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and the manual:

[C. Kleijn]

Hello Jörg,

Was that the album which was sold on ebay.de some months ago? I decided not to bid because I bought some other photo albums, but sometimes I regret it.

The photo from the SS-Obersturmführer with the shield is really great and extremely rare. Do you have other photos from the owner in SS uniform with that shield? I know of one photo with the Bengal tiger head collar tab and should be extremely interested to see more

Best regards,
Cees

[stdub]

Hello Cees,

this album comes directly from the owner/his widow.
It´s the man in the SS-Uniform.

I saw an album on Ebay before too, but there were many reproductions in it, so I did not bid on it. Is it the same album you saw too?

The photo with the SS-Uniform is the only one in the album. The others are made earlier in Germany, Holland and France.

Best wishes

Joerg

[Denis]

Hello
Jörg, fabulous photos and extremely rare photos. Thansk for sharing those.
If I remember well, I think that a SS Officer jacket with the death's head collar patch was shown on Bender's "Military Advisor". This was not a period photo but a contemporary one. Sorry but I don't remember the exact issue number. I also believe that on a Bender book dealing with medals (probably Angolia's), a Azad Hind document is also shown. The recipient's rank was a SS one (SS Ostuf. if my memory serves me).
There is also a well known photo where we can seen Indian volunteers wearing a SS EM buckle. To my knowledge, it is the sole photo where Indian volunteers are shonw wearing SS artifacts.
BTW, on the very good site of Robert Noss (www.photosammler.de), several pics of Indian volunteers are displayed.
Thanks again
Regards
Denis

[McCulloh]

Russian vols. "Sommer '42"-but not Hiwis. Note the cockades and the regulation uniforms...and of course, the assault badges. I suspect these are either Volksdeutsche or Brandenbergers- but I really don't know what to make of them. Any ideas?

[Ljotrulf]

Indisches Legian

Hallo Joerg!

Do you know the name of this Waffen-SS Officer from the Indian Legion? He looks a bit like Franz Ausmeyer, a Signals (Nachrichten) Officer from the Legion.

I have a photo of him from before the war in the uniform of the SS-VT, which came from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin-Lichterfelde. I also have one of Bertling (last commander) also pre-war as SS-Sturmbannfuehrer.

Do you have Rudolf Hartog's book on the Indian Legion? It is very interesting.

Alles Gute !

James Donald Ljotrulf McLeod
Ratho
Scotland

Hi DC- (what´s your firstname?),

I like this album too.
Two years ago I made a big mistake. I had a photo-group (60 photos) from a member of the German Staff of the Legion. The group also contained 2 award documents (1 for KVK 2nd. class, 1 for wound badge black) and the original unweared armshield of the Legion. And I was so foolish to trade it!

Here are three more photos from the album, one very rare, showing the owner of the album in SS Uniform with Armshield o the Legion.

I will also post a photo of the translation manual for commands from German to Hindustani.

Best wishes

Joerg

[Mikhealc]

The eighth post by Denis is an East German Policeman from 1948 -1952. Notice the shield on the hat...a polizei star with the tri-color in it. Mike Custer

[Mikhealc]

Here is an officer's version of the same hat in the Denis post #8.

[Helmut]

Hello Akira, very nice fotos.
The Turkistan soldier had a russian rifle Mosin Nagant Mod. 1891/30.
Helmut

[Askold]

Not sure on posting pictures, but here's a link to two photos from my collection (perhaps someone can stick them in) :

http://reibert.info/forum/download.php?id=3448

[D. Löwenhamn]

There you go Askold, very nice pictures.
Best regards/ Daniel

[Askold]

Thanks Daniel!

[W Petz]

Foreign Volunteers

Hello Tommy,

My friend Ddpool just posted some of my photos in another thread which included two photos of Siberian volunteers in the wehrmacht being decorated. Bill Petz

[mietek]

Here i think it is a tschetnik. This is one photo what i have in my collection.

In my opinion it is not a tchetnik, but croatian soldier from ustasha/ustashi organisation. However cap badge is not clear to see, but it look like "U" with granade and flame in the middle. It is typical croatian badge used during ww2 and recent wars also. You can see that symbol at: http://www.geocities.com/ljubomir911/HOS.html , but it is different design of the badge. Similar shape were used helmet decals (german helmet, decal on the middle, not as germans on side)
Tschetniks didn't cooperate with germans as close as ustashi.

[MiRoUsh]

foreign volunteers

Here some pics of latvian volunteers



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The Last one Obersturmbannfuehrer Nikolajs Galdins