A Fallschirmjäger Obergefreiter wears the Stoff-Fallschirmschützenabzeichen and an M43 Feldmützen with the single button flap closure.
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A Fallschirmjäger Obergefreiter wears the...
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Fallschirmjager:Ahaha nice! A different picture of a familiar...
Fallschirmjager:
Ahaha nice! A different picture of a familiar Fallschirmjäger Oberjäger wearing the M43 Feldmützen with double button flap closure.
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thedevilsguard: Fallschirmjäger Obergefreiter
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Fallschirmjäger Oberfeldwebel Gotlieb Möck. 4./Fsch.Inf.Btl....
Fallschirmjäger Oberfeldwebel Gotlieb Möck. 4./Fsch.Inf.Btl. 8/FjR1.
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fallschirmjager: Rudolf von Ribbentrop (born 11 May...
Rudolf von Ribbentrop (born 11 May 1921-)
Awards:
Eisernes Kreuz K2Infanterie Sturmabzeichen (in black)
das Verwundetenabzeichen (in black)
Vapaudenristin ritarikunta (Awarded for his actions in the Continuation War.)
Eisernes Kreuz K1
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Deutsches Kreuz (in Gold)
das Verwundetenabzeichen (in gold)
Born In:
Wiesbaden, Hessen, GermanyYears of Service:
1939-1945Rank:
HauptsturmführerPoland 1939
France 1940
Finland 1941
Kharkov
Normandy
Ardennes
Defense of the Reich
Rudolf von Ribbentrop is the son of the German diplomat who later became Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Rudolf von Ribbentrop distinguished himself in the Continuation War.
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fallschirmjager: In spite of the severity of the situation, an...
In spite of the severity of the situation, an “LAH” NCO finds time to care for helpless little hatchlings, Kursk, July 1943. Photo by 1.SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel
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fallschirmjager: Looking a bit too young for his pipe, SS-KB...
Looking a bit too young for his pipe, SS-KB Max Bücshel’s driver poses with his weapon.
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fallschirmjager: SS Hauptsturmführer Dr Egon Skalka, senior...
SS Hauptsturmführer Dr Egon Skalka, senior doctor in the 9.SS-Division Hohenstaufen, negotiated the evacuation of the British wounded. He later spent two years in a British POW camp.
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fallschirmjager: Fritz Langanke during his tenure in the...
Fritz Langanke during his tenure in the SS-Verfügungstruppe “Deutschland” in the early stages of the war.
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fallschirmjager: SS-Sturmmann Nikolaus Trilsch These pictures...
SS-Sturmmann Nikolaus Trilsch
These pictures were sent by his son with the following story:
“My dad never spoke much of the war, all he ever sad, was all the guys around him were real people and friends
and that the Finnish people where good people and he always wanted to go back there.”Nikolaus Trilsch passed away 1999.
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fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast: I just have a lot of feelings...
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Men of SS-IR 9 “Thule” in Wolchow, with its terrible...
Men of SS-IR 9 “Thule” in Wolchow, with its terrible climate, swampy forests, flies, mosquitoes and lack of roads made for a miserable environment, hence the sign stating “Here begins the ass of the world.”
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A bunker has been built from logs and covered with thick layers...
A bunker has been built from logs and covered with thick layers of earth. At the entrance , one can read “To the ice sea veteran,” while the regiments insignia has been painted on the lintel. There is no doubt the SS-Untersturmführer is one of them, judging by his decorations.
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Spring 1943, NCOs of SS-IR 9 “Thule” are posing near...
Spring 1943, NCOs of SS-IR 9 “Thule” are posing near one of their units trucks.
Note the absence of armbands and the use of camouflage caps.
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3.SS-Totenkopf Soldiers all of them veterans of SS-IR 9...
3.SS-Totenkopf Soldiers all of them veterans of SS-IR 9 “Thule” are now back in their parent unit after a long and hard journey from Finland to the Hell of Russia.
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kampfgruppe: Sturmbannführer Martin Stange stands next to a...
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fallschirmjager: Autographed photo of SS-Sturmbannführer Otto...
Autographed photo of SS-Sturmbannführer Otto Baum, Baum won his Knight’s Cross and Oakleaves to the Knight’s Cross with “”Totenkopf” commanding a Battalion and later a Regiment. As commander of “Das Reich” he won the Swords and ended the war as an SS-Oberführer in command of the 16.SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Reichsführer-SS.”
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Soldaten im Einsatz: Of note on Theodor Eicke's impression of Otto Baum.
Soldaten im Einsatz: Of note on Theodor Eicke's impression of Otto Baum.:
Theodor Eicke’s recommendation of awarding of the Knight’s Cross to Otto Baum for his leadership during the Demjansk Pocket, with the following report:
SS-Sturmbannführer Baum defended his sector near Salutschje and has activly participated in the fighting against the attacks by superior Soviet…
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Okay that is all for today’s posts on the 3.SS-Division “Totenkopf” and...
Okay that is all for today’s posts on the 3.SS-Division “Totenkopf” and SS-Infanterie-Regiment “Thule”. It was nice to go back and take a further look into “Thule” as they are a very underrated Regt. who had participated in some of the hardest fighting.
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