Original Color Photographs of Erwin Rommel by Walter Frentz

Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Africa") in a picture taken on 1 October 1942 by Walter Frentz during award ceremony with Hitler at Reichskanzlei in Berlin, Germany. In this event, Rommel was awarded his Marschallstab (Marshal Baton) and interimstab. He was also received the "Große Urkunde" for his Schwerter (on the same time). On that day a formal ceremony took place in the Reichskanzlei at which Rommel was presented by Adolf Hitler with his Marschallstab, the ornate ceremonial field marshal’s baton that accompanied his promotion to that rank which had been conferred on 22 June 1942 following the capture of Tobruk. In accordance with Wehrmacht custom Rommel also received the simpler Interimstab intended for everyday use, while the richly decorated Marschallstab itself, covered in red velvet and ornamented with the Wehrmachtsadler and Eisernes Kreuz, was reserved for formal occasions. At the same audience Hitler handed over the Große Urkunde, the large official certificate documenting the earlier award of the Schwerter zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub that Rommel had received on 20 January 1942 as General der Panzertruppen and Befehlshaber der Panzer-Gruppe Afrika. The presentation occurred during Rommel’s brief leave in Germany after the summer fighting in North Africa, with senior officers of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, including Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, present in the study of the Reichskanzlei. Contemporary accounts describe Rommel entering the room, receiving the black leather case containing the glittering baton, and acknowledging the honour in the presence of Hitler’s adjutants and his own aide. Later that day and in the following days Rommel appeared as guest of honour at public events in Berlin, including a rally at the Sportpalast, where he displayed the newly conferred symbols of his rank while the German press and radio celebrated the Desert Fox at the height of his wartime prestige.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2021354&hilit=rommel#p2021354
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/201/Rommel-Erwin-Johannes-Eugen.htm
https://www.walter-frentz-collection.de/fotoarchiv/personenarchiv-a-z/personen-n-r/