Brig · #3

I will try to get clearer pics later, the runes son't look like 44 to me, but then again I have the photo in person

Brig · #4

here are 3 more photos, I don't think it's a 44, neither comes up to distinguish it. Furthermore, I don't think it even says Mai, it looks like there's a letter between that M and a, like an L or e. I will try to get a magnifying glass and take a better pic later

thanks for your help!

_The_General_ · #5

hi brig,

it could be mai, sinds the kapital M was written that way!

Napoleon XIV · #6

_The_General_ wrote:hi brig,

it could be mai, sinds the kapital M was written that way!

I second that...

One thing that might be helpful is downloading a Sütterlin Font for Word to test out ideas on what things say...

http://www.peter-doerling.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm

Brig · #7

I can't get a clear photo, so it's hard to tell even in person what letters are what

Raab · #8

Hi! The pictures are clear enough. Could the other side bring some additional information? What does it show? I´m pretty sure it says Mai. It was very common to write this way on the back of a photo. i.e Place name, month and year. I admit that the 44 looks a bit odd though.
Does the ravine-word make any sense?

regards
Peter R

Brig · #9

yes, the picture appears to be six men hiding in shrubbery on a cliff, one man is clearly wearing a Fallschirmjager helmet with the eagle decal, and a K98 is visible, but the soliders are very small

All of my dated photos have all numbers