Interesting SS photo

[lohengrin]

Hi Guys,

Can anyone:

1) Read the text?

2) Tell me anything about this photo?

I thought it is an interesting piece. Especially the array of different uniforms and headgear. I especially like the full camo on the guy all the way on the left of the photo...

Again, any comments will be very welcome!!

Mark

[lohengrin]

and here is the back:

[IchHattEinenKameraden]

The fellow on the left is wearing an Erbsenmuster(Pea dot/Dot 44) tunic and trousers, the fact he has shoulder boards on his tunic is interesting because it was against regulations.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful photograph of a nice assemble.


Regarding the text on the back, my guess:

Männ auf mit Hauptsturmführer.

[Benny]

Nice picture. There is written: Mein Chef mit .... Best Regards Benny

[kuratorium]

Read the text?

IMHO :

Arys , 5.6. 44

Mein Chef mit Zgf. (Zugführer)

[lohengrin]

Thank you very much gentlemen!!


That would place this photo to the southern part of East Prussia!! Any idea what SS-units were operating in the area in the early June 1944?

I have actually not seen a photo of Erbsenmuster for a while... I also noticed the shoulder boards and I thought it was odd...

Thanks again for all the help!!

Mark

[chrischa]

Hello.

Yes, nice photo.

My thoughts.

The fact that different ranks are present would indicate the staff of a specific unit are gathered together.

This would obviously indicate an allegemeine unit as a W-SS unit would be much larger.

Note one of the nco's doesn't seem to have collar tabs.


Could be wrong though!

Chris.

[MarcRikmenspoel]

Arys was a troop-training ground. I haven't located the specific unit there, but it was probably one of the SS-Panzergrenadier Ersatz und Ausbildung Bataillonen. These provided basic training to new recruits for the infantry arm. The Waffen-SS had many of these battalions, and a lesser number of similar ones for other branches of service (for tankers, for recon troops, for artilleymen, for assault gunners, etc.).

[lohengrin]

Marc and others,

Thanks for the great info!!

Mark

[S Ballantyne]

Car

Hi,

Just to add some more detail, the Pkw is a Wanderer W 23S, a specifically built Kuebelwagen.

Cheers
Steve

[panzer1432]

Ss

The guy on the left is wearing and enlisted visor cap with old TK !