Luftwaffe paratrooper Joseph Krissel photo album, it contains photos taken from 1939 to 1944. There are pre-war photos of young Joseph in civil cloth, then photos from service time in RAD and NSKK: portrait photo in a crash helmet, photos with Zundapp motorcycle and Mercedes Benz 290 Cabriolet car. There are photos taken during Krissel’s service in the Luftwaffe as ground personnel. Album continues with photos taken furing paratroopers training in France in 1943: jumps, shooting exercises with MG-34 machine gun, Joseph dressed as a ‘Green Devil’ in jump smock, M38 helmet, knee pads and RZ-20 parachute harness. There are several shots from service time in Italy: Krissel wears tropical uniform with a rare combination of driver’s and Fallschirmjäger badges, photo with his comrade-in-arm Walter Kluge etc. There is a post card in album with brief information about post-war fate of Krissel and Kluge and their meeting in Berlin in 1958.
