Hauptmann and Ritterkreuzträger Alfred Ziemann from schwere-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93 with one of the NCO of his company. The latter is wearing the collar patches adopted for the grey Sturmartillerie-feldjacke in May 1940. Ziemann received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 9 January 1944 as Oberleutnant and Chef 1.Kompanie / schwere-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93. Behind them is a Panzerjäger Nashorn (Sd.Kfz. 164) of their unit. The schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93 (sometimes listed as schwere Heeres-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93) was formed on 26 July 1943 from Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93 and was equipped with Nashorn tank destroyers. It was destroyed on the Eastern front in August 1944. It was refitted and saw action on the Western Front and ended the war in the Ruhr pocket.
Source :
"German Army Uniforms: Heer 1933-1945" by Ricardo Recio Cardona & Antonio González Sánchez
https://www.axishistory.com/books/153-germany-heer/heer-other-units/4491-schwere-heeres-panzerjaeger-abteilung-93
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