A Plain Luftwaffe Vest, without colored Staffel Bar, we guess these were worn by non flying units.     The Runner is one Rudolf Waldemar Harbig ,  champion record holder and Olympian, Harbig was a serving soldier in the Reichswehr, joined in 1932, left in 1935 to focus more on competitions, like the 36 Olympics. He is reenlists apparently, Army, but is transferred to the Luftwaffe, assigned to the Fallschrimtruppen, sometime in 1941 and as a Jaeger apparently.   Believe this photo was taken May 24 1941 at the Dresdner Kampfbahn/Ilgen-Kampfbahn where he set another world record over 800 metres. He doesn't seem to have served at the front with 7th Flying Division, his wiki says he was in the Battle of Moscow, but that's probably  error. He is however assigned to the newly raised 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment in January 1943 in France, A Sergeant, a Feldwebel perhaps, is in Russia with the unit, a part of the 2nd Parachute Division, he is Killed in Action in March 5 1944 Kirovohrad. 

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British militaria is not my area of expertisr. Can anyone help me date and identify this jacket? Thanks so much.

I found out on Wehrmacht Awards forum from a French member..he survived    Hello, Soldier Mangin was enlisted in the 69th Infantry Regiment on December 19, 1914. Reported missing on April 9, 1916, in Haucourt (Meuse). Eventually found to be a prisoner of war in Güstrow. Best regards   https://archivesenligne.archives.cg54.fr/ark:33175/s0054f9527b37900/54f957e455fd6.fiche=arko_fiche_62bc4ea02e111.moteur=arko_default_62bc69358b041   just queried French 69th infantry regiment WWI and read about the battle around Haucourt...WOW The defence of then Haucourt sector had cost the French heavy casualties. The 26eme R.I. had lost 20 officers and 800 men. The 69eme R.I. had lost 30 officers and 1300 men all in the period of the 5th-6th of April.   Additional info about 69th Infantry Regiment  On the D18 road about ten miles north-west of Verdun is the site of Haucourt, one of the villages destoyed in 1916, although there are still farm buildings here toay. There is a memorial constructed on the remains of a blockhouse, located on the left hand side of the road as you travel south. The bunker memorial at Haucourt The plaque on the front of the memorial blockhouse shows that it is in memory of six companies of the French 69th Infantry Regiment who disappeared entirely between the 30th of March and the 5th of April 1916, whilst engaged in defending Haucourt and the nearby village of Malancourt. It is also in memory of their 'brothers-in-arms' of the 79th US Infantry Division, who fell here later in the war, in September 1918.       Pictures of monuments  

What an interesting passage. These are exactly the kinds of accounts I enjoy — unusual everyday experiences of individuals in wartime, which reveal a bit of the humanity of the citizen wearing a soldier’s uniform. He served during the same period and very close to the FEB (Brazilian Expeditionary Force). Thank you for sharing it!!!

Welcome, and please share some of your collection. I am sure we would all love to see some new content.    Scott

Thanks for the input. I thought it was a nice piece to add to the collection.

Hi everyone! I've already been a member on usmilitariaforum.com for a few years, I really should have joined here sooner since I mostly collect foreign military items. I mostly collect hats, canteens, and love field phones but they're kind of expensive to have too many of. 

TBH I'm not sure about that last part with the SS officer. When I tried to research that name I got linked to a few different german language sites including a german Wikipedia page about an SS officer of the same rank and same name with the same middle name too but spelled Karl rather than Carl.    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Weberpals

It’s a fabulous keepsake👍🇬🇧

thanks for the info...Scott

Thanks for the help!