stewy's Photo Collection

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Wow... outstanding documents. The only burial pics I have from High rank officers are from 1929 and deal with General Foch's burial.

 

Thankyou,these are a lovely set. But i have a rarer "grave pic". It's part of a group that i've yet to sort out & scan. Keep you posted & as soon as i've sorted the grouping out,i'll post it. Stewy

 

Hi Stewy, these are great pics!!! I know I saw a couple of them before but not all of them ;-))

 

Hi Lou, wait till you see his "Death Mask" pic ;-))

 

There is something quite stirring about a flag-draped casket on a caisson which I can't explain but have always felt. It seems one of the highest honors of respect to someone who has died.

Looking at photo #1 in post #3, the caisson is clearly horse-drawn. However, in photo #3 in post #4, we see the the rear of some vehicle to which the caisson is hitched. Do you know if that was a motorized vehicle or had a wagon perhaps been hitched between the horse team and the caisson?

 

Hi i think it depends on where they were taken. As you notice there are three different flags on the coffin. One used in Prague & the other two in Germany. Someone did explain to me why,but i'm damned if i can remember. I think the SS one was used in Prague as a show of strength to the Cechs. Stewy

 

Here's a few pics. Stewy

 

A couple more. Stewy

 

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Some nice pic there. The guy wearing the white tunic looks like he's Austrian. Speaking of Austrians, I narowly missed out on some great pre-war Austrian Airforce pics. I only missed those pics thanks to an always ssssslllllooooowwww running computer Grrrr.

 

A few more. Stewy

 

stewy....

amazing pics! Thanks for sharing.

Mark

 

Cheers Mark,here's another one. A Heer officer with a Cossack. Stewy

 

Hi,i got these pics together. An SS guy & his horse & the other pic. Now to me it looks like the same fella. Comments appreciated. Stewy

 

Quite possible. But didn't they all look the same in their wire framed specs?

I have quite a few german photos. from various sources, and I'd swear that the same person(s) are in a number of them.

 

Hi Stewy, I think its a different guy. The fist man (SS) has a longer chin, than the second.

regards John