Original trainer photo purchased

[flynaked]

I dug through a ton of stuff recently and here’s one of the photos I found at the bottom of a bucket, thought it might be of interest here. My scanner isn’t the best as the clarity is actually better. This rifle appears to have the clamp on rear sight mirror for training.

 

[mauser99]

great photo ! Looks to be a KKW.

 

[Fal Grunt]

Very interesting, nice find and thanks for sharing.

 

[CanadianAR]

A high res scan and magnicifcstion may even be able to read the SN

 

[Parkerswede]

Translation of back "General Slunius? visiting the youngest soldiers."

 

[flynaked]

Translation of back "General Slunius? visiting the youngest soldiers."

Yeah I honestly can’t make out the name, I tried multiple ways to research it and couldn’t find the guy.

I’ll try a macro lens on the rifle and see how clear the S/N comes up!

 

[Amberg]

General der Infanterie Alfred Streccius.

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/StrecciusAlfred-R.htm
Retired late 1943, killed during an air raid on Hannover, October 1944

Streccius in WWI:
http://www.buddecke.de/kofla.htm

 

[bnz41john]

Very cool! And with the added info that Amberg posted...this is very neat. John.

 

[flynaked]

General der Infanterie Alfred Streccius.

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/StrecciusAlfred-R.htm
Retired late 1943, killed during an air raid on Hannover, October 1944

Streccius in WWI:
http://www.buddecke.de/kofla.htm

Wow excellent!! Thank you so much, I was at a loss. Okay I will snap some close up pictures of various details and see if they come out.

 

[flynaked]

Okay, this only met with limited success but here it is anyway. Tried to take some close ups of various details.