{"product_id":"german-wwii-hans-volrath-album-1941-43","title":"GERMAN WWII HANS VOLRATH ALBUM 1941-43","description":"\u003cp\u003eA smaller format album with the Waffen SS Schule Tolz cuff title in officers' flat wire, diagonally pasted onto the cover of the album. On opening the front cover, there is a further list of his service from 1941 to 43 at the SS officers' school  Bad Tolz through to the SS Artillery Academy in Graz. 124 images, early part of the album again in Russia with lines of Russian prisoners. Excellent images of German Panzer tanks on the move. A letter to him in 1940 from his parents. Superb images of half-track anti-aircraft semi-armoured vehicles. Crossing rivers. Damaged towns in Russia. Broken bridges November 1941. Many more images of Russian prisoners in November 41. Superb image of Waffen SS graves with the Waffen SS flag with a skull below indicating a Totenkopf member. More advance into Russia. Trench scenes in November 1941 in Russia. December 41 with by now snow on the ground. Trench scenes. Artillery moving. The album moves forward to April 42, Waffen SS parades. Medal presentations.  All the colleague soldiers in the pictures are identified. Images of colleagues wearing their SS uniforms, studio shots and field shots.  Hans Volrath postcard-size photograph wearing his SS enlisted ranks visor cap. SS runic collar patch, facing the camera, another one without his hat. The first image of the officers' school in Bad Tolz. Of interest to viewers of the website, this school still exists today with the exception of the removal of the two turrets at the front and is now a police training school. Images of the Bavarian countryside close to Tolz. Good images of instructors teaching the officer candidates about many factors of war. Good close-up of SS Brigadeführer Hansen. Two SS Brigadefuhrers together in conference. Artillery training in the field. An excellent image of Volrath in a studio shot, hatless, wearing his SS uniform with the SS Schule Tolz cuff title being worn, the same title that is on the cover of this album.  December 42: a picture of Volrath, studio shot, wearing the rubberised raincoat and by now, wearing a Waffen SS officers cap and carrying a lion’s head, what appears to be an army sword. Shots move on to the Artillery Academy in Graz. Good group shots of SS personnel. Ending with leave shots in March 43. 124 pictures in all, with the Schule Tolz cuff title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRef; 96915\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regimentals Militaria Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53307710046544,"sku":null,"price":3250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/4420\/5648\/files\/DSC_5178_5dea8f92-4e6b-4dd4-9f6f-c2b4d3641c7e.jpg?v=1784880716","url":"https:\/\/regimentalsmilitaria.co.uk\/products\/german-wwii-hans-volrath-album-1941-43","provider":"Regimentals Militaria Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}