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    Thanks for posting that great portrait. I like the sonderfuhrer style shoulder boards. IT looks as if he were a pilot,which would have given him a light blue waffenfarbe.

    Posted

    That is another great photo. Is this the complete photograph or is it cropped from something bigger?

    Posted

    Hello!

    Some contrybution with no name and information.

    http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2014/post-1000-0-96330500-1408372062.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2014/post-1000-0-94966600-1408372085.jpg

    Best regards,Morten.

    • 3 weeks later...
    Posted

    Morten and Larry, thank you for these photos. There are some interesting details noted in the variation of insignia used.

    Posted

    The Strauss family, from Danzig (c. 1935)

    Great photos guys.

    I especially like photos showing "schmiss" (duelling scars) which were worn with pride.

    Cheers,

    Larry

    Posted

    Oldulf,

    Thank you for sharing these photos with us. Do you know anything about Lt Strauss and his involvement later, during the war? I wonder if the significant scars on his face were due to WW1 participation?

    Posted

    Alas Paul, no context....

    According to the authentic tekst on the back of the photo, the family lived in Danzig.

    Danzig, between 1919 and 1939 was an independent City-State (with much German resentment), but little coherent information has been published about the Danzig connetions with the NSDAP and preparations for the re-unifiction with the Reich.

    As Larry observed, he must have been a university student, with a preference for the noble sport of swords. The family name is to common for identification....

    • 4 years later...
    Posted (edited)
    On 09/09/2014 at 17:12, Odulf said:

    a preference for the noble sport of swords

    The scars are no signs of a sport but of being member of a "Schlagende Verbindung", of which there were many in Germany during that time, and there are still some today. They are student associations. The duells were not part of a sporting activity, but a matter of honor and a ritual of "belonging" to a certain circle of academia. These duells were called Mensur (singular) and were highly ritualised and often bloody as can be seen on a photo from my collection taken in 1927 after such an event with all involved.

    GreyC

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    Edited by GreyC
    Posted
    On 03/04/2019 at 22:08, GreyC said:

    The scars are no signs of a sport but of being member of a "Schlagende Verbindung", of which there were many in Germany during that time, and there are still some today. They are student associations. The duells were not part of a sporting activity, but a matter of honor and a ritual of "belonging" to a certain circle of academia. These duells were called Mensur (singular) and were highly ritualised and often bloody as can be seen on a photo from my collection taken in 1927 after such an event with all involved.

    GreyC

    xMensur_29011927_Schwanenburg_4kl.thumb.jpg.ece327779e57ce4d06858fbefea7643f.jpg

     

    I know, and my words "the noble sport of swords" in the context were with ironical intend 

    Bruno Loerzer, the President of the DLV and Reichsluftsportführer

    DLV - 003x- Bruno Loerzer, Präsident der DLV und Reichsluftsportführer (18,VI.1933).jpg

    Posted

    Erntedankfest 1934, Bitterfeld [Thanks Giving Day 1934 in Bitterfeld], with Police checking the documents

    DLV - 005x  Ballonstart zum Erntedankfest 1934, Bitterfeld (1).jpg

    Posted

    Great picture! Im still looking for ballon insignia in wear. 

     

    Greetings Luftsport

    36 minutes ago, Odulf said:

    Erntedankfest 1934, Bitterfeld [Thanks Giving Day 1934 in Bitterfeld], with Police checking the documents

    DLV - 005x  Ballonstart zum Erntedankfest 1934, Bitterfeld (1).jpg

    Great photo Odulf. 

    Im still looking for ballon insignia in wear. 

    Greetings Luftsport 

    Posted
    On ‎05‎/‎09‎/‎2014 at 14:17, nesredep said:

    Hello Paul R!

     

     

    Here is my newest DLV Photo.Hope you like this.

     

    dress.jpg

     

    Best regards,Morten.

    Hello collector friends,

     

    Here's an improved scan of the picture!

     

    Best, Morten.

    new scann.jpg

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