Unidentified Heer bands
Unidentified Heer bands
Army musicians, maybe on a morale boosting visit to a factory ???
- Maxschnauzer
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- Alexander B.
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My (only) two pictures of what I believe to be a Wehrmacht band.
As I may have told some of you, my mothers family was very involved in the Second World War on the side of Germany, and we lost 12 family members in the conflict.
These came out of a pile of loose photos that from my grandfathers house.
They don't appear to be pictures of any of my family members that I know of, perhaps a visiting band came by and one of my Great-Uncles took pictures?
It wouldn't be possible to identify the unit or anything with any certainty, would it? I'm very bad at uniforms and wouldn't even know what I was looking at if the information was right in front of me! I unfortunately couldn't tell you where they might have been taken, either. As the loose stack they came from was a pile of pictures of all my different uncles and they served everywhere in Europe from the Eastern wastes to the shores of France.
As I may have told some of you, my mothers family was very involved in the Second World War on the side of Germany, and we lost 12 family members in the conflict.
These came out of a pile of loose photos that from my grandfathers house.
They don't appear to be pictures of any of my family members that I know of, perhaps a visiting band came by and one of my Great-Uncles took pictures?
It wouldn't be possible to identify the unit or anything with any certainty, would it? I'm very bad at uniforms and wouldn't even know what I was looking at if the information was right in front of me! I unfortunately couldn't tell you where they might have been taken, either. As the loose stack they came from was a pile of pictures of all my different uncles and they served everywhere in Europe from the Eastern wastes to the shores of France.
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A German Army band in Lillehammer (Norway). According to their uniforms, it must a band belonging to the 3. Gebirgs-Division (either of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138 or 144, of the division itself). The pictures were taken between March and August 1942.
Source: http://digit.wdr.de/
Source: http://digit.wdr.de/
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Good photos but unfortunately I can't find a single detail which might help identify the unit/place/timeframe...Alexander B. wrote: ↑28 Jun 2015, 11:13My (only) two pictures of what I believe to be a Wehrmacht band.
It wouldn't be possible to identify the unit or anything with any certainty, would it?
Fine quality photos, a nice find!
Cheers,
Ivan
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Gentlemen,
for some time ago I've already seen this photos written as "Großdeutschland, Heldengedenktag 1943". Today I've found the same photos on the same site, where it is mentioned that this occasion is believed to be happened in Cottbus:
https://philafriend1.de/Philatelie/Prop ... p?sprache=
According to another source, in Cottbus (Hermann-Löns-Kaserne) was stationed the Grenadier-Ersatz-Regiment Großdeutschland (in Russian):
https://reibert.info/threads/divizija-g ... st-7753582
So it is possible that these photos are depicting the mythical third GD band under StMM Walter Dreißig! The cuff titles on the right arm can also be seen:
for some time ago I've already seen this photos written as "Großdeutschland, Heldengedenktag 1943". Today I've found the same photos on the same site, where it is mentioned that this occasion is believed to be happened in Cottbus:
https://philafriend1.de/Philatelie/Prop ... p?sprache=
According to another source, in Cottbus (Hermann-Löns-Kaserne) was stationed the Grenadier-Ersatz-Regiment Großdeutschland (in Russian):
https://reibert.info/threads/divizija-g ... st-7753582
So it is possible that these photos are depicting the mythical third GD band under StMM Walter Dreißig! The cuff titles on the right arm can also be seen:
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Hello, I was searching for LVF pictures and I found these pictures. I know that these picture were taken in June, 18, 1942 at Versailles, in a casern called "Quartier de la Reine" (Some picture were taken with a color camera).
From https://bibliotheques-specialisees.pari ... 0001679380
From https://bibliotheques-specialisees.pari ... 0001679380
From https://bibliotheques-specialisees.pari ... 0001680019Prise d'armes en l'honneur de la Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF). Creator(s): Zucca, André. Publishing: Fin 1941-août 1944.
I have 7 more pictures, I will make a post after.La Légion des volontaires français (LVF) et ses étendards au camp de Versailles. Creator(s): Zucca, André. Publishing: Fin 1941-août 1944.
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Here are the 7 more pictures.
From https://bibliotheques-specialisees.pari ... 0001656357
From https://bibliotheques-specialisees.pari ... 0001656357
1 000 volontaires de la Légion des Volontaires Français contre le bolchevisme [LVF] partent se battre contre la Russie. Creator(s): Zucca, André. Publishing: 18 juin 1942.