Same Soldat shows up in two separate photos

[parsonsjacket]

I don't know if anyone else has caught this before, but i was looking through my collection of photos related to the battle for Stalingrad, and noticed that a soldier featured in one photo was also in the background in another, which seems to have been taken in another location. the main clue that it's the same soldier is his distinctive field-made helmet cover's pattern, and the fact that he carries a Ppsh-41.
I just thought it was an interesting coincidence, hard to say whether it was the same photographer following a particular unit, or just dumb luck...

i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff46/parsonsjacket/Stalingrad/Stalingrad-SoldatmitPPSch41inDeckungzwischenTrmmernSptherbst1942AlbensammlungvonAufnahmenderPropaganda-KompanienzusammengestelltvomHauptrefe.jpg

and

i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff46/parsonsjacket/Stalingrad/german-soldiers-stalingrad.jpg

it's just a bit different than series of photos from the same place and time...
i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff46/parsonsjacket/Stalingrad/germaninfantryfightingintheruinsofstalingrad_october1942_.jpg
i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff46/parsonsjacket/Stalingrad/german-soldiers-led-by-NCO-with-MG34-machine-gun.jpg
i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff46/parsonsjacket/Stalingrad/firing.jpg

anyone else notice this or anything like this before?

[HISTJUNKY]

Interesting photo in regards to the helmet cover. NOT saying it is... but kinda looks like it is made from a Russian ameba pattern suit. Now noting his rank this would defiantly be the exception rather than the rule!

[bergjaeger]

The camo also reminds me of Hungarian camo, or even Italian.

[Pathfinder]

let the Clone Wars begin :-)

[bargunner1942]

the ppsh in the 1st photo looks like a later style front sight with the hood,an the 2nd ppsh has early tangent style rear sight,i don't think those were used in conjuction with one another but i could be wrong,i always thought the early ppsh sight lacked a protective hood.

i just noticed the pattern of camo on the cover is identical in both photo's so maybe it is the same guy,and they both appear to have binoculars

[Berthold Schwabe]

Got to love the one officer's damaged Infanterie Sturmabzeichen, and what look like enlisted shoulder straps? Awesome.

[Sheikh Al Stranghi]

I have seen a portrait of that officer with the broken sturmabzeichen, I just can't find it!

[prgeyer]

Oh yeah, I've seen it a bunch of times. Most likely the same photographer hanging out with the same soldiers for a time. Here's a couple of famous photos that I found within 30 seconds looking on Google. There's another guy who appears in a bunch of Battle of the Bulge photos, but I can't find them right now. I'll post them if I do.

i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/prgeyer/BoBGuy1.jpg

i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/prgeyer/BoBGuy1-2.jpg

Peter

[magyarsoldat]

Sept 23, 2011 7:01:38 GMT -5 bergjaeger said:

The camo also reminds me of Hungarian camo, or even Italian.

I agree. It looks a lot like Hungarian m36 pattern camo.