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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Eichenlaub Award Ceremony for Erwin Meierdrees


Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) congratulates and shakes hands with SS-Hauptsturmführer Erwin Meierdrees (Kommandeur I.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf" / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf") during the audience which were held at Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze in Rastenburg, East Prussia, 13 October 1943. Abteilungskommandeur Meierdrees received the Eichenlaub #310 on 5 October 1943 for his many heroic deeds during the Battle of Kursk and the months after that. The other recipients of the Eichenlaub in Totenkopf were (in order of awarding): Theodor Eicke, Georg Bochmann, Otto Baum, Hermann Priess, Karl Ulrrich, Helmut Becker, Max Simon, and Fritz Biermeier.

Source :
Tim Willemsen photo collection
"Erwin Meierdrees: Panzer Kommandeur " by Konstantinos Laios
http://adolfhitlerbestpictures.blogspot.com/2009/12/adolf-hitler-pictures-in-award-ceremony.html

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