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by ealdwita
Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:09 pm
Forum: Uniforms and Awards
Topic: Waffen-SS Kragenspiegel/Colla Tabs
Replies: 8
Views: 11841

Re: Waffen-SS Kragenspiegel/Colla Tabs

I think I may have made some sense out of this....... The photo must be dated 1938/early 1939 judging by the shoulder straps. The strange inclusion on the collar tabs are I think, the badge of the SA-Standarte Feldherrnhalle . I know that after the death of Roehm, the best of the SA were put under W...
by ealdwita
Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:52 pm
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Help identify this troop
Replies: 6
Views: 4861

Re: Help identify this troop

I doubt it'll help much, but I think at least 2 of the Senior NCOs in the front row are wearing the Flakartillerie branch insignia on their cuffs.
by ealdwita
Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:20 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: HELP - General Identification
Replies: 2
Views: 2462

Re: HELP - General Identification

I believe it to be Colonel-General Eugen Ritter von Schobert. KIA 1941 whilst commanding 11th Army, Romania-Eastern Front.
by ealdwita
Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:18 pm
Forum: Photographs
Topic: War memorial ?
Replies: 3
Views: 3011

Re: War memorial ?

I think the photos are quite modern, I'm afraid, certainly post-war. The give away is overall quality of the pictures and the aircraft captioned Me 108 when in fact it's a Spanish produced HA-1112, produced after the war and powered by the Rolls Royce Merlin engine. (Having said that, I've no idea w...
by ealdwita
Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:12 pm
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Uniform ID
Replies: 1
Views: 2440

Re: Uniform ID

Looking at the soutache on his feldmutze, I would agree that he is an infantryman. It is impossible to tell with any certainty the colour of the regimental identification loop.
by ealdwita
Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:03 pm
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Kroeker photo
Replies: 2
Views: 2570

Re: Kroeker photo

He is in the Signals branch. I think he must be newly out of training, as he's wearing the early pattern shoulder straps which usually showed the unit number/designation. The fact that they're plain suggests to me that he hasn't yet been assigned to a unit.
by ealdwita
Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:19 pm
Forum: Uniforms and Awards
Topic: The most decorations, ribbons, medal on a WW2 German uniform
Replies: 6
Views: 12723

Re: The most decorations, ribbons, medal on a WW2 German uniform

General Dr. Edmund Glaise von Horstenau seems to have his fair share too! 14 medals on the bar, 5 different neck orders, 4 breast orders and 1 sash order.

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