Question: PLEASE HELP identify uniform/guns in photographs

[kelgust]

Hello,

I am conducting a research project based off of my grandfather's WWII photographs. Here are two images. Could you please help me identify the uniforms and guns?

Image 1:
imgur.com/TcksCrO
What is the armband he is wearing on the left? Is that a standard issue army cap that he is wearing?

Image 2:
imgur.com/Er8wjn9
What are the two guns? I know that the man on the right is wearing a German helmet. What is the man on the left wearing on his head?

Thank you! If you have any other helpful insights into the pictures, that would be greatly appreciated. I don't have a clue where they are, but I do know that it is in Germany.

Thanks again,
Kelsey

[GyreneGreen]

Kelsey,

I can't read the armband but it is clearly a German armband that your grandfather picked up as a souvenir (like the German cap he is wearing).

The weapons he and his buddy are holding are M1 Carbines.

[HQ327]

Standard US GI uniforms, except for wearing the German headgear. One person is wearing the five button sweater.

[unteroffizier38]

The armband is the yellow "Deutsche Wehrmacht" armband used by civilians attached to the German army in a variety of roles.

[kelgust]

Thank you, all! This has been incredibly helpful.

[kies99]

Image 1:

The soft cap looks to be a Waffen-SS M40/Overseas cap. Shape of the Eagle wings on the insignia looks like the SS eagle.

Image 2:

The cap is a German visor cap and I'm going to go with it also being SS based on other picture, but you can't see the insignia on it to make a definitive call.