This was taken circa 9 June, 1944 in the French town of Partheny. The 17th SS Div was enroute to the Invasionsfront from Thouars and paused to confer with an Army general(?) Standing to the right (as you view the photo),in foreground is an Untersturmfuhrer, who could be Siegfried Held. The center pip on his rank tab appears to be different from the other two. He is wearing an Army-style panzer overseas cap with scalloped front; you can easily see the difference from the boat-shaped 'schiffchen' worn by the officer in the left rear of the photo. The IPW officer for the 501st PIR got an undeveloped roll of film from Held's possessions when he was KIA, and this is one of the photos that was on it when it was developed. Of course it's possible that Held 'took' the photo and is not in it himself-perhaps we'll never know for sure.
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