Documents and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser SS Helmets Text is in in German

Text is in in German and printed in a beautiful gothic script

he died of his wounds to his stomach and abdomen on 12 January 1942

Makes for an interesting bring home piece

Excellent and desirable

The waist is a size 32 and these are 36” in overall length

Documents and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser SS Helmets Text is in in GermanDocuments and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser Gropengiessen was a paratrooper who fought during Unternehmen Merkur (Operation Mercury), the German airborne invasion of Crete. The grouping includes the following: 1) seven photos of Gropengiesser, three of which show him wearing the ribbon for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, the Iron Cross 1st Class, and the Paratrooper Badge; 2) large, early award document for the Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen