Fotos with printed captions - division made?

[Gran Sasso]

Got a nice LW Flak album in, loads of pics - but all have those printed captions? Are they made by the companie, or division?

[Lionel H.]

Yes, socalled "Kauffotos", with low pictorial value (lower defination than privately made pics) and low financial value. Knowing who printed them will be difficult, but piles of them were printed. They were sold in "Erholungsheime", Hospitals, soldiers Homes and so on... For such Kauffotos produced by smaller Units, one good indication to recognize them is if they mention Names such "Oberst X" or "Major Y", those are for sure harder to find...

[Akira Takiguchi]

Gran Sasso, I believe that this set of Kauffotos were made by I.Flakkorps. You may find a photo of General Axthelm and a GSO.

I have an album with 172 photos of this series and a signed portrait photo of Axthelm.