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    Sticky: 1943 Wedding:

    1943 Wedding:
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    Sticky: Note Russian Front medal ribbon (Ebay photo,...

    Note Russian Front medal ribbon
    (Ebay photo, hence the censorship)
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    Sticky: In wear at a wartime LW wedding. Undated.

    In wear at a wartime LW wedding. Undated.
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Note the SD officer in black to the left of Wilhelm Murr, 1940

    (credit: blockhaus.ru)
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Thanks for the link to the Mauthausen pics. I see Otto Kumm, Fritz Klingenberg, Hausser, and what appears to be Lehmann. Should put a stake in the "I know nothing" alibi.

    Here is an unknown...
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    I do not know the name of this Brigadefuhrer, but he put on his Sunday best for Himmlers inspection of Mauthausen in 1941:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    On second thought, I am automatically assuming that his A-SS and W-SS ranks were the same, which we know did not always occur. So both the tuxedo shot and the broadcasting pic could have been...
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Very interesting. However, when was his promotion to Standartenfuhrer? Interesting how, during wartime, he continued to wear the black uniform while broadcasting:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Courtesy of F-B, the shop window of Uniform-Stubben in 1942. Note the A-SS Officer's visor for sale at the foot of what appears to be the SS tux:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Don't know if this counts or not, but this is Gunter D'alquen wearing the SS "tuxedo", sometime after his promotion to Standartenfuhrer in either 43 or 44:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    KvK winner Albrecht Brummenbaum wearing his black uniform on the day of his award, October 1, 1944:
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    KvK winnter Ernst Ritter wearing his black uniform in 1942:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Probably the closest there is to an A-SS uniform worn by an RKT--
    Max Wuensche wearing one of his pre-war cut tunics after being awarded the RK in '43:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    My suspicions were correct--pic is a fake, and is from an unknown movie. Here is the color pic:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    This was posted on the WAF--an SS RKT wearing the black uniform. Supposedly, this is a still from a newsreel. However, the it appears to be a marriage ceremony, and the girl is almost too...
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    This is off the WAF, and the poster has his Kripo disc and ID card.
    Pic is dated 1942--note the EK ribbon. Note the wear of the M-36 Dagger, and the piped SD Raute:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    This has to be one of the last pics of the black uniform in wear--
    the September 30th, 1944 awarding of the KVK to SS Standartenfuhrer Heinrich Pehle:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Even better pic. F-B, are you aware of any W-SS men who wore the black uniform with their Knights Cross?
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    Another view:
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    Sticky: Re: Black SS uniform in wear, 1943

    I have been searching for pics of an RKT in black uniform, to no avail. The closest is probably Wunsche in his open-collar pre-war cut tunic.

    I did find another pic of Zschirnt:
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