March 17, 20242 yr Author #26 Customized FJ Smock, shorten to just below the lower pockets, think this is in The Netherlands, Operation Market Garden, if so maybe Fallschrim Division Erdmann.
April 12, 20242 yr Author #27 An SS Man somewhere in the USSR, division location and date unknown, but probably in 1942-43 as he's wearing the camouflage billed cap. He sports a modified camouflage smock with a external pocket with buttoned pocket flap on the chest and with a zipper installed.
June 28, 20242 yr Author #29 A Paratrooper, an Officer, Normandy, he's wearing a modified custom made SS Camo tunic, truncated to the waist.
July 22, 20242 yr #30 A few more of these worn by panzer troops as well as the one I purchased that was found at an estate of a veteran in Vermont.
August 16, 20241 yr Author #31 Wearing somkinda Custom Made item, got a real blurry mottled look, he is of a Luftwaffe unit (Note the Belt Buckle), unit unknown, Flak, HG, FJ, he is posing in front of a Sturmpanzer 43 of Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216 in Italy
August 18, 20241 yr Author #32 On 8/15/2024 at 10:41 PM, patches said: Wearing somkinda Custom Made item, got a real blurry mottled look, he is of a Luftwaffe unit (Note the Belt Buckle), unit unknown, Flak, HG, FJ, he is posing in front of a Sturmpanzer 43 of Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 216 in Italy Full photo.
September 12, 20241 yr Author #33 Colonel Heinrich von Behr, commander of the 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment 90th Panzer Grenadier Division, date unknown in Italy. Wearing something Custom made, maybe a solid color or Camouflage , He seems to me erroneously identified with another Heinrich Von Behr, this one a General in 1944, was involved in the transportation of Art in France, a real event fictionalized in the 1964 movie with Burt Lancaster, The Train. This von Behr, the Panzer Grenadier Officer, was fighting in Italy at the time, he is a Balt German, born in 1902, who did make General, but in 1945, a Major General. This other Heinrich von Behr was a East Prussian born in 1887. I can not find photo of this older General Lieutenant Heinrich von Behr unfortunately. https://www.feldgrau.com/ww2-german-officer-heinrich-von-behr/
October 4, 20241 yr Author #34 Panzer Meyer Khakov wearing some kind of custom made Field Grey Wool uniform. looks like overalls, we know these were made of Drill, in various Grey, Field Grey, Black etc colors, but first time we're seeing them in Wool, as if this Wool ones are non standard and custom made.
October 5, 20241 yr Author #35 23 hours ago, patches said: Panzer Meyer Khakov wearing some kind of custom made Field Grey Wool uniform. looks like overalls, we know these were made of Drill, in various Grey, Field Grey, Black etc colors, but first time we're seeing them in Wool, as if this Wool ones are non standard and custom made. One more view of it, looks very well made and warm.
October 12, 20241 yr Author #37 23 hours ago, patches said: A colorized one with another officer wearing the same. The officer with Meyer is Hubert Erwin Meierdrees of the Totenkopf Division, commander of the I Battalion Panzer Regiment Totenkopf. Another photo of him.
November 12, 20241 yr Author #38 A FJ with a custom made tunic, Italy 1944, in imitation of the British BD no doubt.
March 30, 20251 yr Author #39 Custom made M44 pattern type jacket of the SS made from Zeltbahn material
June 18, 20251 yr Author #41 A member of the Army's 44th Infantry Division Hoch und Deutschmeister wearing a custom made Camouflage Splinter Panzer Jacket on the grounds of the now destroyed abbey of Monte Csssino, elements the division served for a bit there.
July 19, 20251 yr Author #42 Interesting custom job, a Short Sleeve Shirt in Splinter, we suspect this was done in Italy given the Coolness provide by Short Sleeves in the hot Italian Summer of 44.
September 13, 2025Sep 13 Author #43 A Erich Hellmann, Erich Italy 1st Fallschrim Division October 44, he wears a Camo jacket like ones posted earlier, based on the leather flight jackets.
December 21, 2025Dec 21 Author #44 A Custom Made M43 Cap in Splinter, got no other info on where this is etc, he's in some kind of vehicle, a Half Track??
January 25Jan 25 #46 On 12/21/2025 at 1:56 AM, patches said: A Custom Made M43 Cap in Splinter, got no other info on where this is etc, he's in some kind of vehicle, a Half Track?? I would guess it´s a tank or an assault gun.
January 29Jan 29 Author #47 On 1/25/2026 at 3:01 PM, Proud Kraut said: I would guess it´s a tank or an assault gun. Believe you are right Lars. Does indeed look like a Stug III Commander Hatch, with the utilization of the Scissor Scope
February 28Feb 28 Author #48 A Waffen SS Panzer Officer with a custom made shirt made from the SS Camo material, with a Zipper closure, 3rd or 5th SS Panzer Division in the East in Summer of 1943.
March 8Mar 8 Author #49 A Army worn Camo Jacket with the special ranks for shirts and camouflage coats and jackets of the rank of a Hauptmann (Captain)
March 19Mar 19 Author #50 SS Officer Karl Nicolussi-Leck wearing either a custom made Black Leather Jacket with a Black Fur Collar or a custom made Luftwaffe Flying Jacket, I say a custom made Luftwaffe Flying Jacket, because I'm not seeing an issue one looking like this he's wearing. Nicolussi-Leck started out as an Infantryman in the SS Verfugungstrupp/SS Division Reich in the Deuschland Regiment, then reassigned to Der Führer Regiment. He becomes an officer and then transfers to tanks and serves the rest of the war in the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking's Panzer Regiment. He has his own rather brief WIKI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Nicolussi-Leck
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