SS-Hauptsturmführer Heinz Macher of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" photographed in late 1944. Macher, commanding 16.Kompanie (Pionier) / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland", was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Crosses) in 3 April 1943 for his feat-of-arms during the operations in the Kharkov campaign at the beginning of 1943, and the Eichenlaub (Oak Leaves) in 19 August 1944 when Macher and his battle-hardened men participated in no less than 64 attacks and patrols within a week of arriving in Normandy, France, as well as fended of the attacks of the enemy 37 times! He was also one of the 631 soldiers who received the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp in Gold) in 18 October 1944, for more than 50 days accumulated and documented of hand-to-hand fighting.
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