Police photo album - my best one so far

[Gran Sasso]

5) a nice autum impression, taken close to the chapel:

[Gran Sasso]

5) then:

[Gran Sasso]

6) the center of "Grainau", the last village the train would pass on its way to the summit:

[Gran Sasso]

6) then - another timeless szene:

[juoneen]

Could those be partisans captured or suspected partisans, as they look freaked out in the first few posts on page 1.?

[Tor]

Just a guess from my side - not captured partisans, maybe suspected.

I would belive that the situation would have been a bit different if they where partisans. But as I said. Just a guess.

Maybe some documents can reveal what happend. Or maybe some persons from that town know what happend. But that will be a long shot.

[Dave C.]

Tor,

As a police collector, I have to say this is an absolute stunning photo album, a real treasure/gem of police photo albums! Photo content speaks volumes, especially to uniform collectors! Hard to believe I missed this one until now!

Also, the then and now pictures are also fantastic!

Many thnaks to both of you for sharing!!!

[Larry deZeng]

Dave -

Have you been following our discussion of the new Polizei book published just a few days ago? It may be that you are only interested in the militaria collecting side of the subject, but though you might be interested!

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=313823

Larry

[Dave C.]

Dave -

Have you been following our discussion of the new Polizei book published just a few days ago? It may be that you are only interested in the militaria collecting side of the subject, but though you might be interested!

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=313823

Larry

Larry, thanks for the link! Another discussion I've missed. Can't say how glad I am to see some new polizei reference material being published!

[crowback]

Ss/sd

SD - green piping

Great photos! Looks like that SS visor has coloured piping. Doesnt look white to me.

[Zeller]

best Police album seen so far. Congratulations!

[PBR]

Thank you. It is very good album

Here are some samples. Unfortunatly I had to resize them due to space on the server. The quality is overall superb.

This one is taken in Finland. Very close to the frontline, if some of the writings on the backside are correct.

What's the Cufftitle there?!

[paddywhack]

fantastic album!!! just a quick question! are polize mountain troops common enough?iv got a nice pic of 2 officers holding a dog and there police with the edelweiss on there caps! just wonder if there common? thanks for posting the pics though!

[all1knew]

2) On the banks of the "Partnach"-river, in the background the peak of the "Kramer", 1.943m above sea-level.

They named a mountain after me?

William Kramer

[W.Unland]

Just a comment about the suspected "partisans" shown in the first photo in post #9.

One of the "partisans" is wearing Lederhosen, worn only in Austria and Bayern, and another is wearing a clearly Austrian trachtenjoppe.

It would seem strange that folks from the Balkens would be wearing traditional "Oberbayern/Tirol" clothing. I might suggest these are the Austrian based cops in their "casual" clothing rather than suspects.

Just a thought not related to the fine photo album itself.

W.Unland