SS paratrooper 500/600 Soldbuch

[Gustav 43]

Yes, Gerry, a lot of GJ boots just never seen in studio pix before.
Lw paras also liked wear them in east front .

...and heavily worn in Italy too...

[PanzerElite]

by the way, is "600" in the soldbuch?

[mufasa]

Great Soldbuch and great photos.

Oriano

[Sergey K.]

According to P.K. - very few of the SS-Fallschirmjager received the Heer badge. Most received the LW version. The majority went to the OKH, which re-instituted the Heer badge on 1.6.1943.

The SS-Fallschirmjager who received the Heer badges did not receive their A4 Fallschirmschutzen-Abzeichen des Heeres certificates until November and December 1944, if they got them at all. The unit had to request for the documents through SSFHA, which then processed them and sent them back to the SS-Fsch.-Jg- Btl. for distribution.

The first two or three SS courses through Fallschirmschule III in Serbia got Fallschirmschutzen-Abzeichen des Heeres but the small stock obtained by the battalion's training wing was quickly used up.
Most if not all of the Brandenburg Fallschirmjager received the Fallschirmschutzen-Abzeichen des Heeres. The majority of the production of Fallschirmschutzen-Abzeichen des Heeres was delivered to OKH, which had priority, while the SS-Fallschirmjager Btl. , formed three months beforehand, only managed to acquire a few.

Interesting information

[Sergey K.]

...and heavily worn in Italy too...

Of course, Gustav...

[Gustav 43]

Here an Army Para Badge symbol used in the photoalbum postwar assembled by the surviving members for their Zugfuehrer ( Platoonleader??? )

[beef_supreme]

Given that he had been assigned to SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3, he would have worn a "Deutschland" cuff title.



SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" was assigned to 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich".



Gerry

Hi. SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf had a Panzergrenadier Regiment numbered 3 until the reorganisation to a Panzer Division.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...nSS/3SSPGD.htm

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[PanzerElite]

Hi. SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf had a Panzergrenadier Regiment numbered 3 until the reorganisation to a Panzer Division.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...nSS/3SSPGD.htm

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NCO from SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt.3 "Totenkopf"

[Gustav 43]

of course, gustav...

:d

[Gerry Cummins]

Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new on this forum … and today is no exception.

Thank you beef_supreme, PanzerElite, and Willi for your "Totenkopf" input. I appreciate your taking the time to explain this to me.

I still have so much to learn.

Gerry

[Gerry Cummins]

Here an Army Para Badge symbol used in the photo album postwar assembled by the surviving members for their Zugfuehrer ( Platoon leader??? )

Don't stop there, Gustav 43. Show us more of your photo album. PLEASE!

Gerry

[Willi Z.]

NCO from SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt.3 "Totenkopf"

Yes, very true and good catch.

Regarding the CT in the photo, I had focused on the 2 "T"s within the first 3 letters.

[Willi Z.]

Of course, Gustav...

GJ boots seem to have been worn any time they were available in lieu of jump boots. Anyone who has worn jump boots (US, German, etc, of any era) knows how useless they are in wet grass, snow, ice, or mud. Only designed for wear inside an aircraft while shuffling out the door,....

[Brecht B]

Correction on the picture cuff title, it's indeed Totenkopf. I have checked it again, this time wearing my glasses ;-)
here's the backside of the picture:


Cheers from Belgium

Brecht

[waffen-Moni]

Fantastic.

He name is what? Hermann ???????


Thanks