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The final fragment - Werkluftschutz girls with a stretcher.

Fragment No.5 Unfortunately I'm not sure about the ranks of these two girls. The girl on the left may be a WLS-Truppfuehrerin (?)

Fragment No.4 Note the Luftschutz Stahlhelm, armband and badge.

Fragment No.3 Note a senior member next to the guy wearing Stahlhelm.

Fragment No.2 DRK-Vorhelfer (on the left) and DRK-Helfer (on the right). Please note 5mm-width aluminium chevrons with red stripe on the low portion of their left sleeves - an indication that those DRK members served at least 5 years. DRK-Vorhelfer is noticeable by the 10-mm aluminium bar strap insignia on his shoulder boards.

As far as I'm still not allowed to attach a good-quality high resolution scan I'll post several fragments of that Werkluftschutz-Sachsen photo. Fragment No.1 Here we can see DRK-Wachtfuehrer. Please note the diamond-shaped badge of the qualified medic on his right sleeve. According to regulations this badge that have been introduced in 1938 should have been worn on the left sleeve! Also note Eiserner Halbmond that he proudly wears.

The backside of the photo. The caption reads: "Rogo Werke. Oberlungwitz 1944/1945. Luftschutz-Sanitaet". The "Rogo" factory in the Saxonian city Oberlungwitz produced textile goods.

No.12 Very interesting sharp and clear (and large) photograph. Here we can see members of the WLS-Sachsen (WLS stands for Werkluftschutz) that were the part of the Reichsgruppe Industrie. Special dark grey uniform for the WLS-Sachsen was introduced just a month after the WW2 broke out - in October 1939. Starting from the March 1940 members of the WLS-Sachsen were authorized to wear a distinctive insignia - green triangle with an eagle gripping swastika and two letters - "W" and "L".

No.11 This photo isn't sharp and clear but actually it was in the lot previous two photos are from.

No.10 Unknown RLB girl in the overall.

No.9 A joyful group of girls from RLB in overalls.

No.8 Senior RLB member. Unfortunately his armband isn't visible at all.

No.7 Training at RLB camp. Note women members on the background wearing overalls.

No.6 Darth Vader :lol:

No.5 RLB Stahlhelm is clearly visible here.

No.4 Please note the 2nd type RLB armband that was introduced in 1938.

No.3 At the time the photo was taken those kind of scenes were just a colourful amusement for the German citizens... In couple of years LSB members' skills would be vital in saving houses and property from fire.

No.2 Caption on the back of this photo states: "Die Frau im Selbstschutz als Hausfeuerwehrmann", so here we have a woman member of the Selbstschutz practicing fighting with fire.

Here I'd like to post some Luftschutz photos from my personal collection. Any comments are welcome! No.1 Nice and vivid portrait of the Luftschutzfuehrer (that rank was equivalent to the Leutnant in the Wehrmacht). According to his awards, he was WW1 veteran, NSDAP member and for many years served as a civil official. The national emblem is of the latest 1938 model.

You are welcome, Mike!

Now I'm sure that's the member of the Kasernierte Volkspolizei of the GDR, the predecessor of the NVA. Thus said I can date this photo before 1956.

I would assume this is a member of the Kasernierte Volkspolizei of the German Democratic Republic.

Ok, will do it in separate topics!

Thanks for your reply! I'm collecting photos (mainly WW2) for at least ten years already so these shown here are 0,00000..1 percent of my collection If it's interesting for the Club members I'll post more photos

No.8 Very large photo of the Unteroffizieranwärter in the rank of Gefreiter. Ostmedaille, Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz.