patches Posted May 3, 2023 Author #52 Posted May 3, 2023 A Luftwaffe wedding, groom interestingly wears his Greatcoat.
patches Posted June 6, 2023 Author #56 Posted June 6, 2023 What looks like an Parachute Artilleryman. The German Parachute Divisions like the U.S. and England. having Artillery, a Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment.
patches Posted July 9, 2023 Author #58 Posted July 9, 2023 Someone doctored or something the Badge on pocket, can't tell what it is for now, best guess is a Black Wound Badge?
SARGE Posted July 9, 2023 #59 Posted July 9, 2023 Aha! That is the Kriegsmarine blockade runner badge with a huge eagle on the bow of a ship.
patches Posted July 10, 2023 Author #60 Posted July 10, 2023 13 hours ago, SARGE said: Aha! That is the Kriegsmarine blockade runner badge with a huge eagle on the bow of a ship. That's odd, it does look like it, he's Heer though, perhaps he was one of those Navy Sailors transferred to the Army in fall of 1944.
patches Posted July 15, 2023 Author #61 Posted July 15, 2023 A Wartime photo, note the Infantry Assault Badge and 1939 Clasp for Iron Cross 2nd Class for the current war. An old Subaltern, Great War and Freikorps Veteran with the Silesian Eagle award, no doubt either a Leutnant der Landwehr or Leutnant der Reserve
patches Posted September 5, 2023 Author #66 Posted September 5, 2023 Here's a real intriguing one, a Herr Groom wearing faded Tropical Uniform, Cap included. Was this uniform permitted to be worn by Africa Corps personnel on leave or convalescing in Germany??? Hmm could this one be taken say in Greece, with the Bride being Female personnel in the Wehrmacht or some other NSDAP Organization???
patches Posted September 23, 2023 Author #67 Posted September 23, 2023 Another groom in the Tropical Uniform, here a new issue one, no other info on this, bu we do see he has the Ribbon for the East Front Medal
patches Posted October 5, 2023 Author #68 Posted October 5, 2023 A Sergeant, a Veteran of the Demyansk Pocket
patches Posted November 8, 2023 Author #70 Posted November 8, 2023 Future Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 Helmut Schmidt. Date June 27 1942, Bride Hannelore Glaser nickname Loki. Schmidt was a Flak Officer, seen action in the USSR 1941-42, unit not given. Wedding took place I believe when Schmidt was on Staff at the Reichsluftfahrtministerium Berlin. By the Autumn of 1944 Schmidt was back at the Front, here during The Battle of The Bulge, unit not given.
patches Posted January 21, 2024 Author #74 Posted January 21, 2024 An Austrian, he is of the 131st Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division.
patches Posted February 17, 2024 Author #75 Posted February 17, 2024 Luftwaffe, Beide Mann und Weib, A NCO Pilot, with Bulgarian Pilot Badge (Badge ID by Member Gunner87.).Interesting thing is his Waffenfarbe doesn't look Yellow right, looks Red or Green, but it might be that photo voodoo that makes Yellow a dark looking color.
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