Strange SS portrait

[jacquesf]

Can some one please shed some light on this strange insignia combination on this portrait on the E stand. Never seen anything like it? J

[PHILBROWN]

agree, still wearing an SS/VT cap post 42, he has the russian front medal, also the TK on the other side of his runes, and the adler looks foriegn made just shows you,anything went,cool pic

[sam1chlt]

I think his uniform was made in " Chicago ". Just kidding!!

[CWP]

I suspect that is a photo mock-up made by a photographer after the soldier's death in a case where no photograph showing him with his final rank and awards existed.

[NickG]

and look at his field gray shoulder straps (as opposed to SS black)

[Bob Hritz]

It almost looks like his head has been transposed on another uniform. Many touch ups were done for death card photos.

Bob Hritz

[Zauberflöte]

I suspect that is a photo mock-up made by a photographer after the soldier's death in a case where no photograph showing him with his final rank and awards existed.

I agree.

Nonetheless, the unusual combination of both the runic and TK collar tab can be seen in this photo as well (here a Dutch W-SS volunteer).

[Zauberflöte]

And another two similar variations...

[RD Rygaard]

[Spot on Chris! Ive had the same death notice[ in my collection for 25 + years and its a treat everytime I dig it out. Im actually thinking it may be an all mocked up Heer pic. (Though you gotta admit the old " cut & paste" crew leaves ALOT to be desired). Recently a large photo grouping of this soldiers hit the market, sadly I found out about it too late. Im assuming you got the grouping? please pm me with details. Please find below another example of "studio touch up". This is a huge portrait 1. 5 ft x 2.5 ft. If you look closely you'll see he was photographed in a Heer tunic & visor but "abbra caddabra" he is now a NCO in "Germania" enjoy! Richard

PS: I apologize about the watermarks always fiouling up my images but we have the ebay copy frauds out there, next week this picture would be sold by a true blue ukranian collector.

QUOTE=Chris Pittman;6123907]I suspect that is a photo mock-up made by a photographer after the soldier's death in a case where no photograph showing him with his final rank and awards existed.[/QUOTE]