Officers from SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich" in the sportstreffen (sport festival) event of the unit, possibly in the autumn or winter of 1942. From left to right: SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Kniep (Kommandeur SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich". Ritterkreuz on 14 August 1943), SS-Sturmbannführer Jakob "Jopp" Fick (Kommandeur I.Bataillon [Kradschützen] / SS-Schnelle-Schützen-Regiment “Langemarck”. Ritterkreuz on 23 April 1943), and SS-Standartenführer Hinrich Schuldt (Kommandeur SS-Schnelle-Schützen-Regiment “Langemarck”. Ritterkreuz on 5 April 1942, Eichenlaub on 2 April 1943, and Schwerter posthumously on 25 March 1944).
SS-Standartenführer Hinrich Schuldt (14 January 1901 - 15 March 1944)
SS-Sturmbannführer Jakob Fick (17 January 1912 - 22 April 2004)
SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Kniep (13 December 1909 - 2 April 1944)
Source :
Denis Daum photo collection
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