Armed Forces, October 28, 1940 - May 1941
88mm Flak 18/38 gun emplacements, Preveza, 1940
Officers, NCOs and soldiers at the front, date and location unknown
2nd Lieutenant, Medical Corps, Athens, November 3, 1940
Officers and soldier, Agrinio, November 18, 1940
A photo of four officers and a soldier, showing an interesting selection of side caps, their respective insignia, and uniforms. One of the officers is wearing his Service Dress, while his colleagues prefer their field uniforms, with two of them opting for a non-regulation combination of an open collar, shirt and tie.
Captain portrait, Athens, January 1, 1941 |
Major portrait, date and location unknown |
Sergeant portrait, 1941
location unknown, exact date partially illegible
A Sergeant, wearing his older style field jacket, possibly modified, since it also shows features of the 1938 Reguation ones. The regiment number badge is sewn on his shoulder, but is unfortunately difficult to decipher, due to the focus and the texture of the paper. He is wearing a Sam Browne belt with a holstered revolver, possibly privately purchased, judging by the colour of its grip plates. The most interesting feature, though, is the non-regulation use of NCO rank insignia on the side cap, a practice usually followed by officers.
RHAF & RAF men, Ioannina, January 25, 1941
Officers and soldiers, Albania, January 1941
Officers, January 1941, location unknown
Officers in Service Dress and field uniforms. The decorated man on the left is a Medical Corps officer and a WW1 veteran. Unfortunately, his medal ribbons cannot be clearly identified from the photo. The man in the middle has adopted the common, although non-regulation practice of bearing his rank insignia on his side cap.
Group photos at the front, February 8, 1941
Photo taken on February 8, 1941. "A present to my respectable father, so that he remembers me. (signed) Sotiris. Postal Sector 212."
The photo shows an interesting detail of a Sam Browne belt in Battle Order. Unlike the British, Greek officers and other personnel, issued with them, wore the belt with the straps crossed, probably for practical reasons in the field, eliminating the need of removing both straps and adjusting their length each time it was needed to switch to -and from- the Battle Order.
Group photos at the front, Doliana, March 1941
Soldier, March 28, 1941, location unknown
Pyliouri, Himare, Albania, April 5, 1941
A photo of soldiers in combat gear, showing the use of all three types of helmets worn in the 1940-1941 period. The majority are wearing the greek-made "M34/39" ones -of note are their different sizes, evident on the heads of the soldiers- while the two men standing on the far left and the far right are issued with a french-made Adrian -wrongly worn back to front- and a british-made MkI, respectively.