just an interesting photo

**Danmark** · 10-08-2015, 02:56 AM

Just an interesting photo I found on the web.

Note how the soldier on the left is missing the eagle from his tunic- not so for the man with the cigarette!!
I wonder what the circumstances were for that to happen?

So then, if you find a tunic with the eagle removed and think it was stripped post war .......... think again ( or, it may well be his!!!!

)

Cheers, Dan

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 10-08-2015 02:56 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Larboard** · 10-08-2015, 03:45 AM

Between eagles? Got captured, insignia taken for a trophy and released? Looks like a "bromance" moment to me ;-)

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-08-2015, 07:37 AM

They are Russians of the POA.

Note the rank lace on the shoulder straps.

**avenger** · 10-08-2015, 07:39 AM

Did they wear German uniforms like this? I need to read up on them more...

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-08-2015, 07:46 AM

Yes, they wore all German kit but with Russian style ranking.

Search:

Russian Army of Liberation.

Cheers, Ade.

**avenger** · 10-08-2015, 07:50 AM

Thanks Ade, I will.

Can you imagine being captured by the Russian army, being a Russian defector in a German uniform? Wowzers...

**Danmark** · 10-08-2015, 07:56 AM

Thank you Ade - in that case I guess he wasn't going to get a bollocking from his captain for the lost 'crow' then?

Cheers, Dan

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-08-2015, 07:58 AM

Sometimes they wore the breast eagle, at other times not.

The history of the unit is very interesting.

**McSeam** · 10-08-2015, 10:18 AM

by avenger

Thanks Ade, I will.

Can you imagine being captured by the Russian army, being a Russian defector in a German uniform? Wowzers...

In most cases such people were not taken captive. They were just immediately shot.

**JERSEY 34** · 10-08-2015, 10:45 AM

Some of you may have seen these pictures before but they fit the thread nicely. This lot all came from a house clearance, with a load of others bits and pieces. Such a shame they stripped the tunic. We had a unit of POA stationed here on the north coast. They were trusted by the Officers in charge and generally were disliked. At the end of the Occupation a Russian Officer was sent to the Island to "collect" them. I am positive they never made it home.
All the best from Jersey,
D