Where soldiers that needed eyeglasses aloud in the Waffen-SS?
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i think your question is were ss soldiers allowed to wear spectacles . i think front line ,no, however rear echelon yes. just my expierience in the army, not the ss
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wouldnt exactly put the fear of god in you would they. tk guy a pos guard and officer pos 1 ww vet ,anyone able to fight did late war, wouldnt happen now.still the question WAS could the ss wear glasses.
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dont think the officer is that old to be WW1 vet though has older 36 tunic?Comment
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I too think it very doubtful that the untersturmfuhrer is a First War vet - and his decorations mark him as a Second War combat soldier. In any case, there are images of W-SS personnel wearing glasses in combat -for example, a hauptsturmfuhrer leading an assault troop through the tank ditch at Kursk (see Spezzano's pictorial series on Kursk).
My guess is that W-SS personnel requiring glasses for minor correction only - and who could still function if they were lost or broken- could serve in combat roles.
Certainly a number of senior W-SS commanders wore glasses.
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The pre war recruiting booklets for the ss vt clearly said that "Brillenträger" would not be accepted as members for the ss vt. However, the T units obviously didn't have these high standards as well as the Allgemeine SS of course and a number of members were transfered from the Allgemeine and T to the VT. In the early stages only chance or connections would allow you to become a VT member when you had bad eyesight, take von Ribbentrop's son who was a member of the LAH and reportedly had very bad eyesight as an example for someone who obviously used his connections.
Later in the war it didn't matter at all I think when you look at what they have accepted then. The standards were generaly very low for obvious reasons during the later stages of the war.
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By 'later in the war' read once war broke out and Himmler started expanding the SS into something quite different to what it was pre-war.
Buy a few books and see for yourselves.Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.Comment
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Originally posted by PHILBROWN View Postwouldnt exactly put the fear of god in you would they. tk guy a pos guard and officer pos 1 ww vet ,anyone able to fight did late war, wouldnt happen now.still the question WAS could the ss wear glasses.
If you think that kid is over 40 years old then i reckon you're the one that needs glasses
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Originally posted by Simon orchard View PostIf you think that kid is over 40 years old then I reckon you're the one that needs glasses
That made my week !
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