Third Reich

[nesredep]

[nesredep]

Hello!

I wonder,what kind of Uniform is this? Thank you.

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Nesredep

[nesredep]

Hello!

This is a Norwegian Doctor.

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Nesredep

[Guest Rick Research]

:Cat-Scratch: He's wearing the M1942 uniform of the Nazi Reichs Ministry of the Occupied East (RMBO) with a rank title of MINISTERIALDIRIGENT which was the equivalent of a Generalmajor l!!!!

If you know his name, he must have been one of the top collaborators arrested at the end of the war-- if the Soviets didn't get him, or he didn't kill himself.

Amazingly rare rare RARE photo. :catjava:

[nesredep]

Hello!

Rick

Wow,thank You for quick HELP. Sorry,this man was not Norwegian.The name is Von Mende.He is familiar with a old woman in Norway.

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Nesredep

[Guest Rick Research]

I wish you had an EPSON scanner!

I can't find anybody named "von Mende."

[nesredep]

Hello!

I wil scann this photo for You.

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Nesredep

[Paul R]

Please do make a nice clear scan. I know someone who may have lots to say about this one!!

Paul

[nesredep]

Hello!

Rick

Paul R

I hope this is a nice clear scan?

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Nesredep

[nesredep]

Hello!

One more pic.

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Nesredep

[Guest Rick Research]

Yes, much better thank you. That is clearly a KVK ribbon in his buttonhole now. It is obviously rather fuzzy in the original.

I wanted to be very certain-- and I am-- about the wreaths inside his collar tabs. Lower ranks had half as many leaves wide. This is indeed a Ministerialdirigent-- and the ONLY decent photo of anyone of that rank I have EVER seen. :cheers:

[nesredep]

Yes, much better thank you. That is clearly a KVK ribbon in his buttonhole now. It is obviously rather fuzzy in the original.

I wanted to be very certain-- and I am-- about the wreaths inside his collar tabs. Lower ranks had half as many leaves wide. This is indeed a Ministerialdirigent-- and the ONLY decent photo of anyone of that rank I have EVER seen.

Hello!

Rick

WOW,Thank YOU. :jumping:

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Nesredep

[nesredep]

Hello!

Rich

This Photo show he`s KVK.I post this KVK in General Awards.(Stamped 1).

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Nesredep

[nesredep]

Hello!

Some new pohotos from the same table.

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Nesredep

[nesredep]

Nesredep

[nesredep]

Hello!

The last pic.

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Nesredep

[Paul R]

Now that is a nice array of insignia sitting around that table!!

[Paul R]

I see lots of Heer Sonderfuhrer, an SS officer, and something completely unknown to me(second to last photo, man on the right side of the photo with the strange shoulder boards).

[Laurence Strong]

Very nice piccies

I see lots of Heer Sonderfuhrer, an SS officer, and something completely unknown to me(second to last photo, man on the right side of the photo with the strange shoulder boards).

Almost looks like one of the Eastern Legions but I can't find a match for it.

Edited September 3, 2008 by Laurence Strong

[nesredep]

Hello!

Gentelman

Thanks for comment.I hope this photos was interesting.

all the best

Nesredep

[nesredep]

I see lots of Heer Sonderfuhrer, an SS officer, and something completely unknown to me(second to last photo, man on the right side of the photo with the strange shoulder boards).

Hello!

Paul R

I agree,strange shoulder boards.

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Nesredep

[Snoopy]

I see lots of Heer Sonderfuhrer, an SS officer, and something completely unknown to me(second to last photo, man on the right side of the photo with the strange shoulder boards).

Hi Paul

The man with the strange shoulder boards, is a Zugf?hrer from a eastern unit. Which unit it is, is difficult to say. The colour of the piping would identify the unit. One possibility, is that he is an Armenian, which used golden yellow, as their colour.

All the best

Snoopy

[Paul R]

Thanks Snoopy!! I would have never guessed. What publication should I get that explains this?

Paul

[Laurence Strong]

Thanks Snoopy!! I would have never guessed. What publication should I get that explains this?

Paul

Angolia's Wehrmacht book should show a chart with the ranks in the 1942 section of the Eastern Legions.

[Snoopy]

Thanks Snoopy!! I would have never guessed. What publication should I get that explains this?

Paul

Hi Paul

Uniforms & Traditions of the german army 1933-1945, Vol. 2, by Angolia and Slicht, has a lot of detailed information about the uniforms and insignia of the eastern volunteers.

All the best

Snoopy