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    #1

    do you know this SS officer ?

    hello

    I have bought this pic.

    seller said : Kurt Wittje

    not sure : I don't remember that Wittje had ww1 badge pilot

    regards
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    It's definitely not Curt Wittje:

    The man in the photo is wearing rank insignia for a Standartenführer and the chained SS dagger introduced in 1936.

    Wittje was already promoted to Oberführer in 1932 and was a Gruppenführer by 1936. The cuff title for Abschnitt XV doesn't match, either.

    (Also, he was indeed not an aviator in WWI, but an artillery officer.)
    Last edited by HPL2008; 01-21-2019, 01:53 PM.

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      #3
      I think it is Wilhelm Schroeder:

      https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Schroeder

      (Assignment, rank and decorations match perfectly*, and I'd say he looks like him, too.)


      *) The SS-Dienstalterslisten list the Golden Party Badge, EK I, SA Sports Badge, 1914/18 Honor Cross and unspecified WWI decorations. Schroeder had served as a pilot in WWI. He was the head of Abschnitt XV from 1 Jan. 1937 to 20 May 1939 and was promoted to Standartenführer on 12 Feb. 1935 and Oberführer on 9 Nov. 1937.
      Last edited by HPL2008; 01-21-2019, 02:09 PM.

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        #4
        very good !

        thank you !!!

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          #5
          we can read on wikipedia that he was killed in action with totenkopf division.

          namesake ? mistake or true ?

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            #6
            Hello

            Do you know if it's possible To determine the date of this pic ?

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              #7
              Originally posted by steiner68 View Post
              Hello

              Do you know if it's possible To determine the date of this pic ?
              Well, he's wearing the badges for a Standartenführer assigned to Abschnitt XV, which makes it possible to date it to a fairly narrow timeframe:

              It was taken between January 1937 (when Schroeder transferred from the 20th Standarte to Abschnitt XV) and November 1937 (when he was promoted from Standartenführer to Oberführer).

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                #8
                You are awesome !

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