Foremost man in the top photo plus second and fourth man from the right in the second photo - I havent seen that before...was this authorized officially or just a personal preference with some officers? (these are Faldschirmjäger)
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Foremost man in the top photo plus second and fourth man from the right in the second photo - I havent seen that before...was this authorized officially or just a personal preference with some officers? (these are Faldschirmjäger) -
WOW , that is interesting , nice pictures
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again proof that the germans werent textbook all the time :PComment
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Pretty sure the officer at the top and the one with the Narvik shield is Eugen MeindlCollecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.Comment
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Pictures shows Meindls fallschirmjager. Pics are from the Winterstein Archive. I think repros. You can find Pic 1 and 2 in Wintersteins Meindl Book
No 1 (?) Training Aufklärungsabteilung XIII. Fliegerkorps autum 1942 Bergen (Celle)
No 2 Stab/ Sturmregiment in Russia Mai 1942.
Picture No 3 is not published by Winterstein. Perhaps shows Luftlandelehrabteilung Stephani (? Schwadron) in Italy late 1943.Last edited by Karuzo; 10-13-2011, 03:13 AM.Comment
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Nobody seems to have hinted at the issue authenticity vs non autenthicity of the pictures, the issue not relating to the topic. Anyway, thanx for the accurate description you provided.Originally posted by Karuzo View Post
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En passant, the pecuiliarty ain't that clear in the third pic (at the bottom). I suppose I should zoom on the people on the Kubelwagen in the bacjground, shouldn't I?Originally posted by johnny_ola2000 View Post
Foremost man in the top photo plus second and fourth man from the right in the second photo - I havent seen that before...was this authorized officially or just a personal preference with some officers? (these are Faldschirmjäger)
Oddly , nobody answered to the question you asked. No, braided cords on M43 caps and/or mountain caps were neither authorized officially nor permitted unoffficialy. It seems a habit of Gen Meindl and a few others, but I doubt anybody'd have ticked top brass off.
By the way other related pics can be seen here
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...gen_Meindl.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...j%C3%A4ger.jpg
http://ww2gravestone.com/general/meindl-eugen
Regards!
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