KIA: FJ helmet, FG 42, SS uniform???

[Admiraal]

They probally moved the body in a good position, trew in a FG42 and FJ helmet but i don't think they changed that uniform.
Why the hell would they? they could have gotten all kinds of good looking uniforms from over there!

[jacquesf]

Maybe that is the disguise Martin Bornmann used when he got killed while trying to flee from Berlin. Jacques

[Nordfront]

They probally moved the body in a good position, trew in a FG42 and FJ helmet but i don't think they changed that uniform.
Why the hell would they? they could have gotten all kinds of good looking uniforms from over there!

All kinds of good looking uniforms... and not so good looking owners of those uniforms.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Maybe that is the disguise Martin Bornmann used when he got killed while trying to flee from Berlin. Jacques

Borman was not a 42 Long. More like a 42 Fat.

[Felix]

Anyone else notice that his PPsh is missing a mag and he doesn't appear to be carrying any ammo?

Good observation!
I saw the missing mag as well. When there is no combat, actors do not have any need for a mag.
Another sign of it being a totally staged photo.

It is as rare to find an actual combat photo from Soviet WW2 era, as finding a virgin in Reperbahn in Hamburg.

Cheers,
Felix

[Carson]

It is as rare to find an actual combat photo from Soviet WW2 era, as finding a virgin in Reperbahn in Hamburg.

Cheers,
Felix

I would have to disagree. I found several, depending how many Euro I had....

[SSkrieg]

my opinion

i think its half and half, the man is probably volksturm and didnt have a gun or helmet so a FJ's were threw in. also if it were purely staged id think the russian chosen for the pic would have lots of medals

[Winkelman]

" Lots of medals " , " staged Soviet pictures " ..

Here comes my favorite from the Reichskanzlei again !

[Jens]

I have seen a better copy and have somewhere a better copy of this photo.

The Haupsturmfuhrer is in the better copy, IS clearly wearing a wehrmacht eagle and a danish shield. I believe the photo is quite original and no photo set-up. Look at the civilians in the back. panzerfaust and steelhelmet in the side of the street etc etc. This could easely been taken 1 or 2 of mai

There also appears to be another tunic or something laying on the rubble to the right of the photo.