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Waleed Y. Majeed
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Unknown man, GFM List, King Boris III and others...

Post by Waleed Y. Majeed »

Going through some of my back-ups I found these pictures. They were sent to me some years ago, actually via the "old feldgrau".
I don't remember the name of sender and lost/misplaced his email adress but the story behind them is as I recall like this:
The person who sent them, a school teacher had a history project. He asked his pupils to write about their relatives during WW2.
One girl came to class with a photo album her grandfather had brought back from Italy. On the cover it said Aide-de-Camp and this man is on all the photos.
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Unknown "Aide-de-camp"

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With GFM List (?) at the other end of the tabel, plus other officers

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Belived to be a "Bulgarian decoration" ceremony with army/airforce/navy present. I believe the "aide" is just about to shake hands and therefor not saluting...
The building in the background has been itentified as the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.

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Many uniforms, many countries... but who are they all and why together (the unknown "Aide" is in the back row beside his Luftwaffe comrade - hand on shoulder)?
The tall man in the front row with the moustache is King Boris III of Bulgaria.

That's all I know about the pictures so far, but tought I would share them with my fellow Feldgrauians.

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Post by Doktor Krollspell »

Hello Waleed!

Interesting pictures indeed. Unfortunately, I don't recognize your man at all... But if you'll recieve no good answers here, try the Axis History Forum (AHF) on http://www.axishistory.com since they have quite a few members that really are great experts on identifying (german) persons from WWII.


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Post by Gareth Collins »

Not sure about the top officer but the officer reveiving the award appears to be Oberst (later Genmaj) Hans Bruckmann, the deutsche Militärattaché in Sofia. I don't believe it is the same man as above.
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