February 1, 20197 yr #1 Figured I'd share one of my favorite photos, on less common Gavaert paper. This one could would probably be dismissed by many as a reenactor photo, but the fact that only an NCO has an IAB and they aren't peppered with awards, the uniform cuts, live rounds, and other small details lend credence to it being indeed period. It's getting tougher to find wartime shots like this one...
February 1, 20197 yr #2 Proof positive this image is not of reenactors -- (1) they are all thin (2) all roughly the same age for their ranks (2) no non-period eye glasses (or any glasses for that matter) and (4) no 1970s style mustaches. Great picture, Brig!! Steve
February 1, 20197 yr Author #3 Yes...the young ones still bear the childlike faces and struts of kids who don't know what's ahead for them. Makes you wonder how many survived the war, and how they changed by 1945
February 1, 20197 yr #4 Yes...the young ones still bear the childlike faces and struts of kids who don't know what's ahead for them. Makes you wonder how many survived the war, and how they changed by 1945 Yes, Brig. I've seen groups of photos to one soldier (German and US) taken through their military service during the war years, and am sometimes struck at how they are prematurely aged over the few years where they were in combat. Steve
February 1, 20197 yr Author #5 I found a picture of me the other day a month before my first tour...just a kid...
February 1, 20197 yr #6 For me, the coolest part of the photo are the potato mashers stuck in the boots.
February 1, 20197 yr #7 Reminds me of about ten years ago, when someone was selling an entire album of photos from a German soldier stationed in Norway at the beginning of the war. Hundreds of pictures, and they looked like they were taken yesterday (with B&W film, of course! -grin- ) Guys in uniform, in partial uniform, site-seeing, at stations, etc. Super cool. I remember spending days looking at the images!
February 1, 20197 yr #8 For me, the coolest part of the photo are the potato mashers stuck in the boots. You'd think that would be super uncomfortable! Talk about blisters from too much walking . . . and in the wrong places! I can see how the small American style of grenades would be easier to carry!
February 1, 20197 yr #9 Great picture. I think the writing on the back is "Stoßtrup(p)" (shock troop) with a misspelling, one "p" missing.
November 2, 20196 yr Author #12 Yes, cameras are one of many things the Germans are well known for making well
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