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Braunschweig Totenkopf Rgt. 17 portrait.

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Nice photo Andreas.

Luftwaffe wedding portrait.

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Heer admin. official wearing two different classes of Silesian Eagle medal.

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Luftwaffe.

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Polizei with sword and friend.

Nice photos Andreas. Here is a similar photo. The brides and grooms look similar to each other.

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Three Heer Generals at a sports event.

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Another.

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

German South West Africa (DSW) veteran with sword.

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Another hewer photo. The groom is holding a wedding version of Mein Kampf.

Very nice KM photos.

Here is another RAD hewer photo from my wedding portrait collection.

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Thanks Andreas Is his rank Hilfsforster?

Here is another RAD hewer photo.

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Another.

I love those RAD hewers. Here is another.

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Dedehansen, that is a great photo. I would love to have more KM officials photos. They are hard to find.

In your second photo is that a Luft adler on his tunic? DLV?

Nice group photo Odulf,

Nsredep, good to see Reiterabzeichen worn on tunic.

Here is a Hilfsforster portrait. He is wearing the Forestry Cutlass.

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Great photo Morten. Here is a nice little site: http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/uniformen/kmofficials.htm

Here is another KM Beamte photo showing an official with his son who is a member of an SS Gebirgsjager Regiment.

He wears the KM dagger.

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Outstanding photos! Keep them coming.

DLV/NSFK knife. The DLV was replaced by the NSFK in April, 1937. The same knife was used by both organisations.

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Government Official/Diplomatic dagger.

The man in the middle is Kreisleiter of Berent Johannes Affeld and the Landrat is Heinz Hesemann.

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A rare photo, Love the wedding with swords portrait. I have been told that photographers supplied swords as props to be used in photos.

Very nice HJ photos, the Reiter-HJ is very nice. What is the medal above the Sport Badge?

Kreigsmarine dagger.

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Sombre faced family photo complete with sword.

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Wonderful selection of photos Gentlemen. Some types I have not seen before. Andreas, the knife worn by the HJ Fuhrer I am not familiar with, is it standard issue?

Heer dagger.

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Larry

Thanks Paul, I hope to see other members post some photos as well.

The dagger I posted in the first photo is the DLV (Deutscher Luftsport-Verband) version which is longer than the 1st pattern Luftwaffe dagger.

Here is a photo of the 1st pattern Luftwaffe dagger in wear.

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I thought it would be nice to see photos of swords, daggers, bayonets, knives in wear. If you have any, please post them.

I will start off with a photo from my wedding portrait collection. A nice pic of a Lufwaffe first model dagger in wear.

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Closer view.

Second model Luftwaffe dagger in wear.

Luftwaffe sword in wear.

Thanks very much Paul. Yes, the photos look to be very early war period. I love daggers/swords in wear photos. Maybe a thread should be started showing photos of them.

Looks like three brothers in this photo or are closely related?. Panzer, Kreigsmarine and LW flak.

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Larry

Thanks Paul.

Here's some Flak wedding portraits.

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Larry