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[stonemint]

I believe this pic is from a visit to the Wolfschanze by the Gauleiters in 1944:

[stonemint]

Gauleiter Giesler:

[stonemint]

Bending the rules again, but a neat pic:

[Bob Coleman]

Breaking the rule, as this is a Form 3 Uniform, but still a nice color pic--Gauleiter Wagner:

SINCE YOU SET THE RULES, I GUESS IT IS ALSO ALLOWABLE FOR YOU TO MODIFY THEM.
BY THE WAY, GREAT PHOTOS IN THIS THREAD.

[stonemint]

OK, Bob, I will get this thread back on track. This is the first I have ever seen of this foto--Ley wearing and Einsatz u. Dienst uniform with a Volkssturm armband and a soft M-43 hat--he does look tired compared to the earlier pics in this thread:

[stonemint]

Greiser (most of these pics are from the AHF, so are public domain)--they have some phenomenal razor-sharp pics over there, but you have to search for them.

[stonemint]

Frick in his bouble-breasted Reichsleiter tunic:

[stonemint]

I cannot recall the name of this Gauleiter--Schwede?

[stonemint]

Giesler at an mass air-raid victim's funeral:

[stonemint]

Small pic, but its in color--Lauterbacher

[stonemint]

Rare M-43 in wear--uniform appears to be an einsatz u. dienst variant:

[stonemint]

Same individual as above pic--he appears to be an Ober-Bereichsleiter at the Kreis level:

[Michael Miller]

Stonemint~

I'm fairly certain that's Franz Hofer (Gauleiter Tirol-Vorarlberg) rather than Lauterbacher in the small color photo.
See http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop...Hofer&start=15 for further discussion of this picture.


Best,
~ Mike

[Jeff Clark]

I agree it must be Hofer, also shown here in this picture, (which is part of the Walter Frentz collection I think?).

[Arran]

What's with his inside-out armband?