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    Studio Portrait Landstorm NL or Feldherrnhalle

    Hi,

    i just got this Portrait in. What is it? At the backside there is a writing: 34 Waffen Grenadier Div SS Landstorm NL. Photo has been taken in Bruxelles. Looks like Feldherrnhalle related to me...

    thanks in advance
    Christian
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    Strange mixture of insignia, but we can tell for sure that they definitely not Waffen-SS and definitely not Feldherrnhalle, either.

    Their cap insingia and flight blouses are Luftwaffe issue.

    The "wolf hook" on their right collar patches is shaped in the "Dutch" style. (As used for various insignia of the WA, the Germanic SS in the Netherlands, the Landstorm Nederland etc.) The collar patch rank pips and the shoulder boards also have a Dutch WA/NSB look to them. The black shirt worn by the man in the center also points in that direction.

    Based on these factors, my best guess would be Dutch NSKK volunteers assigned to the Luftwaffe.

    (One thing that I cannot make sense of are the breast insignia, though. They are definitely not Luftwaffe eagles. I may be wrong there, but I think they look like blackened Luftschutz breast "wings".)
    Last edited by HPL2008; 02-17-2009, 02:08 PM.

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      Originally posted by HPL2008 View Post
      Strange mixture of insignia, but we can tell for sure that they definitely not Waffen-SS and definitely not Feldherrnhalle, either.

      Their cap insingia and flight blouses are Luftwaffe issue.

      The "wolf hook" on their right collar patches is shaped in the "Dutch" style. (As used for various insignia of the WA, the Germanic SS in the Netherlands, the Landstorm Nederland etc.) The collar patch rank pips and the shoulder boards also have a Dutch WA/NSB look to them. The black shirt worn by the man in the center also points in that direction.

      Based on these factors, my best guess would be Dutch NSKK volunteers assigned to the Luftwaffe.

      (One thing that I cannot make sense of are the breast insignia, though. They are definitely not Luftwaffe eagles. I may be wrong there, but I think they look like blackened Luftschutz breast "wings".)

      thanks so far

      here is a close up
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      Last edited by Mogdala; 02-17-2009, 03:40 PM.

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        The picture...

        Dear Christian,

        The picture is surely Dutch related and has nothing to do with the 'Feldhernnhalle' Division. The three men are wearing LW clothing (Fliegerblusen) with full NSB (= Nationaal Socialistische Beweging being the Dutch Nazi party) insignia (collar-tabs and boards). The breast-badge is a rarely seen one and was a specific NSB badge to identify membership within the 'LUWA' (or 'Lucht Weerafdeling').

        These wings - red cotton on black wool - are truly scarce and signified some sort of 'basic pilot training when being a member within the NSB' and I do not know that many pictures wherein it was actually worn. The men most likely belonged to the special NSKK/WA unit, which was indeed trained in Brussels/Belgium. Later in the war (1944) a fair part of these NSKK/WA units were incorporated within the 'Landstorm Nederland' division so the text on the back makes sense. A nice and unusual picture!

        Hope this helps,
        Best regards,

        Coco
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        Last edited by Coco; 02-18-2009, 01:43 AM.
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          thanks to all for your help and additional pics

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            Originally posted by Coco View Post
            The breast-badge is a rarely seen one and was a specific NSB badge to identify membership within the 'LUWA' (or 'Lucht Weerafdeling').

            These wings - red cotton on black wool - are truly scarce and signified some sort of 'basic pilot training when being a member within the NSB' and I do not know that many pictures wherein it was actually worn.
            Brilliant, great info!
            So I was on the right track with the Dutch/NSB/NSKK/Luftwaffe connection; but I had never seen or heard about this particular badge before, much less seen it in wear on a German uniform.
            One learns something new every day, indeed.

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              Here's a picture of that LU-WA wing in wear on a regular WA uniform . The cap is regular WA too , but with an added LW eagle , making the connection obvious ..
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                And here's where he ended up - in the " Landstorm Nederland " . No fancy flying job for him ..
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