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It is a pity that his arm is blocking the view of the badge on his tunic.

Writing on the back of the photo shows that it was developed by a Photo-Haus in Westerland-Sylt.

This was an island fortress and as far as I know there wasn't a naval presence there.

Photo taken while on leave perhaps?

Here is the back of the photo.

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Larry

On 19/03/2016 at 21:23, nesredep said:

Hello Larry!

 

 

Wow,very nice rare pic.Congrats and thanks for showing with us!

Thank you for the nice comment.

I have also just picked up this portrait as well.

Just picked up this nice Torpedo Mechanic patch in wear portrait.

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Larry

Nice wedding portrait Jock.

Poiizei bayonet.

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Larry

Hi,

The symbol is for the Technische Nothilfe (TeNo) organization.

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Larry

Very nice portrait. Do you only collect Luftwaffe portraits?

Here is a Stufe C badge in wear.

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Larry

Another.

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Larry

On 25/2/2016 at 01:45, nesredep said:

Hello Gentlemen!

 

 

Excellent Photos guys!

I agree, very nice contributions.

Here are three Italian members of Gioventu Italiana del LIttorio (GIL) which was a Fascist youth organisation.

They are standing on a railway platform in Croatia.

The middle youth is wearing an Italian youth organisation fighting knife.

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Larry

Very nice U-Boots und Bergungstaucher trade patch with original packet.

Martin, that is a very nice Schiffstaucher patch in wear. He is also wearing a Zimmermann (Ship's Carpenter) trade patch as well.

Nice combination.

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Larry

Infantry Regiment 19, Poland, 1939.

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Larry

Confiscated Wanderer motorcar in use by a Luftwaffe unit, Northern France.

Generalstabsarzt Eric Passauer VIII Armee Korps.

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Larry

Infantry Regiment 19, Poland, 1939.

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Larry

Hi Dan,

Thank you for the nice comments. I have never tried to colour WW1 photos. 95% of photos I colour come from my own collection which is WW2 related.

 However, I do colour photos for other people and for books so a WW1 uniform colour reference would be much appreciated.

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Larry

Another from my KM collection.

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Larry

On 25/1/2016 at 07:46, Von Thronstahl said:

I think last one is post war Larry.

Thanks, I wasn't sure about that one. Was a ww2 era circular diver's patch ever produced?

Three more from my collection.

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Larry

Found another photo in my collection.

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Larry

Hi,

Some from my collection.

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Larry

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From an Inf. Rgt.154 photo album.

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Larry

Another for this thread.

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Larry

Time to kick start this interesting thread. Here is a collection of trade insignia I have collected over the last year.

A long way to go but a very enjoyable pastime.

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:Larry

Here is another one I did recently.

On 21/11/2015, 11:44:06, nesredep said:

Very nice pic Larry!

Thank you. Here is another.

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Larry

Very nice photo.

Larry

Fleet Badge in wear. From a Kreuzer Prinz Eugen photo lot. Interestingly the green cross above the head of the last man denotes he was KIA.

At least two sites mention a single death on the Prinz Eugen during Operation Cerberus.

Writing on the back of the photo shows the date of death and where he died. This date exactly matches the date of Operation Cerebus.

This must be our man. See these sites:

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/history/scharncerberus.html

http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=90

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Larry

Not a KM award as such but a lot of KM personnel were awarded the Spanish Cross for service in the Spanish Civil War. This example is with swords and is the bronze type.

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Larry

Excellent photo. Nice to see FP cyphers on shoulder boards.

Here is a LW ceremony photo with bayonets and swords.

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Larry