Identification of unit? Meuse/Belgium May 1940

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Identification of unit? Meuse/Belgium May 1940

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hello searchers
This picture was shot between Profondeville and Bioul between 15 may and beginning of june 1940
Is it possible to indentify this document (Bundes-archiv or private) to find find unit of these man. (location, date, unit?)
Many thanks for your help
Thanks for your reply
Noeneors

Guten Tag für alle
Das ist ein Foto, das zwischen Profondeville und dem Bioul in Belgien zwischen dem 15. Mai 1940 und der Monatsbeginn von Juni 1940 genommen worden ist.
Es unter gibt da dich Ihnen jemand, der könnte das Dokument identifizieren (Bundesarchiv oder das private Dokument) um zu versuchen, die Einheit der Soldaten auf dem Foto zu bestimmen?
Danke für Ihren Gehilfen
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Re: Identification of unit? Meuse/Belgium May 1940

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I'm unsure from the photo but are these men Heer or RAD? Can you get a clearly photo of their collar tabs?
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Re: Identification of unit? Meuse/Belgium May 1940

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Hello Simon
That's the best Ican do...
There's a lot of possibilities: 2 divisions are involved in fighting in this area: 8 and 28 ID with their IR: 28, 38, 84 and 7,49,83
AR 8,44 and 28,64
So, it appears that 267ID is present as well with IR 467, 487, 497 ....
3 days later, 211 ID spent a few days here before Fort St Héribert attack....
What do you think about that,
Many thanx for your reply
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Re: Identification of unit? Meuse/Belgium May 1940

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Hi Noeneors,

Well they aren't RAD are they! You've got a few options there. One photo on it's own is almost impossible to identify I think. It is a pity that this isn't one of a sequence, then perhaps there might be more clues. It's an interesting study of soldiers "after the battle".

Kind Regards,
Simon.
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