March 8, 20242 yr Author #76 A interesting one, an Fahenjunker (Officer Candidate) who's assigned at the moment to an Unteroffiziersschule (Non Commissioned Officer Candidate School), that's the US embroidered on his Shoulder Strap, US for Unteroffizier Schule. As a frame of reference Non Commissioned Officer Candidates wear a Single strip of Tresse on their Shoulder Straps, while Officer Candidates wear Two Strips, this fellow here with his Wife wears two, and is probably an Obergefreiter right now.
March 16, 20242 yr Author #77 June 19 1943 Fräulein Traudl Humps Jetzt Frau Hans Junge, wir nehmen an bei Obersalzberg, Günsche dort
April 17, 20242 yr Author #78 The infamous Walther Reder when in the Totenkopf Division, he later transfers to the 16.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS in Italy.
May 8, 20242 yr #79 Here's one right off the Das U-Boot in Farbe FB page I saw. Kreigsmarine submariner with family and a JR sailor.
May 24, 20242 yr #82 Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia SS Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich, born 7th March 1904, and Lina Mathilde Manninen von Osten, born 14th June 1911, had married in Grossenbrode on 26th December 1931. Lina remained living in the Lower Castle in Panenské Břežany after her husband was fatally wounded by SOE Agents on the 27th May 1942, dying on the 4th June 1942, and an unrepentant Nazi until her death on 14th August 1985. Shockingly after a series of court cases against the West German government between 1956 and 1959 Lina won the right to a pension equivalent to that of a German General Killed in Action.
May 24, 20242 yr #83 I have been to their home in the countryside outside of Praha. When I was there it was owned by the state and had been an asylum but was empty. This was the house that Heydrich left the morning he was assassinated in Praha. The corner where his driver slowed down to make the turn is still there.
August 1, 20241 yr Author #85 Wedding of SS-Sturmbannführer Jakob Grimminger Blutahneträger. Wife the former Hildegard Weber in 1936.
August 2, 20241 yr #86 The issue I have posting these pics is, I have at least 4-500 of them. That's a lot of scanning. These are all great pics, lots of awards, swords & daggers. Paul
August 24, 20241 yr Author #87 A Sergeant of some unit numbered 25, Waffenfarbe could be a Light Blue for the Trains of the 25. Infanterie-Division.
September 8, 20241 yr Author #88 A 1945 one, odd this man isn't wearing the Iron Cross 1st Class right, with an award of the Close Combat Badge in Bronze firgued he would have that one the ICI.
September 13, 20241 yr Author #89 A Belgian of the Westland Infantry Regiment, regiment was a armored/motorized infantry regiment in the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking.
October 5, 20241 yr Author #90 Two from a wedding in Dusseldorf, that economy wartime automobile there.
August 15, 2025Aug 15 #94 Post #42... Source: https://stabswache-de-euros.blogspot.com/2012/10/hauptmann-friedrich-konrad-winkler.html?m=1
February 5Feb 5 #98 12 hours ago, patches said: What a Handsome Couple!!! She left him in 1948 after he lost his job😉
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