WSS Panzer

[AJ]

Just 4 photos I wouldlike to share

[AJ]

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Informations from Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.



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Nachname: Tessmann
Vorname: Walter
Dienstgrad: SS Grenadier
Geburtsdatum: 16.06.1925
Geburtsort: Grone
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 14.03.1943
Todesort: Filippowo
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[Kris]

Great pics

[Rene Chavez]

Wow, great SS panzer related pictures thanks for sharing.

Rene Chavez
Http://axis101.bizland.com

[bnz. 42]

So they were REAL Can you believe it after "ALL"?

Thank you for sharing. Very nice set of pictures - they reallly put me there for a moment

[RD Rygaard]

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Informations from Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.



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Nachname: Tessmann
Vorname: Walter
Dienstgrad: SS Grenadier
Geburtsdatum: 16.06.1925
Geburtsort: Grone
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 14.03.1943
Todesort: Filippowo
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BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!

[50_CAL]

Breath taking photos! Real nice.

[Perry Floyd]

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[Donald Abenheim]

Gehirnbremse und Rosa Paspel!

For the hair splitters among us, notice the cap cords on this officer's cap (recall the stricture of a noted local dealer that SS caps only had 'thin' cap cords...), and the cap, itself, with what surely is pink piping in the spring of 1943....unmoeglich...! The man obviously did not set his cap ablaze when HH ordered colored piping phased out several years earlier....these are wonderful images and thanks for sharing them with us. The soldier in question had a brief life. Also, none of these chaps has a cuff title, either, do they? Does anyone have an idea of which unit this might have been granted the deutsche Kriegsgraeberfuersorge is aware of Tessmann's place of kia.

[Øyvind]

Hundred thanks for showing those great photos!

Cheers
Øyvind

[AJ]

Hi
Thanks for your replies. I'm glad you liked them
As far as I know it must be photos from the Totenkopf Division
Best regards
AJ

[C. Kleijn]

Thank you for sharing these magnificient photos. I just found this website:

http://www.ourwebpages.net/tessmannfamily/memorial.html

He is listed as KIA in the neighbourhood of Charkow, so he could have been a member of either LSSAH or "Das Reich" as well. I do not know where Filipowo (or Fillipowo) is located near Charkow - on the Kai Winkler website a magnificient map from this area, from the estate of the late Otto Baum, just recently sold, unfortunately. As a student of history, I find it always very useful to have access to accurate and detailed maps of such areas, but from Russia they are quite hard to get. Anyway, I do not want to diverge from the original intention of the thread. There might be some people on this forum who have the Lehmann series in their possession, or other particular reference books about the Charkow battles.

Cees

[Erich B.]

In addition to his pink piped cap, the officer is wearing what appears to be an Italian belt.
Wonderful group of photos, by the way!
Erich