Walter Pape with His Comrades

 

 

Unteroffizier Walter pape with his comrades in the front during Unternehmen Barbarossa, summer 1941. He wears Ritterkreuz on his neck and the other medal on his left pocket is Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse. On the pocket is also Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen, while in the second button he wears Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse ribbon. Walter Pape (20 November 1914 - 5 June 1989) received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 7 March 1941 as Unteroffizier and Grüppenführer in 5.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Infanterie Regiment 211 / 71.Infanterie-Division.

 

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