RARE photo

[JWL]

Hi,

has anyone ever seen something like this..? Input apreciated!

JWL B.

[klasterix71]

yes ,very unusual cap

[Fred S]

And insignias worn on a sport jacket?
Also note the shoes?

[MJC]

I may be way off, but my first impression was that this is a female, regardless of the outfit.

[Fred S]

I may be way off, but my first impression was that this is a female, regardless of the outfit.

The visage tells the same

[tinmantis]

GI's girl, re-enactor? war booty bride?
MY wife?
what's the date?
regards
jon

[billbert]

IMHO its an Allgemeine SS skier about 1938 or so..probably one of the best skiers...wearing his phsyical training sweats kit with a jaunty black beret and full matching insignia thruout..A symbol of pride, accomplishemnet, a puss magnet for and a hey look at me for the rest of the packoff the slopes and well executed to boot!!

Billbert

THANKS FOR SHARING !!

note ski boots also...

[JWL]

Thanks for the input so far. The photo is 100% original. This soldier was part of the TV, but I have never seen anything like that uniform before. The beret is Condor-Legion, but normally it would have a Heer panzer-skull on it..?

More input welcome!

[billbert]

Although now taking a very hard look at the foto..the fingers particularly..and the chiseled features..we may have a scrawny athlete without a ounce of fat.. OR his girlfriend ...Billbert

[Ian Hulley]

The beret is Condor-Legion, but normally it would have a Heer panzer-skull on it..?

The skull would be extremely similar to/same as the early jawless SS pattern rather than a Heer collar tab skull.

Ian

[David Fettes]

Wonderful picture but I cannot help thinking it looks like Frank Spencer.

[JoeW]

So the guy is a SS-Sturmann in the TK. Are there cyphers on the shoulder boards? And there seem to be litzen on the outside ends of the boards?

[maxmin todt]

Maybe this is an actor from a postwar cabaret or theater dressed as SS? Both Americans and Russians loved roles where they made fun of Hitler and the Nazisystem.

[JWL]

Again thanks for the input.

Like I said: he isn't a reenactor, actor, GI or female etc. Here we have him again:

[Turi]

Can you use a Glass-Lens to magnify the shoulderboard cyphers? at least to understand if is a number or cypher.i agree the key would be this source, but as an old picture is not possible to crop and resize it, unless you have a trust photographic lab on hand and the negative-film.

regards,
Salvatore