Description
WWII GERMAN OFFICER & NCO PORTRAIT: 2nd CO. 62nd INFANTRY REG’T
WWII German Wehrmacht Unit Portrait Shows the Officers and NCOs of Second Company, 62nd Infantry Regiment While Stationed At Landshut In Lower Bavaria During 1937. Entire piece measures approximately 14×12 inches. Verbiage at the top roughly translates “To Commemorate My Time In Service.” Piece remains in overall GOOD Condition with the custom border/matting showing clearly visible signs of age, wear, discoloration and damage. There is also a crack in the matting in the area of the machine gun that is visible in the photos. Crack is not overly apparent when the piece is displayed flat as it would be in a frame. The actual IMAGE remains in VERY GOOD Condition and the NCO who this once belonged to IDENTIFIED himself in the photo. Image remains very clear with excellent detail. No readily apparent blemishes to the portrait itself. In over 25 years of buying and selling military antiques, this is the first photo of this type that we have ever offered for sale that maintained the original cardboard border denoting the unit and location. While the piece is by no means perfect, it does remain solid and is NOT fragile. Would look very nice in a vintage or faux vintage frame.
The 62nd Infantry Regiment at the time of this photo through the end of the war was part of the Wehrmacht’s 7th Infantry Division. The 62nd was one of the first units to receive the K98k Mauser Service Carbine and the MG34 Machine Gun. The regiment took part in the Anschluss, the October Occupation of the Sudetenland and fought in the Polish Campaign. In May of 1940, the regiment took part in the attack on the Jaliana Canal, a tributary of the Meuse River. The close of this campaign ended the regiment’s 2,250 kilometer combat march and saw them stationed at St Omer, near Calais, France. It was here the regiment would train for Operation Sea Lion until April of 1941. The regiment continued combat operations with the 7th Infantry Division and surrendered to Soviet forces at Stutthof in May of 1945.
