Photo of Concentration Camp guard

[Robert Noss]

I finally got this photo today, which I was hunting for some time now.
I did know where it was, but the seller, which is not a collector, didn't wanted to part with it for quite some time.
Well, enough money could finally turn his mind and I am happy now !

Just wanted to share this one with You.



Interesting side-note - the photo is dated 3.3.1940. Angolia's Clothes Insignia states that these collar-tabs were only worn until 1937.
Also a very fine view of the old-style visor hat.

Another gap closed.

Regards
Robert

[fknorr]

Great photo.

This one even looks like a camp guard....

[oli4vercammen]

Interesting side-note - the photo is dated 3.3.1940. Angolia's Clothes Insignia states that these collar-tabs were only worn until 1937.

Perhaps it is a copy he let make by the same photographer as the first one, but at a later date? Wasn't it done by professional photographers, that they kept the (glass)negatives?
I wouldn't trust a date on the back off a picture made by a photographer, becouse you'll never know when the picture was taken and later develloped. If the picture is dated in pencil or written in ink it is more trustable.

Nevertheless, it is a splendid picture
Olivier Vercammen

[jimt]

Robert, that looks like a machine cotton thread collar tab, I have never seen it made in thread, very rare, In my collection I have it in bullion hand embroidered pattern only and the few other examples in collections I have noted are the same. That is one very rare picture.Thanks for sharing it.
Jim

[ReichsHeini]

What a great picture. This is a fantastic image of the NCO crusher also!

[Donald Abenheim]

Na bitte!

An impressive image. I wonder what happened to this man, or who he was?

[Gesetz]

He later starred in the movie "Battle of the Bulge" as the Panzer Officer. (uncanning similar looks IMO)

Honestly, great picture!!! Thanks for sharing! I see why the seller didn't want to part with it.

[Robert Noss]

For Jim, here is a close-up of the tab. The photo is very clear and crisp, which makes good detail scans possible.




Think You are right, it is machine cotton thread.


To Olivier - of course You are right. The date on the back does not necessarily indicate the true date of the day the photo was taken.

Here is a scan of the back:



The man's name was Langmaier.

Thanks for all the replies so far.
I am really very happy with that photo.

Robert

[J C Gray]

Class photo ...Check out the steely look in his eye.

BTW, The name on the reverse looks like "Bergmeir" or "Bergmein" to me.

[Perry Floyd]

That is a killer photo

[Matthew S.]

Excellent photo. Exactly what kind of collar tab is that? I have never seen one before.

[Glenn McInnes]

Great pic


Glenn

[Donald Abenheim]

Sutterlin

Might I cordially suggest that this name is perhaps Bergmeier....or Bergmein (maybe....now that I look a second time...) L and B look similar in Sutterlin/deutsche Schrift. If this name is correct, then the Bundesarchiv/Berlin Document Center of even possibly the Ludwigsburg Forschungstelle in Stuttgart could identify him more.

[Steve Sherlock]

Might I cordially suggest that this name is perhaps Bergmeier. L and B look similar in Sutterlin/deutsche Schrift. If this name is correct, then the Bundesarchiv/Berlin Document Center of even possibly the Ludwigsburg Forschungstelle in Stuttgart could identify him more.

I agree with Donald on the name. The only unclear letter in it is the final "r", but it would seem that's what it is given the letters preceeding it.

Steve

[jotuntroll]

A totally superb picutre of a rare visor and tunic. Yes, its a very "germanic" picture