Anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, show your images

[harryamb2]

the soldier stuck head in the snow,this was quite common on both sides to stand the dead up to decieve or for fun if enemy.

[Martin Bull]

Hand-written on the reverse is 'end-October 1941'.....

[James N]

Bruder,
Walter Koch ist geb(oren) am 3.8.18.
in Plattenhardt a(n) / F(ilderstadt?).
u(nd) ist gef(allen) am 23.12.41 in xxxxx
liegt er begraben auf dem Feldfriedhof
Eingerückt am 8. Sept(ember (19)39.
Ballpoint: Gefallen 23.12.41.

"Brother,
Walter Koch was born on the 3rd of August 1918
in Plattenhardt near F(ilderstadt?)
and fell on the 23rd of December 1941
he lies buried on the war/front cemetery of xxxx.
He was drafted/went into the army on the 8th of September 1939
Ballpoint: Fell on the 23rd of December 1941."

I am reminded of the tremendous loss of Barbarossa by this haunting portrait from my collection of Gefrieter Walter Koch who, from his date of death, likely died during the Russian counteroffensive. According to the collector who translated the difficult Sutterleinschrift, the place were he was born is likely "Plattenhardt" somewhat south of Stuttgart.

[Martin Bull]

Hand-writen on the reverse of this one is 'Stuka-attack on the Isthmus of Crimea, Sept.41'....

[Totenhead]

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Some poppuri: pictures from the Soviet side

Great pictures Dimas, some nice early PPsH-41's on show there, and in picture 12, a captured Mp40 ???

[Totenhead]

A couple of mine, think they are Eastern Front, can someone help with the writing on the back of the small one ?? Attachment 442373Attachment 442368