Totenkopf Soldat...

[bigmacglenn]

Came across this interesting photo and thought it worth sharing, especially for our SS Uniform Enthusiasts...
cheers, Glenn

[Gunny Hartmann]

Very intense looking young guy, great photo Glenn!...

[octavian]

intriguing find Glenn. Is this from your war chest?

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Thanks. Very nice image. Who was he? Where was he? What became of him?

[bigmacglenn]

I came across the photo this morning as I was checking out Ebay.de....
cheers, Glenn

[Friedrich-Berthold]

Bravo.

[seventyeighth]

Here is one from my collection. Group shot of members of the Totenkopf division . This is early on as you can see their shoulder boards were the of the angled variety. There is a cockiness in their expression or lack of. It makes me uneasy.

[Walkwolf]

Not a SS collector per se, but I have a couple
of cap buttons/badges like the one in the
photo, and I appreciate seeing pics
of them in wear.........

[Adrian Stevenson]

Interesting on how the collar piping appears to have worn in Glenn's pic.

Thanks for the great images guys.

Cheers, Ade.

[DrPMC]

Here is one from my collection. Group shot of members of the Totenkopf division . This is early on as you can see their shoulder boards were the of the angled variety. There is a cockiness in their expression or lack of. It makes me uneasy.

Interesting photo, thank you. I'm interested in how one distinguishes between SS soldiers assigned to front line duties in the Totenkopf Division and those serving as camp guards? I noticed that these men are all of quite mature years and so wondered if they might be the latter? However, I'd imagine that the original members of the TK Division had a somewhat higher average age anyway, as they were raised out of those men who had been camp guards before the war.

Regards, Philip