Help with portrait photo.

[Larrister]

Hi,

I know very little about this photo and would appreciate some help.
Is he SA?
He is wearing a Niedersachen cuff band, an unknown cloth arm shield and has a helmet on each button. It is dated 1933 on the reverse.
I posted these photos in the "photos and documents" thread but didn't get any replies.

Cheers,
Larry

[Larrister]

Closer view.

[Ernst-H]

He is Stahlhelm Bund (from Niedersachsen? I guess)

Can you read the word on the top of the cloth shield?

[Don Scowen]

Indeed, the badge above his left (our right) pocket looks to be the Jungstahlhelm sword badge usually worn on civil clothing.

Cheers
Don

[Ron C.]

Indeed, the badge above his left (our right) pocket looks to be the Jungstahlhelm sword badge usually worn on civil clothing.

Cheers
Don

I think Don is correct.

This appears to be the badge.

Ron

[Larrister]

Hi

A big thanks to you all for your excellent replies.

I did not know there was a Jungstahlhelm. What was its role? I thought the Stahlhelmbund consisted of WW1 vets only.

Don is correct about the sword badge. Here's a closeup.

[Larrister]

For Ernst. A closeup of the cloth arm shield. I cannot make out the words at the top.

Looks like an Imperial eagle with two small shields under it.

The one at right looks like a white squirrel and the one in the centre a rabbit?

The symbol at the bottom is very similar to the one used by the 58 Inf. Division which came from Niedersachsen.

A closeup view.

[Larrister]

A coincidence maybe but here's a pic from a 58 Inf Division album in my collection.