No shoulder straps

[lestweforget]

Hi all

Lalety I bought this colour dia of German occupation forces in Oostende Belgium (July 1940) on eBay. What strikes me is that the Wehrmacht soldier in the picture doesn't seem to wear shoulderstraps. Does anyone know what the reason could be for that?

Other dias of the same lot also showed soldiers of his unit without shoulderstraps.

Thanks!

[HPL2008]

Most likely, they were temporarily removed for security reasons.