Ferdinand Schörner, Erwin Rommel and August Wittmann

From left to right: Oberstleutnant Ferdinand Schörner (Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division), Oberst Erwin Rommel (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam), unknown Hitlerjugend official, and Major August Wittmann (Kommandeur II.Abteilung / Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 79 / 1.Gebirgs-Division). The picture was taken at a ski event before the Second World War, 1937-1938. Schörner and Rommel served in the same unit in World War I. Both had been awarded the coveted Pour le Mérite in December of 1917, Schörner on the 5th and Rommel on the 18th.

From left to right: Oberstleutnant Ferdinand Schörner (Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division), Oberst Erwin Rommel (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam), and unknown Hitlerjugend official. The picture was taken at a ski event before the Second World War, 1937-1938.

From left to right: Oberst Erwin Rommel (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam), two unknown Hitlerjugend member, and Oberstleutnant Ferdinand Schörner (Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division). The picture was taken at a ski event before the Second World War, 1937-1938.

Source :
https://medium.com/@managing2024/ferdinand-sch%C3%B6rner-a-controversial-figure-in-german-military-history-b29323abea76
https://www.reddit.com/r/GermanWW2photos/comments/u94eru/oberst_ferdinand_sch%C3%B6rner_and_oberst_erwin_rommel/

Walter Nowotny Watching a Game

Oberleutnant Karl-Heinz Schmidt from 2.Staffel / FAGr 5 (Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5) welcomes Hauptmann Walter Nowotny (Geschwaderkommodore Jagdgeschwader 101) upon his arrival at Mont-de-Marsan airfield, a long-range reconnaissance base in southwestern France, 24 May 1944. Nowotny arrived on his own Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 aircraft to watch a handball game between JG 101 and FAGr 5. Note the execution of the landing gear flap (meaning the presence of an internal flap) and the highly polished paintwork of this Fw 190. The crosses on the fuselage of the planes from JG 101 have an unusual proportion. It is believed that this particular aircraft also had a yellow spiral on the spinner. In this picture you can also see Nowotny's personal symbols - the "13" marking and the "Green Heart" emblem. Even in the presence of their encouraging commander, the handball team of JG 101 lost with a score of 17:4 to the FAGr 5 team.



Hauptmann Walter Nowotny (Geschwaderkommodore Jagdgeschwader 101) and Oberleutnant Karl-Heinz Schmidt (Staffelkapitän 2.Staffel / Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5) watching a handball game between JG 101 and FAGr 5 teams. The match were held on 24 May 1944 in Mont-de-Marsan airfield, a long-range reconnaissance base in southwestern France. Even in the presence of their encouraging commander, the handball team of JG 101 lost with a score of 17:4 to the FAGr 5 team.

White Triple Chevron 8, flown by Hauptmann Walter "Nowi" Nowotny, Jagdgeschwader 101 (JG 101), Pau-Ost/France, 24 May 1944.

Source :
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Fw-190A/JG54-S/pages/Focke-Wulf-Fw-190A-Stab-I.JG54-Walter-Nowotny-Russia-1944-01.html
https://live.warthunder.com/post/323272/en/
http://luftwaffeinprofile.se/Fw%20190%20A4%20Nowi%20JG%20101.html
https://reibert.info/threads/valter-novotny-walter-nowotny.81263/

Hans Kreysing at a Football Match

Gewneralmajor Hans Kreysing (Kommandeur 3. Gebirgs-Division) at a football match, surrounded by his mountain soldiers. From October 1940 to August 1943 he commanded the 3rd Mountain Division, serving in Norway, Lapland and the Eastern Front. Kreysing ended the war with the rank of General of Mountain Troops (German: General der Gebirgstruppe).

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Kreysing
https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-era-militaria/photos-and-paper-items-forum/152358-general-photos?p=13621383#post13621383

Galland and Dickfeld at HJ Competition

Two Adolf: Generalmajor Adolf Galland (left, General der Jagdflieger) and Oberstleutnant Adolf Dickfeld (right, General für den Nachwuchs der Luftwaffe) at a HJ (Hitlerjugend) competion organized with the assistance of NSFK (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps) at Seitz, Quedlinburg, August 1943. Dickfeld is wearing the uniform of HJ-Hauptbannfuhrer.

Source :
ECPAD Archive (courtesy of Blanluet Christophe)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/152986901863424/?post_id=552051921956918

Otto Kretschmer Playing Curling during Winter

January 1941 : U-boat ace Kapitänleutnant Otto Kretschmer (Kommandant U-99) playing curling in the snow during vacation. Kretschmer, of the German Kriegsmarine, was the most successful submarine commander of any navy during the Second World War. In the first 18 months of the war he sank 44 ships totalling over 266,000 tons. His reward was celebrity status in Nazi Germany and he was awarded the coveted Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern (Knight's Cross of the Iron Crosses with Oak Leaves and Swords).

Source :
https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/31067/16681a180a83d321351d3a71c29af66e/
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-admiral-otto-kretschmer-1173919.html
https://uboat.net/men/kretschmer.htm