So a friend of mine has a scrapbook full of some pretty interesting personal photos of a currently unknown soldier. I have photos of hand written post cards and some photos of the soldier in question. Anyone know how to go
How to go about in identifying him? It would be cool to know who he his so we can figure out how my friend got the scrapbook.
>>2003244
What do you know of him apart from the photos? You would do best if you knew the guy's name and what unit he served in. If so, you can go to the German military archives and ask for documents related to this particular unit. You probably won't find photos though, at least whenever I researched in an archives I never saw any photos. Your best bet is to find out where he served, what rank he was promoted to, if any, and and if he received any medals, such events will be recorded in the documents.
Here's one of the post cards for someone who can read handwritten German.
Here's another one of the post cards. We don't know his name and hope they lie in one of these
Friedhelm?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=0ahUKEwjL0bLQy8bQAhUJ7yYKHfGjBkgQwqsBCBwwAA&usg=AFQjCNF1sHlk2z9QIx28jtvfnGP_UlkifA&sig2=WI0PUfbwefR8Lx9MpM_z3A