Wilhelm Walther as leader of the Student Company in Grenzschutz (Technisches Hochschule Dresden), Zeithain, autumn 1931. The motorcycle is a Victoria model KR 50 SV. Years later he would received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 24 June 1940 as Oberleutnant and Stosstruppführer in 4.Kompanie / Baulehrbataillon z.b.V. 800. Awarded for capturing a strategic bridge at Gennep during the assault on the Netherlands. Leading an 8-man team disguised as Dutch military police escorting German prisoners, they made their assault seizing the bridge and disabling the detonators.
Source :
"Brandenburger: Wartime Photographs of Wilhelm Walther" by Anthony Rogers
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