Artillerie soldat caught doggin' around, 70 years later

[Patrick W]

Nice photos but these are commercial cards not private photos so likely this guy was some kind of actor or model so these are entirely posed there is no relationship between the persons.

[airborne_steve]

laying a "long gun" may be his "specialty", if you know what I mean! LOL

That is the gunLAYER insignia on his sleeve.......

[Panzer Bob]

Big guns, sustained fire...

The blonde apparently went for a man of his caliber!

[Mark_K]

Nice photos but these are commercial cards not private photos so likely this guy was some kind of actor or model so these are entirely posed there is no relationship between the persons.

Never underestimate the power of a sharp waffenrock and a lanyard awarded for accurate targeting!

[Tom Pearcy]

I think the second girl is the first girl's sister. The family theory might be right. There is probably a picture of this guy with the girls' mother. He should have been awarded a "pipe laying" badge.

[-Ray-]

For the sake of the family, that's just why my wife asserted Grandfather Groll's playmate was cut out of this picture.

Still trying to figure out any lineage of him (waffenfarbe etc.).
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ighlight=groll

-Ray-

[-Ray-]

He should have been awarded a "pipe laying" badge.

Or a "Plowers" badge!


-Ray-

[Johnny R]

For the sake of the family, that's just why my wife asserted Grandfather Groll's playmate was cut out of this picture.

Still trying to figure out any lineage of him (waffenfarbe etc.).
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ighlight=groll

-Ray-

I would guess that the piping in Red on those. Not 100% sure but in most period pictures that is what it looks like.

If you know what town (to determine WK) he was from that might help


http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...rtReg/AR74.htm