odd pic

[Paul Ayerst]

just saw this pic on facebook and would like to hear some discussion on it

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[Gefolgschaft]

Would suspect a young kid from the 12th SS panzer. Possibly lied about his age to enlist? I know this happened a lot in the US during the war.

 

[Paul Ayerst]

he is ESTONIAN note the skull is non typical he is not 12th SS for sure. Very young but to well dressed for late war period where the kids did front line duty so was thinking he was Eastern HJ maybe

 

[Joe B]

He looks 8-10 years old , I would bet he is wearing a child's uniform to show off with his father .

 

[Gefolgschaft]

I've seen other photos of small children in uniforms made for photographs and "play". This is also possible. I initially missed the sleeve shield and the collar tab does appear to to be the Estonian tab with the arm and sword.

 

[Paul Ayerst]

for a 10 year old he is also a senior nco so agree they liked to dress up their children

 

[B-RAD]

The shirt looks modern ? Fake photo possible reproduction ?

 

[Paul Ayerst]

now a days probably is reproduced but am only interested in the content of the pic , if it is a child's dress up uniform it certainly would look different but suspect it is a period pic.

 

[wilhelm saris]

I think it is an SS-Zögling from the eastern. Normally they did wear a specific
armband. Maybe the lad used the arm-shield instead. I do like the photo very
much, repro or not!