SS-Division "Handschar" photos

[Ivan Ž.]

Good morning Filip,

thanks for your reply, I was asking about the very small, as you called them "fezzes" used in combat.

Please see the attached photo:

Weekend greetings from Hans1906

Hello, Hans1906

See page 45 of this very thread viewtopic.php?f=51&t=77027&start=660#p2248656

Cheers,
Ivan

[George Lepre]

Hi - it's an Albanerfez (I/28) with a pleat ironed into the top.

[Hans1906]

Thanks George,

so, a "pleat" ironed in the top of the fez is similar to a "Bügelfalte" in the german language...

Like the modern "french disease", talking about the mostly small berets in the military in later years?


Hans1906

P.S. I remember the term "Französische Krankheit" (French disease...) for wearing very small berets,
as small, as possible.

[FlyingStukas]

Hello again, Hans,

The variation you posted in your photo is the so-called Albanerfez, a Fez variation for Albanians. It was worn only in the Albanian battalion of the 13th SS Division.

Hope this helped

[DFrolov1992]

Hello again, Hans,

The variation you posted in your photo is the so-called Albanerfez, a Fez variation for Albanians. It was worn only in the Albanian battalion of the 13th SS Division.

Hope this helped

Hello!

I will supplement your assertion since there are also several examples of the use of such fez by Albanian soldiers from the 21-SS Division.

Best regards
Dmitrii

[Huska]

Imam Abdulah Muhasilović talks to the soldiers of the Handschar Division.

[Huska]

Al-Husseini inspects young soldiers in Neuhammer.

[Huska]

Can somebody tell me the original source of this photograph?
I was watching this film and came across this photo...

[Ivan Ž.]

Hello again,

I think it might be an image by SS-PK Nonnenmacher, but I have no confirmation yet. Coincidentally, I came across the same picture today in a local library while browsing through Hungarian wartime magazines, and it was included in a propaganda report on the "Handschar" Division, which had several photos that I know were taken by this photographer. Naturally, that doesn't mean that all the images included in the report were his, but there's a chance. Unfortunately, the Hungarian press, as usual, credited no photographer for the photos.

Cheers,
Ivan

[Huska]

Hello again,

I think it might be an image by SS-PK Nonnenmacher, but I have no confirmation yet. Coincidentally, I came across the same picture today in a local library while browsing through Hungarian wartime magazines, and it was included in a propaganda report on the "Handschar" Division, which had several photos that I know were taken by this photographer. Naturally, that doesn't mean that all the images included in the report were his, but there's a chance. Unfortunately, the Hungarian press, as usual, credited no photographer for the photos.

Cheers,
Ivan

Thanks!

[Huska]

My new find

[Ivan Ž.]

Hello, Huska

This and several other "Handschar" photos were offered for sale on http://www.military-antiques-stockholm.com/ in mid-2020.

It shows men of the Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Here's another one from the same sale viewtopic.php?f=51&t=77027&start=690#p2281661

Cheers,
Ivan

[Huska]

Hello, Huska

This and several other "Handschar" photos were offered for sale on http://www.military-antiques-stockholm.com/ in mid-2020.

It shows men of the Anti-Aircraft Battalion. Here's another one from the same sale viewtopic.php?f=51&t=77027&start=690#p2281661

Cheers,
Ivan

Thanks for the information!

[Admin-handzar.jimdo]

I am the admin of the handzar.jimdo site and now I will post a lot of pictures of the handzar division

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[Admin-handzar.jimdo]

I am the admin of the handzar.jimdo site and now I will post a lot of pictures of the handzar division


i have about 30 unseen pictures