Gordon Williamson Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Looking at the photo in the latest Soldbuch I just acquired from Kevin got me thinking about the quality of photos you sometimes see in IDs (the Ausweis, Soldbuch, Wehrpass etc). I've seen some pretty rare awards worn, but often in crummy blurred photos , so the quality of the photograph could vary dramatically. How about showing some of your really crisp photos. Not necessarily rare units or rare awards, just really nice photos. Here is an enlargement of Hauptmann Marquardt of Bahnhofskommandantur 402, shown as Oberleutnant with Artillery Regt 116. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Oberfeldwebel Böbel of Feldgendarmerie Trupp b (mot. 631). Nice crisp shot of the tropical tunic, unusual in a Wehrpass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Feldwebel Erich Wolter of Feldgendarmerie Trupp 422. More typical of Wehrpass uniformed shots, in his dress Waffenrock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Oberleutnant Schreier from Zugwachabteilung 502 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 This one is kinda cheating as it isn't in the book but is a spare Soldbuch ID photo which was tucked into the folder of his Wehrpass (which has a photo in civvies.) Major Messthaler of Wehrmacht Streifengruppe z.b.V. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Some nice images. Here is one that I can think of in my collection. Photo taken while he was serving with Inf.Rgt 22 (1934-1940) before he was eventually transferred in 1940 and was killed with IR 547 in 1943, posthumously promoted to Leutnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Taken from the Soldbuch of Oberschirrmeister Kurt Berndt of Nebelwerfer Abt 6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 And one in similar circumstances to Post # 5 - a spare Soldbuch photo that is tucked into his Wehrpass. A former member of the Landespolizeigruppe General Göring and pre-war Gestapo who transferred to the Waffen-SS in 1943 and served with Hohenstaufen through to wars end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Good idea! Ex Luftwaffe Flak veteran, Obergefreiter Alfred Schall (born 1917) of Grenadier-Regiment 97 in 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Obergefreiter Walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Oberfeldwebel and Spiess of 13./I.R.40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Another one from my collection but taken from a Luftwaffe Bordwartschein this time for a member of TG 1 who flew supplies into Stalingrad and Normandy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Another nice tropical shot, from Erich Wolter, same guy as in the Wehrpass photo above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldstream Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Gordon Excellent photos indeed but can you help me with a question? Were there any official guidelines as to the style and composition of the photographs used? It is almost as if the photographs were chosen to suit the individuals taste. I remember that when we had our British army and indeed British Police photo's done they were all photographed in exactly the same way and were taken to show the front of the face for identification purposes. Any thoughts please? Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) There were indeed regulations stipulated for the type of photo to be used but there are so many variations 'out there' that it seems to of been a regulation that was widely ignored! I have in my collection of Soldbucher & Wehrpasse photos showing full length poses and wearing headwear and I have seen plenty of other examples of such 'flouting'. Edited July 23, 2011 by hucks216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldstream Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hucks Thanks for the reply, I'd never seen a full length photo until you posted this. I guess it's just another Third Reich way of confusing collectors as to whats good or bad!!! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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