Documents and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser SS Helmets commonly known as the Sudetenland

commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal

who would submit the list of acceptable recipients to the Staatsminister und Chef der Präsidialkanzlei des Führers und Reichskanzlers

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

Model 1938 NSKK Honor Guard Gorget-This is an incredibly rare example

Documents and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser SS Helmets commonly known as the SudetenlandDocuments 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