Group Photos

[cjam219]

Otto Baum is the POW L/L

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[Robert H]

very nice, note the early large numbered collar tabs.
Wonder what lettering the cuffbands have in the first photo with the blk tunics.

[cjam219]

very nice, note the early large numbered collar tabs.
Wonder what lettering the cuffbands have in the first photo with the blk tunics.

If it helps the photo has a stamp with Photohaus T. Weinxierl, Dachau, Tel. 153

[Ian Hulley]

It always makes me wonder how many of those young lads made it home .... one of the shots is from a famous series from the Island Farm POW camp in Wales.

http://www.islandfarm.wales/

Ian

[kammo man]

Great link Ian.
The Wall art is fun.

[Robert H]

sorry, I mean the large number tabs are in the great coat group photo

[Robert H]

found that photo online of the Pol. Bereitschaft, but I am not sure if it those tabs was always connected to Pol. Bereitschaften, I assume there where execptions.

http://blog-imgs-43.fc2.com/m/u/e/mu...idt/sspobe.jpg

[dikeman]

SS2 tabs

found that photo online of the Pol. Bereitschaft, but I am not sure if it those tabs was always connected to Pol. Bereitschaften, I assume there where execptions.

http://blog-imgs-43.fc2.com/m/u/e/mu...idt/sspobe.jpg

Given the date "1938" I think the picture is showing a group of Allgemeine SS reservists, who were called up as "Polizeiverstärkung" during the Sudetentroubles in Sept./Oct. 1938.
As I have documented in volume II of my SS-Totenkopfverbände series, these reservists were equipped with old uniforms from stocks held in the SS-VT depots where they were garrisoned.
Uniforms with SS-Deutschland - as well as with SS-Germania - insignia are known to be issued to PV-reservists during that period of time.
Regards,
Dikeman

[collector5168]

POW Camp

Not sure that the reference for the POW image below is correct........ "one of the shots is from a famous series from the Island Farm POW camp in Wales."
Pictured in the front row / far left is Otto Baum - he was at Featherstone Park (POW Camp 18) in Northumberland, rather than Island Farm (POW Camp 198 / Special XI) near Bridgend.

[jimt]

what cufftitle ?

very nice, note the early large numbered collar tabs.
Wonder what lettering the cuffbands have in the first photo with the blk tunics.

Looks like Austrians serving at Dachau , so I think "Donau"
Only the PB units wore these small runes with large letters , and they changed the pattern very early on , seeing these early pattern collar tabs on overcoats may have been a supply problem of not having enough new winter overcoats for the expanding units ? I would imagine winter coats where expensive and so they used old existing stocks of them ?
jimt

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[Texasuberalles]

Post #3 has a lot of what appear to be metal eagles on some of the Caps.