Sleeve shield identification

[Akira Takiguchi]

Attached is a crop from a color slide I acquired recently; it is most probably from a soldier from Kraftfahr-Abteilung 562 - southern Russia, 1943. The soldier wears a nice yellow (orange) - black sleeve shield, which is not known to me.

Hope this photo is interesting to some of you members.

[vic007]

Hello Akira

Thank you for this picture.
Actually i'm interested in seeing the other slides from the group.
I have a small Kuban grouping of a Gefreiter from the Stab of this unit. The group consists off: documents for Kuban shield and KVK II with swords and the medals, a day pass for Paris and a pictures of the soldier.



Here is some more information about the unit: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=322015

Best regards

stijn

[Akira Takiguchi]

Thanks for sharing, a nice set!

So the sleeve shield might possibly be Ost-, Türkish- or Gefangene- related?

[Akira Takiguchi]

Can I assume that it is not a known type of sleeve shield? Unit local stuff, or some non-military stuff?

[cosimo]

Fantastic photo perhaps hi is an Ukranian Hiwi, shield blue yellow

[Askold]

Excellent photo Akira, thank you for posting! I agree with Cosimo - this indeed looks like a Ukrainian national - blue/yellow shield and yellow tabs. Could be one of the members of Ukrainian companies attached to bigger German units. Would it be possible to see the whole slide?