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Old 28th February 2009, 19:52
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i have a photo of an Oberfeldwebel officer in 1941 Dresden. Most of the back of the photo i can not make out the writing, but i do make out......

xxxxxxxx 1941
Dresden K.W. Halle
Rixxau
imxxxx Hyinz

I'll post a photo soon.
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Old 1st March 2009, 00:01
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Re: Luftgau IV Dresden
This is the back of the photo...
https://cid-4b4f34597f27baa6.skydriv...5/P1010738.JPG
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my hope is that someone can read this so I know what it says.
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try this one...
https://cid-4b4f34597f27baa6.skydriv...5/P1010738.JPG
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Re: Luftgau IV Dresden
maybe this...
https://h4srqa.bay.livefilestore.com...g/P1010738.JPG
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Re: Luftgau IV Dresden
It reads:

September 1941
Dresden, K.W. Halle
Ritzau
unser Spieß
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wow thank u very much i've been trying for months. what does the laswt part translate to?
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the front of the photo
http://http://cid-4b4f34597f27baa6.s...5/P1010754.JPG
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Re: Luftgau IV Dresden
"Ritzau" = name
"unser Spieß" = our seargent. "Spieß" is a function or title within the group of "Feldwebel" in the german army.
Probabely this is the rememberance photo of a (or some) soldier(s) to his/ their seargent in/ from a Dresden car pool park (K.W. Halle = Kraftwagenhalle = car garage).

BTW, an "Oberfeldwebel" is of course not an officer, but a NCO.
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Re: Luftgau IV Dresden
Hi, Christopher...

'Spieß' can translate as any of the following: spit, pike, spear. 'unser' is German for 'our'.

For some reason, the link you provide doesn't show me the photo, so can't see things in context, but perhaps this will help you.

Regards...

Paul

PS - Ah, just read previous posting from Chris Mag2... seems like it could be a 'term of endearment' for a well-liked comrade. The complexities of translation never cease to amaze... :-)
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