a friend of mine picked this up with a bunch of other photos and was suprised to see the unusual collar tab. Can this be Dirlewanger with the crossed rifles and grenade?
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the photo is the size of a Soldbuch photo -
back of photo dated March 1945Comment
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This is 100% Dirlewanger collar patch. You friend has a VERY rare photo!!!Originally posted by PzV View PostComment
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Ultra rare picture and very valuable.Comment
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WOW!!
Thank you for sharing, you made my weekend!!!
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thanks guys, we thought the same and I will let him know!Comment
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Very nice.
Just thinking about him.
I wonder if he was busted down and transferred to this unit as a punishment.
Not young, pride enough to have a picture taken and a couple of awards but only an SS mann. In a normal unit he would have some rank behind him.
Guessing only.
Regards,
Chris.Comment
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and with the ostmedaille ribbon, he's been around for a few years.Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.Comment
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I wondered about that too. The photograph was taken near the end of the war; I wonder if he was a new arrival to the 36th or had been around longer. Maybe he was at Warsaw?Originally posted by chrischa View PostComment
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we actually wondered the same thing because of his age and decorations. He may have been degraded but that is something we will never know.Comment
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This certainly is a very rare picture.
I went "for the fun of it" through the Dirlewanger Vermisstenbildliste.
Of the +/- 700 listed missing, there is just ONE with the Dirlewanger collar!
PeterComment
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Awesome!
That would be my guess also.I wonder if he was busted down and transferred to this unit as a punishment.Don't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how WWI got started.Comment
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Great find! I have never seen a Dirlewanger portrait and have only rarely stumbled across a Dirlewanger photo on the net.Comment
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VERY nice photo!
Anybody notice the date?
March of '45!
Good find PzV!Comment
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