Photo officer ss

[CED13000]

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thank you to identify this officer
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[panzer1432]

great photo...sharp visor cap, cloth eagle !

[CED13000]

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do you know this officer?
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[Silberkreuz]

Lovely picture.
He looks like his a Major ?? Why / where’s his collar insignia ?
best Colin

[HPL2008]

Lovely picture.
He looks like his a Major ?? Why / where’s his collar insignia ?
best Colin

During the Polish- and French campaigns, unit insignia were commonly removed or covered up for security reasons. In the case of SS troops, this applied to cuff titles, shoulder board cyphers and collar patches. (At the time, the runes collar patch still bore an additional unit number or -symbol.) This is seen in many photographs.

Pictures from later in the war also sometimes show tunics without collar patches. In the case of officers in particular, I would tend to assume that this was in most cases done to prevent them from becoming targets for enemy snipers. (If our man put on a camouflage smock - thus obscuring his shoulder boards - and a steel helmet, he would no longer stand out as an officer.) Some officers didn't go so far to take off their collar patches altogether, but did remove their bright aluminum piping.

[CED13000]

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very interesting
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[Silberkreuz]

During the Polish- and French campaigns, unit insignia were commonly removed or covered up for security reasons. In the case of SS troops, this applied to cuff titles, shoulder board cyphers and collar patches. (At the time, the runes collar patch still bore an additional unit number or -symbol.) This is seen in many photographs.

Pictures from later in the war also sometimes show tunics without collar patches. In the case of officers in particular, I would tend to assume that this was in most cases done to prevent them from becoming targets for enemy snipers. (If our man put on a camouflage smock - thus obscuring his shoulder boards - and a steel helmet, he would no longer stand out as an officer.) Some officers didn't go so far to take off their collar patches altogether, but did remove their bright aluminum piping.

Thanks Andreas,
I can completely understand the removing officer insignia for self preservation.
best Colin

[CED13000]

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