Early Schutstaffel (SS) album 1932 - 1933

[gerardkenny]

Here is an early SS photo album I picked up several months ago

http://www.militaria...y-ss/index.html

It comes from the period of the 3 reichstag elections between 1932 and 1933.

The bulk of this album is immediately before this, in the run up to and during the elections. There are election posters, marches/demonstrations throughout

There are also a lot of early SS uniform pictures, (including early SS Medic with backpack) also of them in formation with the SA and also one of the SS/SA and hamburg police posing with weapons and hound.

This photo album is from an Schutzstaffel (SS) man involved in the organisation throughout the period 1932- 1933. This album covers the period of June 1932 through November 1933 when the NSDAP party participated in 3 General elections. The first election increased their mandate, the 2nd slightly decreased it and the third facilitated their rise to power in Germany. Included are interesting early Schutzstaffel (SS) and Sturmabteilung (SA) uniform designs (including an SS Medic with backpack), also pictures of election posters of the period (including the famous 'wir' one and the black and white Hitler face one) and marches by the SA & SS through Hamburg and to a local party headquarters. There are also pictures of SS And SA men posing with members of the Hamburg police with weapons and hound. The cufftitle appears to be '1', the SA collar tabs appear to be numbered '9/45' or possibly '5/45'. If you can provide any further information on this album please use the email link below.

Civilian

Edited May 18, 2010 by gerardkenny

[gerardkenny]

Here are some SS group unarmed exercises

Detail a)

Detail b)

[gerardkenny]

Election posters

Taking the posters down;

Included is the well known 'Wir' poster

Detail showing SS & SA insignia

This page here if you scroll down shows the colour version of the Wir poster

http://www.calvin.ed...pa/posters1.htm

http://www.calvin.ed...posters/wir.jpg

[gerardkenny]

Here are some formation marching ones;

More election marches/demonstrations 1932

[gerardkenny]

More marches 1933

SS Medic

SS Medic 2

There are lots more here if anyone wants to check them out :

http://www.militaria-archive.com/AlbumsII/early-ss/index.html

If anyone can add details/locations unit information etc please let me know.

[Noor]

Very nice pictures!

I start understand more and more why you like full album sets - so much to see, understand different moments of owner's life during historical moments and what I find most interesting - to discover some interesting small details on the shots!!!

Nice work!

Timo