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Between steel helmet and longing – everyday life in field gray (part 612) _de

The photo shows an exhausted German officer after heavy fighting in Stalingrad (1942).

A German soldier carries an MG-42 machine gun on his shoulder.

The photo shows a German soldier on horseback (1940).

The photo shows a Waffen-SS soldier with an ammunition belt for an MG-42 on the Eastern Front (1943).

The photo shows a highly decorated German soldier.

Awards:

  • Iron Cross 1st Class

  • Iron Cross 2nd Class

  • Wound Badge

  • Infantry Assault Badge

  • Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42

  • Melee Clasp

  • Sudetenland Medal

  • 4 Tank Destruction Badges

The photo shows a German soldier with an MG-34 machine gun during the Battle of France (1940).

The photo shows a young German soldier with an MG-34 machine gun during the Battle of France (1940).

German paratrooper with an MG-42 machine gun.

In the photo, a German paratrooper carries an MG-34 machine gun on his shoulder.

The photo shows German soldiers of the Afrika Korps (DAK) with an MG-34 machine gun (1942).

German soldier with an MG-34 machine gun.
The iconic Eiffel Tower is clearly visible in the foreground (1942).

In this photo, a German sergeant major is scanning a trench with his MP-40 for possible targets during the Battle of the Bulge (1944).
His comrade can be seen armed with a Karabiner 98k.

In the photo, young German soldiers with an MG-42 machine gun on the Eastern Front (1943).

This photo shows a mountain infantryman during military training (1940).
The Kriegsmarine insignia is visible on his left sleeve.

German soldiers with an 8 cm Granatwerfer 34 (80 mm mortar).

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