What is this?...

[Berg]

If this is the way,too show respect for Forummebers,just count me out,i,m not living in the dark ages,some off you do shame on you!
Mvg
Willem

[LDR]

If you go here:

http://www.viewimages.com

and in the search type 'Brest', then go to page 12. There are some more photos taken at Brest, including this one, and it gives the original photographer. So i presume this photo is period.

It says the photo was taken by 'Fred Ramage'

[LDR]

Sorry to deviate a bit, but heres another photo taken by the same guy. Look at all that stuff littered around. Looks like para helmets to.

[John Pic]

The tunic in the pic starting this thread doesnt look right the shoulder boards are far too big and the eagle not long enough.

[LDR]

However it seems its period, if you search the viewimage site, it states the photographer is 'Fred Ramage'.

[Huntzman]

Here is the photo description from the Getty Image Service:

German POW's
16th September 1944: A German officer of the Waffen SS marches at the head of a line of prisoners captured at Brest. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone/Getty Images)

This guy has credentials: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Se...=Fred+Ramage#9

Looks like we get to add another exception to the rule book........

Things like this always go to re-enforce my belief that we are still only students of a topic 60+ years old and as much as we think we know, we still have a lot to learn.

BTW, the shot with the two GI's is interesting, in that they are both utilizing German weapons.

Andrew

[LDR]

Yes i noticed that, is it a luger or p38?

[Huntzman]

Looks to me like a P38

Andrew