Vets wearing their 57ers!!!

[Sepp45]

Very interesting Sepp ! I've never heard of him or his organization? Tom

Yes Tom, I've never heard of them before. This photo correspond (according to the website) to the same organization.

If you look closely, you can see a few IABs

[Tom B]

Yes Tom, I've never heard of them before. This photo correspond (according to the website) to the same organization.

If you look closely, you can see a few IABs

Yes, and the guy front row second from left is wearing a EK1 & wound badge & IAB. I wonder why the Austrian authorities allowed such an organization !

[Nigel N]

Great photo's Sepp, and a very interesting man and organisation
Do we know if he/they are wearing 57ers, wartimers, or postwar Souval copies??
-Nigel

[Sepp45]

Great photo's Sepp, and a very interesting man and organisation
Do we know if he/they are wearing 57ers, wartimers, or postwar Souval copies??
-Nigel

Hard to say Nigel, and to make matters worse, I'm not the expert here. But those of Klotz seem to be wartime (or at least not 57ers)..

[MikeNZ]

Just my 2 cents..Südtirol is Italy, not Austria. Different law?

[Sepp45]

Just my 2 cents..Südtirol is Italy, not Austria. Different law?

These guys were Austrians, fighting for some sort of independence of the Südtirol or maybe an integration.

That's why he was labeled a terrorist by the Italian Government in 1946. At least that's what I think

[Sepp45]

Some more of General Johann-Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg.

[Sepp45]

During a NATO parade, June 1st 1967.

[Sepp45]

After being awarded the Legion of Merit, 1968.

Look at that medal bar

[Sepp45]

Look at that medal bar

Zoom

[Sepp45]

Side view

[Sepp45]

Iron Cross First Class 57'

[Sepp45]

General Jürgen Bennecke

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[Sepp45]

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[Tom B]

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Both the DKiG & DKiS !!!! Great pic Sepp !!! Tom