Sunday, June 16, 2019

Heinrich Eberbach with Retouched Ritterkreuz

Heinrich Eberbach as Oberstleutnant and Commander of Panzer-Regiment 35 / 4.Panzer-Division, after receiving the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 4 July 1940. This picture is actually showing Eberbach still as a Major in 1935, but then it retouched with added Ritterkreuz in his neck and rangstern on his schulterklappen.


Source :
https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/30699/

Color Picture of SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess

SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Priess posed proudly for a color studio picture after he received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern #65 on 24 April 1944 as SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS and commander of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf".


Source :
http://www.historicalwarmilitariaforum.com/topic/6937-ritterkreuztr%C3%A4ger-photos-in-color-thread/?page=2

Friday, June 14, 2019

Georg Lindemann Riding a Horse

Generaloberst Georg Lindemann riding a horse while holding a goblet. He is wearing a stahlhelm M18 Kavalleriehelm. In 1936, Lindemann was promoted to Generalmajor and given command of the 36th Infantry Division which took part in the Invasion of France. Lindemann was promoted to full General and given command of the L Army Corps. In June 1941, at the launch of Operation Barbarossa, Lindemann's Corps was a part of Army Group North. Lindemann commanded the corps during the advance towards Leningrad. His unit was briefly shifted to the command of Army Group Centre during the Battle of Smolensk. Lindemann's corps was then shifted back to Army Group North. On 16 January 1942, Lindemann took the command of the 18th Army, a part of Army Group North. In the summer of 1942, he was promoted to Generaloberst. Lindemann commanded the 18th Army throughout the campaigns around Leningrad and during the January 1944 retreat from the Oranienbaum Bridgehead to Narva. He was promoted to command of Army Group North on 31 March 1944. On 4 July 1944, he was relieved and transferred to the Reserve Army. On 1 February 1945, he was appointed to the command of all German troops in Denmark as the "Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in Denmark". Germany surrendered unconditionally in northwest Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark on 5 May 1945. Lindemann was then given the task of dismantling the German occupation of Denmark until 6 June 1945, when he was arrested at his headquarters in Silkeborg. He was held in American custody until 1948. Lindemann died in 1963 in Freudenstadt, West Germany


Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lindemann
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewforum.php?f=5

Monday, June 10, 2019

A Colorized Picture of Luftwaffe Ace Egon Mayer

A colorized picture of Egon Mayer by Mihaly Gherman. Mayer (19 August 1917 – 2 March 1944) was a Luftwaffe wing commander and fighter ace of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in over 353 combat missions. His victories were all claimed over the Western Front and included 26 four-engine bombers, 51 Supermarine Spitfires and 12 P-47 Thunderbolts. Mayer was the first fighter pilot to score 100 victories entirely on the Western Front.


Source :
http://www.instagimg.com/user/ghermanmihaly/4201743487

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Ritterkreuzträger Franz Schmitz and SS Medic Officer

From left to right: Sanitätsfeldwebel Franz Schmitz and SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr.-med. Ferdinand Berning (Führer beim Sanitätsdienst im SS-Hauptamt). Schmitz received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 13 September 1943 as a Sanitäts-Unteroffizier and Gruppenführer in 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 279 / 95.Infanterie-Division. In this picture, Schmitz is wearing a Tätigkeitsabzeichen des Heeres (Specialist-badge of the Army) of Sanitätsunter- personal (Medic Personnel). The picture was taken in April 1944.


Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=146826&start=1605