German minesweepers sailors from the German 5th Minesweeper Flotilla of the minesweeper group of the Navy “Ost” of the Kriegsmarine, moored to the pier in the port of the Nazi-occupied city of Riga, Latvia, Soviet Russia. Eastern Front, World War II.
German sailors, accompanied by an officer, pass by German minesweepers.
In the foreground of the photo there is a Nazi soldier – a lower rank from the RAD (Imperial Labor Service), on his tunic he wears a party-style armband and above it a patch with the number of the battalion and company.
The photo source: tsushima.su.
Source of information about the photo: seav.ru
Location: Riga, Latvia, USSR
Photo date: September 20, 1941