Bernhard Griese, Hermann Fegelein and Rudolf Pannier

The Ritterkreuzträger of the Ordnungspolizei and Waffen-SS during the "Fortsetzung folgt" (To Be Continued) event at the Berliner Rundfunk, 24 May 1942. From left to right: Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei Bernhard Griese (Kommandeur Polizei-Schützen-Batallion 323 / 442.Spezial Kommando), Heinz Goedecke (rundfunksprecher), SS Standartenführer der Reserve Hermann Fegelein (Inspekteur des Reit- und Fahrwesens / SS-Führungshauptamt), and SS-Sturmbannführer Rudolf Pannier (Kommandeur I.Bataillon / Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2 / SS-Polizei-Division).

Source :
https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/en/search/?query=129743674

Hermann Fegelein and Gustav Lombard

SS-Brigadeführer Hermann Fegelein (Kommandeur SS-Kavallerie-Division) and SS-Standartenführer der Reserve Gustav Lombard (Kommandeur SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 1 / SS-Kavallerie-Division). The picture was taken between May-September 1943.

Source :
https://inf.news/en/military/b3f77530e4d0e015bd3839c6b81ff7c0.html

Joachim Lemelsen and Ferdinand Schörner in Swimsuit

General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen (left) and General der Gebirgstruppe Ferdinand Schörner in swimming trunks. There is no information about when and where this picture was taken, but probably in March-May 1944 when 6. Armee (Lemelsen) were subordinated to Heeresgruppe Südukraine (Schörner).

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewforum.php?f=5

Officers of SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" in Erlangen (1943)

Officers of I.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich" posed together in a picture taken in Erlangen, Bavaria, 1943. From left to right: SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve Karl Mühleck (Zugführer in 2.Kompanie / SS-Panzer-Regiment 2. Later received the Ritterkreuz on 4 June 1944), SS-Obersturmführer Joachim-Günther Schöntaube (Chef 2.Kompanie / Panzer Regiment 2, with one Panzervernichtungsabzeichen which he received when he was still with the recon unit), SS-Hauptsturmführer Herbert Kuhlmann (Führer I.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 2. Later received the Ritterkreuz on 13 February 1944), SS-Hauptsturmführer Friedrich Holzer (Chef 1.Kompanie / SS-Panzer-Regiment 2. Later received the Ritterkreuz on 10 December 1943), SS-Untersturmführer Josef Zacharias (Zugführer in 1.Kompanie / SS-Panzer-Regiment 2), and SS-Untersturmführer Lorenz Emmerling (Zugführer in 3.Kompanie / SS-Panzer-Regiment 2). The picture was at least taken after the Third Battle of Kharkov (March 1943) but before Battle of Kursk (July 1943). Mark C. Yerger photo collection.

Source :
Mark C. Yerger photo collection
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=328624&page=9
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2012/12/panzer-commanders-of-das-reich-and-lssah.html

Heinz Harmel and August Dieckmann

SS-Standartenführer Heinz Harmel (center, Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland" / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich") in conversation with SS-Obersturmbannführer August Dieckmann (left, Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland" / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking"), his long-time friend from the time in "Germania" and "Der Führer" Regiments. The picture was probably taken during the meeting of "Das Reich" and "Wiking" in September 1943 near Kharkov, when both divisions subordinated to the III. Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppe Hermann Breith).

Source :
https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/detail/02cd0cba-025b-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464/media/b8158c9e-8f7d-b147-f35b-79bdcccdfa0d?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=harmel&rows=1&page=1
https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/bron/https%3A%2F%2Fbeeldbankwo2.nl%2Fnl%2Fbeelden%2Fdetail%2F02cd0cba-025b-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464%2Fmedia%2Fb8158c9e-8f7d-b147-f35b-79bdcccdfa0d

Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony of 29. Infanterie-Division (mot.)

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for the two members of 29. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert) were held on 13 August 1941 near Smolensk, Soviet Union, during Unternehmen Barbarossa. The two recipients are:
1. Generalmajor Walter von Boltenstern (kommandeur 29.Infanterie-Division)
2. Leutnant Wilhelm Henz (Führer 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29)

Generalmajor Walter von Boltenstern (kommandeur 29.Infanterie-Division) being presented with the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes by General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen (Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps). The picture was taken during the Ritterkreuz award ceremony near Smolensk, Eastern Front, which were held on 13 August 1941 during Unternehmen Barbarossa.

Leutnant Wilhelm Henz (Führer 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29 / 29.Infanterie-Division) being presented with the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes by General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen (Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps). The picture was taken during the Ritterkreuz award ceremony near Smolensk, Eastern Front, which were held on 13 August 1941 during Unternehmen Barbarossa.



Leutnant Wilhelm Henz (Führer 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29 / 29.Infanterie-Division) after the Ritterkreuz award ceremony on 13 August 1941. He received the news of his Ritterkreuz award five days previously (8 August 1941).

From left to right: Oberstleutnant Hans Hecker (Kommandeur Pionier-Bataillon 29 / 29.Infanterie-Division), Generalmajor Walter von Boltenstern (kommandeur 29.Infanterie-Division), Leutnant Wilhelm Henz (Führer 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29 / 29.Infanterie-Division), and General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen (Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps). The picture was taken during the Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Boltenstern and Henz which were held on 13 August 1941 near Smolensk, Eastern Front.

From left to right: Generalmajor Walter von Boltenstern (kommandeur 29.Infanterie-Division), Leutnant Wilhelm Henz (Führer 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29 / 29.Infanterie-Division), General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen (Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps), and Oberstleutnant i.G. Gerhard Franz (Ia 29. Infanterie-Division). The picture was taken during the Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Boltenstern and Henz which were held on 13 August 1941 near Smolensk, Eastern Front.



General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen (left), Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps (motorisiert), with the three Ritterkreuzträger (Ritterkreuz recipients) from 29. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), from left to right: Oberstleutnant Hans Hecker (Kommandeur Pionier-Bataillon 29), Generalmajor Walter von Boltenstern (kommandeur 29.Infanterie-Division), and Leutnant Wilhelm Henz (Führer 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29). The picture was taken during the Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Boltenstern and Henz which were held on 13 August 1941 near Smolensk, Eastern Front.

Source :
Jason D. Mark photo collection
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2014/03/album-foto-29-infanterie-division-29.html
https://www.alamy.com/general-von-boltenstern-being-decorated-by-general-lemelsen-with-the-knights-cross-of-the-iron-cross-operation-barbarossa-german-invasion-of-russia-1941-15th-infantary-division-of-the-thuringia-kurhessen-division-image359297448.html
https://crainsmilitaria.com/index.php?route=common/home
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29879&p=2380550&hilit=henz#p2380550
https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-era-militaria/order-of-battle-and-individual-research-forum/638165-rkt-leutnant-wilhelm-henz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4NhaT5doE

Léon Degrelle with His Soldiers in the Trench

SS-Obersturmbannführer der Reserve Léon Degrelle (Kommandeur 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division "Wallonien") distributes cigarettes to his soldiers. The picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Niquille near Stargard, Pomerania (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek said that the photo was taken on 7 March 1945, while Bundesarchiv said that it was taken at the end of February 1945). The Soviet counter-offensive, launched on 1 March 1945, pushed the Wallonien before it, and over the next few weeks was in almost constant combat throughout Central Pomerania until it reached the Oder near Stettin. The Wallonien, fighting alongside the Langemarck managed to hold a thin strip of land on the eastern bank of the Oder until it was forced back across the river in early April, 1945.

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J28764
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek photo archive (Image-No.: 50090409)
https://albumwar2.com/commander-of-the-28th-ss-division-wallonien-leon-degrelle-distributes-cigarettes-to-his-soldiers/
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2010/10/album-foto-leon-degrelle.html
https://waralbum.ru/45175/

Six Ritterkreuzträger from Kampfgeschwader 55

Six Ritterkreuzträger who served or once served in II.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 55 (KG 55) "Greif" posing together for the camera, summer 1944. From left to right: Hauptmann Robert Seib (Staffelkapitän 6.Staffel / II.Gruppe. Ritterkreuz on 9 October 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän 6./KG 55), Major Heinrich "Heinz" Höfer (Gruppenkommandeur II.Gruppe. Ritterkreuz on 3 September 1943 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur II./KG 55 and later Eichenlaub on 18 November 1944 in the same position), Oberst Friedrich Kless (Chef des Generalstabes Luftflotte 6. Ritterkreuz on 14 October 1940 as Gruppenkommandeur II./KG 55), Major Dipl.-ing. Wilhelm "Willy" Antrup (Geschwaderkommodore Kampfgeschwader 55. Ritterkreuz on 13 November 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän 5./KG 55 and later Eichenlaub on 18 November 1944 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore KG 55), Hauptmann Eitel-Albert Barth (Ic IV. Fliegerkorps. Ritterkreuz on 24 March 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer 4./KG 55), and Oberleutnant Josef Luxenburger (Stabsoffizier Luftflotte 6. Ritterkreuz on 3 April 1943 as Oberleutnant and Beobachter in 4./KG 55).

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2467024#p2467024

Gehrmann, Dörffel and Meinicke

 

Welcoming ceremony for two pilots of I.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1). From left to right: Oberleutnant der Reserve Johannes Gehrmann (Staffelkapitän 3.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 1), Hauptmann Georg Dörffel (Gruppenkommandeur I.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 1), and Leutnant Johannes Meinicke (Staffelführer 1.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 1). The picture was taken in the summer of 1943 by Kriegsberichter Jütte.

Source :
https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?topicid=dcx-thes_personen_774u7o73gz7u6hfvdfs