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Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
I recently acquired this picture of my Great Grandfather, Adolf Hasse.
He was a German living in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. According to my grandmother (his daughter), when the SS rolled in, he was conscripted into their service and employed as a night watchman.
This is the only picture I have of him. Can anyone comment on the collar tabs (and hat if possible) he is wearing? Could this be definite evidence that he was employed by the SS?
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05-12-2012 12:46 AM
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
He has a kind face and reminds me of the silent film star Charlie Chaplin.
Collar tabs are probably foriegn SS.
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
Thanks for the response, Steve. I wish I had known the man...
My Grandmother, her siblings, and my Great Grandmother were taken away to be Ost-Arbeiter in Yugoslavia... My Grandmother said they picked fruit initially, but towards the end of the war, they dug "machine gun trenches and panzer holes." My Grandmother said that she saw her father one more time and they spoke for only a few minutes. She said he was part of a German troop movement... he had to move out and was never seen again.
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
He is indeed a 'dashing' looking fellow.
You have some fascinating family history there !
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
Thanks, Dean!
I will post my Great Grandfather in the two threads you posted.
I found this collar tab on the Collector's Guild... is it a match for the tabs my Great Grandfather would have worn?
The Collector's Guild
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
Here is a picture of my Omi, her sister Tonya, and their brother Eddy... somewhere in Austria after the war...
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This is a picture of my Omi, her family, and some people they knew in a refugee camp.
I believe this picture was taken at a funeral for a younger sibling that didn't survive...
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Re: Mystery SS(?) Collar Tabs
Finally, this is my Great Grandmother. She didn't survive long after this picture was taken...
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