Walter Model Visiting Aachen in Kübelwagen

Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B) aboard a Kübelwagen on an inspection trip to German command posts in the vicinity of Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany), on 9 October 1944. Here he was visiting 246. Volksgrenadier-Division, led by Oberst Gerhard Wilck who doubles as Kampfkommandant Aachen. The command post is located in a bunker of the Westwall fortification. Seated in the back seat are two staff officers of Heeregruppe B who were also Ritterkreuzträger (recipient of Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), from left to right: Leutnant der Reserve Hans Luthardt and SS-Hauptsturmführer Heinrich Springer. This photo also shows the use of the Zeltbahn as tarnung (camouflage) on the front hood, an unusual practice! The photo was taken by Kriegsberichter Scheerer and was first published on October 16, 1944. The city of Aachen itself became the first German territory to fall into the hands of the Allies after the battle that took place from October 2 to 21, 1944.

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aachen