SD portrait

[brownshirts]

here we have a large sized portrait of an SD officer.
it is still on its original studio mount!
clearly show are his awards and collar tabs.


just thought id share this gem as its been dry stored for many years now
regards
matthew

[Tom300]

Hi,

Beautiful and very interesting photo, thank you for sharing !

Tom

[brownshirts]

sd photo

hi tom,

thanks for kind comments,is a splendid photo.not my field but it was a must have.
do you know his rank?

regards
matthew

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Matthew, nice photo.

His rank is either that of 1st Lt. or Captain. (Obersturmfuhrer or Hauptsturmfuhrer) I cannot quite make it out from the pic. But I suspect it is Obersturmfuhrer.

This rank chart will help you for future reference:

http://www.deathcamps.org/reinhard/pic/ssranks.jpg

Cheers, Ade.

[brownshirts]

sd photo

hi adrian,

many thanks,although ss stuff not my subject,that is a fantastic link you sent..i will go though my other ss officer pics now to rank them!

best regards
matthew