Infantry Assault Badge ~ Battle Damage!

[ChrisKelly]

[TracA]

Chris,

 

Fascinating. That is, to me, an iconic and often reproduced photo. I never noticed the damage to the Infantry Assault Badge. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

All the best,

 

Tracy

[ChrisKelly]

The wearer was identified as Oberleutnant Friedrich Konrad Winkler, commander 6.kompanie/577.Infanterie-Regiment/305.Infanterie-Division, and the photograph was made in Stalingrad, sometime in early Autumn 1942.

 

Sources:

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/305th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)

 

https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/infanterie-sturmabzeichen-forum/my-258537/

 

https://stabswache-de-euros.blogspot.com/2012/10/hauptmann-friedrich-konrad-winkler.html?m=1

 

http://www.argunners.com/story-behind-famous-stalingrad-photograph/

 

https://stoessisheroes.com/meet-the-heroes-german-hauptmann-friedrich-konrad-winkler/

 

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/stalingrad-nfantry-assault-badges/

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by ChrisKelly

[TracA]

Thank you for the information and excellent links.

 

Tracy