I think we're all familiar with this photo, usually accepted as Gunther Burstyn:
This photo, from a very reputable Austrian archive, is also said to be him:
They don't look particularly like the same chap to me. The collar patches match - a wheel and wings, badge of Railway and Telegraph troops, 2 stars for lieutenant, but no explanation for the armband.
Some other views for comparison. The hairline is a bit more like the second pic.
"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.
Solved, after discussion with the Austrian Photo Archive. A small clerical error, but here's the problem when misinfo gets into the system.
This gent is Gunther Burstyn's younger brother, Werner. A slight mix-up at their end, picked up by Wikipedia. Wikipedia see no reason to delete it just because it's wrong. And so it spreads. And fools the makers of that terrible video Age of Tanks.
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