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Sunday, July 5, 2020

Erich Löffler with Wehrmacht Officer


Private photo of three Wehrmacht soldiers - the officer on the far right is Hauptmann Erich Löffler and he wears the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes and a sleeve stripe for Panzerknacker (tank destroyers). The middle one is a non-commissioned officer and he also wears the sleeve stripe for tank destroyers very clearly!

Hauptmann Erich Löffler received the following awards:
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung, IV. Klasse
- Eisernes Kreuz (1939) 2. und 1. Klasse
- Medaille „Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42“
- Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
- Four Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 7 October 1942 as Hauptmann and Kommandeur of II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 57 / 9.Infanterie-Division

He fell on March 17, 1945 as an Oberstleutnant and Stadtkommandant Frankfurt am Main.
Source :
https://richarddaw.at/ii.-weltkrieg/fotos-papiere-und-urkunden/12326/foto-wehrmacht-panzervernichter-ritterkreuz

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