SS "Germania" Officer M43 Photograph...

[Hundestaffel]

Would anyone be possibly able to positively identify the odd looking small grey/white (??) colored cloth (??) square directly below this "Germania" Officers (metal) eagle on the side of his M43 ???


"Hundestaffel"

[jimt]

SS General

Its Demelhuber in the Netherlands, I think 1943 ?

[besslein]

Its Demelhuber in the Netherlands, I think 1943 ?

yes it is

[Hundestaffel]

Any ideas i.e. the square on the M43 ???

Another shot from the same series of photos...


"Hundestaffel"

[Hundestaffel]

Demelhuber signed document...


"Hundestaffel"

[wewelsburg]

It looks like its attached to the bottom of the eagle,like a small Standard,with a rope,I see that anyway.

[Ludwig]

Danzig badge?

[Winkelman]

Better pic of Demelhubers cap - definitely some kind of flag , with pole sticking out , and a horizontal stripe .. ?

[BenVK]

Very interesting cap, look at the buttons..

As for the mystery badge, parking ticket maybe?

[Ludwig]

At least not the Danzig badge (Heimwehr Danzig) I was thinking of. Could it be some sort of tourist badge, still very popular in Austria and southern Germany. Small metal badges, that you can buy after having climbed a certain mountain for example.

[PBR]

Maybe WWI Austrian regimental flag badge?

[Winkelman]

At the time , it was already of enough interest to Cornelis van Geelkerken ( Inspector-General Dutch Landwacht ) to borrow it for the picture on this Dutch " Collectible Cap Day " ..