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Just checked the VDK grave search and there are no Helmut Schloss/Schlöss listed, is the spelling correct?

This photo has been discussed at length here and elsewhere:
It is not Heinz Maeger. Maeger didn't participate in the Bulge. He got wounded in late 1943 and after that he served in a medical unit, his book is still in print.

Glad to help, nice to tie up those lose ends!

Best Wishes,
Simon

Hi Mike,
From your description I'd say it was from a French Lebel rifle, the cartridge being produced in RE (Rennes).

Kind Regards,
Simon

Hi, Assume you refer to this unit: Fernsprech Betriebs Kompanie / I. Abteilung / Nachrichten Army Regiment 570. The unit formed in August 1939 in Nürnber in Wehrkreis XII. In September 1939, it was assigned to Heeresgruppe Süd, with whom it participated in the Polish battle, In October 1939, later r...

According to Nafziger archives:
http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941GAAD.PDF

Probably he was helping to provide Flak protection for the fighters based there.

Hi Flakpanzer11, Without a photo to confirm we are reading the data correctly it is not ideal. As it stands it doesn't entirely make sense, but I'm guessing it is from the 4th Freiwilliger Feldzeug Kompanie. The 278 being his stammrollnummer. The reference to Division isn't making sense for me. Can ...

Not so much fake, more pure fantasy...

Flottenstrasse 54/55,
Reinickendorf,
Berlin.

The website is currently offline as we are moving to a new server etc. Will post again once the new site is live.

Kind Regards,
Simon

Question: Before a fallen soldier was buried by his comrades, what items were removed from his body? I assume that in addition to his Soldbuch and dogtag half anything personal like letters, photos, watch, rings, etc. was retrieved to be sent home to his family. I would also assume that all decorat...

Reprisal killings, yes there were many of. The most documented being Oradour sur Glane as a result of the murder of Das Reich officer by partisans.

Tom Houlihan wrote:

There is plenty of further information online.

Just stay away from Wiki!

LOL. Personally I would rather pick a good book from the shelf than trawl online. But I think I'm probably a bit of a dinoaur..

Hello Henrik, Multinational involvement in the SS started with the formation of 5th SS Division Wiking. It had volunteers from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, later volunteers came from the Netherlands and Belgium under the command of German officers. In 1942, SS units were created using ...

Timo wrote:As you can see in the detailed list above, which gives the equipment left behind by LSSAH in the La Gleize area, the mysterious assault guns are not listed.
Regards,
Timo

Possibly some confusion amounting from "assault guns" and those "Bison" left in La Gleize?