Major Walter Gericke (left, Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 / 2.Fallschirmjäger-Division) and a medical officer of his battalion on the heights of the Orsini Palace in Monterotondo, 9 September 1943. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Eugen Gremelsbacher from Kriegsberichterzug XI. Fliegerkorps.
Major Walter Gericke (center, Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 / 2.Fallschirmjäger-Division) at the heights of the Orsini Palace in Monterotondo, a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy, on 9 September 1943. Gericke is wearing the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on his neck, which he received on 14 June 1941. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Eugen Gremelsbacher from Kriegsberichterzug XI. Fliegerkorps.
Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Oberleutnant Johann Engelhardt (Chef 8.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 11 / 4.Fallschirmjäger-Division) which were held on 29 February 1944 at the Anzio-Nettuno front, Italy. He is congratulated by his regimental commander Major Walter Gericke (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 11).
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ECPAD Archives
