The medal on his pocket, above the Iron cross? Can't make it out. The photo is labelled "SA 1933".
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Your photo is seen on the cover of "Who's Who in Nazi Germany" by Robert S. Wistrich, published by Routledge in 2002, and it is captioned there as "Adolf Hitler at rally in Dortmund, 1933." This caption is credible, given the persons standing in the front row with AH: on his left is Viktor Lutze, who was SA-Obergruppenführer of the Hanover Region in 1933 which included Dortmund, and he was also Police President of Hanover; on Hitler's immediate right is SA-Gruppenführer Wilhelm Schepmann, who was Police President of Dortmund that year; and on Schepmann's right is Joseph Wagner, Gauleiter of Westphalia South at that time. (Gau Westphalia South included the City of Dortmund.) As to the event that Hitler, Lutze and Wagner appear to be wearing the tinnie for -- Schepmann may also be wearing that tinnie but it is not visible in the photo -- it may well have been a regional police rally to raise support for the NSDAP national referendum which went to the polls in November of 1933 -- Hitler won 95%.
Hope this is helpful. Merry Christmas,
Br. JamesComment
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Thanks fellas!Comment
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Check his thread, particularly post #29 here: http://www.worldwarmilitaria.com/for...ortmund&page=3
Last edited by der-hase-fee; 12-26-2010, 10:07 AM.Comment
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Well...the answer dropped in my lap, courtesy of fellow member WewelsburgSS.
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btw--der-hase-fee, seems he was right...Treffen Westfalen Dortmund 1933Comment
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Wonderful! Life often doesn't work out quite that way! It certainly looks like the badge in the photo, and the event would make sense, too. Now all the pieces are present! Congrats!
Br. JamesComment
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Tinnie
FYI folks. This tinnie will be one of many I will be offering up for sale within the next few days on E-stand. Thanks!!!Comment
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