Monday, November 4, 2013

Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel as Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika", wearing his tropenuniform (tropical uniform). Behind him standing Afrikakorps officer with the background of palm trees


 Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (1894-1944) from "Signal" Magazine, No. 17, First Edition of September 1942. He is wearing three medals (!) in his neck: Pour le mérite (received 10 December 1917 as Oberleutnant and Kommandeur of a Kampfgruppe from württembg. Gebirgs-Bataillon), Schwerter zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub #6 (received 20 January 1942 as Generalleutnant and Oberbefehlshaber der Panzergruppe Afrika), and Italian Military Order of Savoy (received 1941)


Sources:
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Marshal-Erwin-Rommel-1894-1944-from-Signal-Magazine-No-17-First-Edition-of-September-1942-Posters_i1343323_.htm
http://www.warcolorphotos.com/308-feldmarschall-erwin-rommel

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