Hello dear forum members, do you know who this misshien German soldier? View attachment 18447 Greets bob
Could be, he is wearing a M-40 helmet so 1942 could be plausible. Funny how he is wearing his chin strap .
Hello everyone - it´s Hauptmann (Captain) Friedrich Winkler (Friedrich Konrad Winkler) of the 305th Infantry Division at Stalingrad. Friedrich Konrad Winkler was born on the 22nd of August, 1909 in Worms. He was promoted to Hauptmann (=Captain) on the 1st December 1942. He transferred to the 305. Infanterie-Division in mid 1942 from his previous unit Infanterie-Regiment 56. He served in the headquarters company of Grenadier-Regiment 577 (fromer the Infantrie-Regiment 577). Later he took command of 6th company in the Regiment during the fighting in Barrikady Gun Factory in northern Stalingrad. The Grenadier-Regiment 577 was destroyed in january 1943 in Stalingrad. Friedrich Konrad Winkler was captured in Stalingrad in Febuary and died soon after (between 8 and 10 of february at POW Beketowka) in the age of 34. You´ll find several other pictures of him on the internet by searching for his name ...
See this is why I love this forum.. A picture so random pops up and our great experts here can identify the subject.. We sure are blessed here with great minds in the field of world war 2. Give yourself a pat on the back nordwind..Bravo!
Hello Skipper -I know you´re only joking ... no, I never had a username "Ostwind" - my username is only remembering my grandpa - missing in action till Operation "Nordwind" ... I glad to be able to help identify this German soldier,although it was easy because Gebirgsjaeger give a good and correct first information ...
Hello Skipper, yes you´re right it looks funny how he wears his chin trap. He probably use it as an special Helmet strap as attachment for camouflage. Losts of German soldiers used these kind of traps from 1942 till end of war ... one of the reason should be snippers ... View attachment 18474
Chinstraps suck!!! And the onoy thing that sucks more than a chinstrap is a wet chinstrap. I don't think wrapping the chinstrap over the visor was all that uncommon.