Vets wearing their 57ers!!!

[Sepp45]

Brigadegeneral Erich Gröpler, 1963

[Tom B]

More great pic's !!!!!!

[Sepp45]

Brigadegeneral Gustav Rödel

[Tom B]

Never seen a postwar pic of him !!!!

[Sepp45]

Major Achim Wunderlich

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[Sepp45]

Leutnant Heinrich Starke

[Tom B]

AND........MORE great pic's !!!!!!

[Knight_ridergta]

This one is still wearing his wartime wound badge!

AUSTRIA. South Tyrol. 1979. A veteran proudly wears his Iron Cross and wound-badge.

[Tom B]

This one is still wearing his wartime wound badge!

I noticed that too...I can't tell about his EK2 though ??

[Steve 5]

Leutnant Heinrich Starke

In Bundeswehr Luftwaffe uniform, as an Oberst (colonel) in the general staff..........wearing on right chest a Luftwaffe "Tatigkeitsabzeichen" (Speciality/trade badge) for "personal im Stabsdienst".....so .photograph taken after 1980.

Prost ! Steve.

[Knight_ridergta]

Could very well be!

I noticed that too...I can't tell about his EK2 though ??

[Tom B]

In Bundeswehr Luftwaffe uniform, as an Oberst (colonel) in the general staff..........wearing on right chest a Luftwaffe "Tatigkeitsabzeichen" (Speciality/trade badge) for "personal im Stabsdienst".....so .photograph taken after 1980.

Prost ! Steve.

I wondered about the time line...Thanks Steve !

[Sepp45]

In Bundeswehr Luftwaffe uniform, as an Oberst (colonel) in the general staff..........wearing on right chest a Luftwaffe "Tatigkeitsabzeichen" (Speciality/trade badge) for "personal im Stabsdienst".....so .photograph taken after 1980.

Prost ! Steve.

Yes, I put Starke's wartime rank, so my mistake

[Angel Farré]

This is the only 57 photo I have and this is a thread to put it.

Hauptmann Hans Joachim Kochan.

Angel

[Tom B]

This is the only 57 photo I have and this is a thread to put it.

Hauptmann Hans Joachim Kochan.

Angel

Looks to be a numbered GAB on his ribbon bar