Faces of war
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CDB Schmidt
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Re: Faces of war
Not real... or is it?
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CDB = Crazy Dutch Boy
* 3/. Pz. Gren. Rgt. 60. Panzer Division 116. "Der Windhund" *
* 3/. Pz. Gren. Rgt. 60. Panzer Division 116. "Der Windhund" *
Re: Faces of war
I'd say it's a Windhund, looks like taken by a Leica? 
(Just hope I'm right?)
Best regards,
Steffen
(Just hope I'm right?)
Best regards,
Steffen
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CDB Schmidt
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Re: Faces of war
Might be... 
CDB = Crazy Dutch Boy
* 3/. Pz. Gren. Rgt. 60. Panzer Division 116. "Der Windhund" *
* 3/. Pz. Gren. Rgt. 60. Panzer Division 116. "Der Windhund" *
Re: Faces of war
"Finnish soldier smoking after peace treaty. War was lost but independence lasted. September 1944."
"Artist Aku "Lapatossu" Korhonen entertain Finnish soldiers and Russian prisoner of war in summer 1941."
"Karelian maiden and Finnish soldier somewhere in East Karelia summer 1942."
"...and its so funny."
"One most famous photo in Finland. Man smoking tobacco and speaks to phone. 1943."
"Finnish in cover during Soviet artillery firing June 1944."
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Jugend Repper
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Re: Faces of war
Wenn ich dumm bin, lassen sie's micht entgelten;
wenn ich recht hab, wollen sie mich schelten. Goethe
wenn ich recht hab, wollen sie mich schelten. Goethe
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Interesting photo of the old Landsmen. I noticed the guy in front is wearing a 1915 Mantel.West-Front wrote:Berlin 1945
"Every day above ground is a good day", Bruce Dern, The Cowboys
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A few PK photos from my collection...
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"Every day above ground is a good day", Bruce Dern, The Cowboys
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Here are a few more
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"Every day above ground is a good day", Bruce Dern, The Cowboys
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Very nice pictures, especially of the tunic fittings! Thank you, mate. 
Best regards,
Steffen
Best regards,
Steffen
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Oberschnaepser
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Re: Faces of war
Very nice Images, i really like the one with the "braunschweigischer Totenkopf" on the "Schiffchen" , interesting!
And the one with the "Dienstglas" clipped between the Mag-pouches
cool....
Danke sehr.
And the one with the "Dienstglas" clipped between the Mag-pouches
cool....Danke sehr.
"Kraftfahrer, denk' an deinen Urlaub!"
("Driver, keep your holiday in mind!")
("Driver, keep your holiday in mind!")
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Danke. These are PK photos I bought from a friend. Each photo has a paper on the back giving info about the photo for publication. It tells the general location, date of photo, sometimes the unit, the PK photographer, usw.
"Every day above ground is a good day", Bruce Dern, The Cowboys
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Jugend Repper
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Re: Faces of war
Wenn ich dumm bin, lassen sie's micht entgelten;
wenn ich recht hab, wollen sie mich schelten. Goethe
wenn ich recht hab, wollen sie mich schelten. Goethe
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That 1st one is interesting as the guy on the left looks like he has an FJ helmet cover on his stahlhelm, held on with some self made string device and the guy in the middle has got a sumpf tarn helmet cover???Abzeichen wrote:A few PK photos from my collection...
