Robert Noss

.......... 3.) Same day, two Generals together with Maria Generalmajor Spengler Generalmajor Pavell ?? or Pedell ?? --- ( more research wanted ) .......

......... the interesting capture on the back --- " Wollte sie in die Wälder ? " -- " Did she wanted to go in the woods ? " Should this be the presumption of an escape ?? This one I believe is Maria Paetz, note the gun she is wearing, but which probably belonged to the car driver and she only kept it from him, while he was repairing the car. But why not keep it in the car ? Was it not safe ? On the last photo Maria held some newspapers, which she is now distributing to russian workers, photo is captured " 1.5.43 Maifeier Roslawl " ...........

.............. and another photo of that group, showing more women 2.) On this photo they had some troubles with the car, Wera is to be seen at the left ........

Hello Gentlemen, a happy new Year to all of You. Let me show you my latest photo find, a group of about 40 photos that I bought for low money on a little postcards, stamps & coins show here in bavaria today. The reason why I post them here and not in the Photo Collectors corner, is that there are coming up some questions with them. The group belonged to a german woman ( probably her name was Maria Paetz, cause this name is more often to find on the back ) who had something to do with administration in the Ukraine, maybe she was an interpreter ? Some photos show russian women in the POA, female volonteers, to that day I didn't even know that they existed. Let's see some photos: The girl with the white vest is Oberleutnant Wera Charitonowa, a parachutist as well. Yet another photo of her ...............

A nice portrait so far, but I have no idea about him: The photo was made in Kassel by Hofphotograph Langhammer. The quality looks past 1918, maybe in the late 20ties. Any infos welcome as always. Kind regards Robert

8.) Finally the Arbeitsf?hrer with the SS officer's buckle that I posted already Just a presumption - in the years before 1934, you see a lot of photos of FAD men with single or double claw buckles. Maybe those who were already members of other organisation such as Stahlhelmbund or SA, were allowed to wear their buckles with the FAD service dress ??? Kind regards Robert

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From a very nice photoalbum of the RAD, I took out these shots of members of the early FAD ( Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst ). They all were made between 1930 and 1934. Seems they could wear whatever they want. 1.) 2.) 3.) .............

Bought this photo yesterday on my local fleamarket as I found it interesting. It shows a blind soldier, note the armband with three black dots and the iron cross, which stands for soldiers blinded by war. He is a well decorated NCO-rank with IC 1st class, general assault badge and for sure a golden wound badge. I can not make out what decoration he wears above the others, it looks like a war merit cross, but smaller and the way it is pinned to his uniform is rather strange. Anybody seen that before ? Kind regards Robert

----- as he is wearing a SS officer's buckle: No names on the photos. Kind regards Robert

A few more, out of an album I got today. The last one is strange --------

Got this one today on a fleamarket. Suppose he is a Kaiserj?ger, hmm ??? Detail of the cap: And a detail of his gear. What was the axe for ? Kind regards Robert

Thanks a lot for the infos. I think it is him, not only the face is recognizable, but also tunic, goggles, medals, collar patches. And the fact that he has shot down 3 of these planes, I would say that's 98 % ! Good work. Thanks. Robert

Another close-up of the pilot: Kind regards Robert

............ This writing says: Italienischer Flieger So - Italian airplane ( or italian pilot ? ) ..............

Any more informations possible on this one: ................

............ So what are they ? Maybe just "normal" Luftwaffe officials in the administration ? Kind regards Robert

You are probably right and he is not Forestry. This small group of photos of another man with same insignia but different tunic was in my "forestry box" so it misleaded me. ...........

The best photo from todays fleamarket Dated 1941 Nice clear shot. Kind regards Robert

Hello to all, I have a question about this armbadge Somewhere I have read that this is for chemical troops, Anti-Gas or something like that. But I am not sure, that's why I ask here. The man at the left is wearing a badge too, maybe the same, but it is not clear to see He is also wearing a belt buckle with a star ? Garde ? Any comments are most welcome, as always Kind regards Robert

Hello stu, no disc. I sell the original photo lot. 9 photo albums and a box of additional photos. Total of photos about 1600 About 1350 photos only from the Hitlerjugend Price is 1800.- Euro ( I should transfer this to the Sales-Forum ) Kind regards Robert

Hmmm. While I would not trust a website made by non-germans about WW 2 awards, I found out that the spelling KURD is north german, used in an area called "Niederelbegebiet" and does actually mean the first-name CORD. Okay, new for me. Haven't heard that first-name so far. I can not say much about the doc itself, it looks good to me. Spelling of german names, places, units etc. is always the first thing I am looking at. Many docs from outer-germany have spelling errors like KREIGSMARINE instead of KRIEGSMARINE, FUHRER instead of F?HRER. So Kurd seems correct, okay. Kint regarts Roberd

My opinion - the document is a fake. As You can see on the photo, his first-name is KURT. On the award doc KURT is written KURD - in german language there is no first-name written KURD. In my opinion on such a high level document a typing error would not have been accepted by anyone. Kurt Peters would have refused to take the document and the soldier who made the error would have had a nice week cleaning toilets. Kind regards Robert

I would like to bring this topic back to Your minds again !!! It is for sale. Contact me if interested. Kind regards Robert