General Dietl Surrounded By 6 Officers

[krim4142]

One, does anyone know what weapon the holster's for on the far right.

Thank you in advance to anyone that responds.

Peter

[BergführerKiser]

Grüß Di' Peter,

Great photograph of Dietl and staff. It looks like it might be a Hungarian Femaru Model 1937 7.65mm pistol holster IMHO.

Mit einem kameradschaftlichen Horrido,

Patrick

[Raphael1]

Franz Böhme at left

[Jaime]

Franz Böhme at left

And August KRAKAU between Böhme and Dietl.

Cheers.

[Simon O.]

and i think Ferdinand Jodl third from right

[Tom B]

Super photo, I've never seen that one before ! Tom

[kerryboo]

Hi,
I think that the holster is a Belgian made one for a Browning "High Power" , or Model 1935.
Kerry.

[Gran Sasso]

Hi,
I think that the holster is a Belgian made one for a Browning "High Power" , or Model 1935.
Kerry.

Patrick is right, its the hungarian one

[kerryboo]

Thank you,
Kerry.

[BergführerKiser]

Bonjour Kerryboo,

You might be right....looks like the Belgian holster for the Browning "High Power" is very similar to the Hungarian Femaru holster.

http://www.ww2f.com/topic/49203-belg...power-holster/

Perhaps Peter can make a closer scan of the holster to see if there is the metal portion at the tip of the flap.

Horrido!

Patrick

[kerryboo]

Bonsoir Patrick,
I had never seen that type of Femaru holster, so I "Googled" it. It is very similar, except, as you say, for the metal plate on the closure. I will be interested to see if the print can be enlarged, perhaps it can be confirmed which pistol is involved.
Many thanks for the contact,
Salut,
Kerry.

[BergführerKiser]

Bonsoir Kerry,

Just reading some material about both of these pistols. Seems that the High Power was issued primarily to w-ss. The Hungarian Pistole 37 (u) seems more likely since the Gebirgsjägers with Dietl up in Norway and Finland were Austrian units....the old Austro-Hungarian empire situation would be relevant.

Where in France are you from? My mother is from Metz.

Salut,

Patrick

[krim4142]

General Dietl Surrounded By 6 Officers

Thank you everyone for identifying the officers in the photograph.

Peter.

[kerryboo]

Patrick,
I have P.M'ed you,
kerry.

[butschekantiques]

Hi Peter,

all said but I thought about sharing some pictures of things which came out of Krakau´s private house. Enjoy!

Klaus
www.butschek-antiques.com