Oh, nothing special, my dear Tiger 205… You know, the old story of life – in the right place, at the right time. 
And now, here is another conundrum for you and all our distinguished members:
Do you recognize that captivatingly smiling fellow with eyeglasses? 
Is the nationality of the other guy important?
Well, to certain extent it surely is important, my dear Mr. Tiger 205. You see, that moment - immortalized by the accurate camera lens - actually is presenting to us a pair of friendly chatting officers who are employed as the border crossing point guardians.
SS border patrol is quite extraordinary…
Scandinavian (e.g. Estonian SS regiments were used as border patrol units)
Indeed, my dear Mr. Tiger 205. Unfortunately, our special guess star is a pure German (Reichsdeutsche). Furthermore, his smiling colleague has arrived from the land of olive trees, where music and dance are just part of everyday life.
Seems no able to crack that particular gentlement posed by herr Librarian 
Perhaps someone can crack this one, a famous commander during WW2 
I’m thinking about “land of olive trees”… It may be Italy or Greek, but “the smiling colleague” doesn’t seem an Italian soldier and i don’t know much about Greek uniforms… Can you give to us some other clue?
This is a desert fox puppy.
Seriously, it’s Erwin Rommel as a cadet, must be around 1910.
I’m still wondering why i haven’t identified this picture, before… :shock: I’ve posted something related to the previous quiz, just one hours before… 
I interpret the clue to mean the non-SS officer is Greek.
“Arrived from [Greece]” suggests that it’s not on any of Greece’s borders.
It’s most probably before April 1941 when Germany invaded Greece as there wasn’t much for either side to be jointly smiling about after that.
It is probably before October 1940 when Italy attacked Greece, as the Germans and Greeks weren’t likely to be co-operating after that.
All of which suggests that the Greek officer is part of some sort of co-operation with Germany in border control somewhere outside Greece, probably before October 1940. The picture indicates that the border is a river.
As to where that might be, I have no idea.
Is there any significance in the German officer still wearing his pistol belt and the Greek officer being unarmed?
I have a feeling I’ve seen the German officer’s image before, but in a different context. He looks like he’d eat people, and could well be sizing up the Greek officer for a snack.
The Waffen-SS officer seems to be wearing tropical trousers which means the photo was probably taken later in the war.
Could the non-SS officer be Italian or Bulgarian, which would be consistent with the border being a border between the German and Italian or Bulgarian occupation zones in Greece after the fall of Greece?
The Bulgarian uniforms of the era seem more ornate than the one in the picture, so Italian is more likely.
I would rule out the Bulgarian hypothesis… As far as i know the Bulgarians aren’t famous for their olive trees or for everyday’s music and dance… The Italian Uniforms of WWII didn’t seem to be very ornate, but this Officer is wearing a jacket with anything. No insignia, no patches, no chevron or stripes, no badges… He looks like a big game hunter with a kaki bush jacket, somewhere down in Africa. So i think the only possibility that remained, is Greek Officier…
That collar patch is bugging me - it just doesn’t look right!
If you’re referring to the SS collar tab, is it because the ‘SS’ isn’t centred in the tab as was usual?
Yes, and the area in front of the ‘SS’ seems darker as if something had been scratched out.
I was wondering if there might have been something in the blank area that didn’t come out in the picture, or might have been removed for some reason, such as some bit of embroidery that indicated rank or unit etc?
There are a number of collar patches that would fit the bill in that case, but they are all pre-1940. And in close-up, the runes are very badly misshapen. Mind you, I’m still no closer to answering the question! :oops:
Me, neither.
Despite the original reference to border control, I’m wondering if the armed German and unarmed (?Greek?) don’t relate to some common border pre-1940 (Albania is about all I can think of, and that doesn’t really fit), but instead relate to the period following Greece’s surrender to Germany which could make the photo an overblown piece of German propaganda?
another forgotten yet interessant quiz
lets start with something veeery easy,… the pipe and the stars should spoils everything
