Can anyone tell me anything about this man's uniform, rank, medals, perhaps even an approximate year? (G-G-Grandfather) Thank you  

"Tony v"...  Amazing.  Mind~shattering.  Phenomenal.  Not only is that a neat helmet, one not commonly encountered, it's in awesome condition, not the usual "barn find".  I can definitely respect that.        

Just a cursory observation...   Whole bunch of "Walter Mitty" going on in this picture.  I don't believe all those awards are genuinely his.   Given the arrogant, haughty look on his face, and the very un~soldierly bearing, it's obvious he's aware he's being photographed.  Very "Un~German" characteristically.  I wonder if he's a deserter or evader who surrendered to the "Amis" to get something to eat.  At least five of the soldiers in the background are wearing greatcoats and some still retain a few items of personal equipment.  This guy's the only one in the picture without headgear...  Also highly unusual.   Looks like he is indeed wearing a Kriegsmarine E~Boot Badge and a wounded badge third class, as well as ribbon bars for the Iron Cross Second Class 1939, the War Merit Cross without Swords Second Class, and a third ribbon bar, likely a foreign award, I can't identify.  The shoulder straps are piped for infantry, and the collar patches are standard non~waffenfarbe 1944 issue.

Looks like he is sporting an E boat badge and a wound badge. 

Man I don’t understand people throwing away money. It takes about 5 minutes research to determine what you have and a value. If nothing else you can donate it to a museum or give it to a local VFW post. People are just lazy. So often I see perfectly good items on the curb on trash day when there is a Goodwill 5 minutes away.

Great save.  Rich A. in Pa.

Photograph taken 21 October 1944 near Aachen, Germany.  The subject is a war prisoner of the U.S. Army.

Looking for an Authentic WWII Katana. Thx

Looks original. A lot of European countries used war time post war and remarked them. 

I double checked the black and white photos I saw, yeah I think they are Russian soldiers not NVA. I know the Russians did use blue electrical tape on there AKs. But as I was looking at NVA I didn't see one with taped ak mags. Now I'm still willing to bet at least one NVA private or Viet Cong guy probably did tape mags together but it probably wasn't common like the Soviets did.