SS Men on Parade

[TobyR]

Hi Everybody,

I picked this up at the weekend and wondered (could be a long shot) if anyone can tell me anything more about the photo, other than they are SS.

Thanks for looking.

All the best,
Toby.

[TobyR]

Sorry about the poor picture quality. It looked a lot better before I uploaded it.

Anyway, here's a closer shot of the inspecting officers.

Cheers,
Toby.

[Frosch]

WL officers?

The men in the close-up look like Luftwaffe officers to me.

The men in the first image might be wearing black or dark blue Luftwaffe (or navy?) collar tabs.

Can you show a close-up of them, too?

/David

Sorry about the poor picture quality. It looked a lot better before I uploaded it.

Anyway, here's a closer shot of the inspecting officers.

Cheers,
Toby.

[Glenn2438]

Luftwaffe

Toby,

these guys are Luftwaffe not SS.

Regards
Glenn

[TobyR]

Hi Glenn and David,

Sorry for the delay in picking up this thread. I usually receive e-mail notification but didn't in this case.

As you can see the pictures aren't too good but the men on parade are definitely wearing plain black ss collar tabs. Although, I agree the inspecting officers look like luftwaffe. Does this make sense?

Thanks to you both.

Toby.

[James Clark]

Might the men on parade be wearing blanked out collar tabs? I can't remember the ins and outs of why this was done - some kind of security measure. A better look at the badge on the guy's hat second from the right might help clear it up.

James