Unteroffizier Willy Zimmermann of 6.Kompanie / Grenadier-Regiment 80 / 34.Infanterie-Division - awarded the Nahkampfspange and the ribbon bar of the Ostmedaille - sitting with MP 40 submachine gun in winter landscape. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Wehmeyer of Propaganda-Kompanie 697 (PK 697) on the Eastern Front in January 1944. Wilhelm "Willy" Zimmermann (21 March 1920 - 9 February 2002) received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 23 October 1944 as Feldwebel and Zugführer in the 6.Kompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 80. His additional medals and decorations: Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen (6 December 1941), Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (10 April 1942), Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (22 April 1942), Eisernes Kreuz II klasse (31 July 1942), Eisernes Kreuz I klasse (3 September 1942), Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber (1 March 1943), Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold (14 September 1943), and Nahkampfsprange in Bronze (13 October 1944). His last rank was Oberfeldwebel.
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