I am in possession of some photos from the estate of Aloise Meixlsperger, a German artillery officer in WWII who served in a self-propelled gun unit on the Eastern Front.
Among the photos is one of Herr Meixlsperger wearing his self-propelled gun "wrap around" tunic. This photo (a Christmas present to his family in 1944) shows him wearing the Iron Cross first class, Infantry Assault badge, wound badge (in silver or gold - can't tell from B/W photo), a Tank Destruction strip, and the German Cross.
Of Note: According to the family, Herr Meixlsperger and the Soviet tank he destroyed to earn the Tank Destruction strip were feature briefly in one of the weekly propaganda newsreels shown in Germany during the war.
Does anyone have any information regarding Aloise Meixlsperger? Being a German Cross holder, is there any way to obtain information concerning his earning of this award?
I don't have photo posting rights here, but if someone with such rights will e-mail me I will send photos that can be added to this thread.
asmith@bakerdonelson.com
Thanks,
Alan Smith
Jackson, MS
USA
Among the photos is one of Herr Meixlsperger wearing his self-propelled gun "wrap around" tunic. This photo (a Christmas present to his family in 1944) shows him wearing the Iron Cross first class, Infantry Assault badge, wound badge (in silver or gold - can't tell from B/W photo), a Tank Destruction strip, and the German Cross.
Of Note: According to the family, Herr Meixlsperger and the Soviet tank he destroyed to earn the Tank Destruction strip were feature briefly in one of the weekly propaganda newsreels shown in Germany during the war.
Does anyone have any information regarding Aloise Meixlsperger? Being a German Cross holder, is there any way to obtain information concerning his earning of this award?
I don't have photo posting rights here, but if someone with such rights will e-mail me I will send photos that can be added to this thread.
asmith@bakerdonelson.com
Thanks,
Alan Smith
Jackson, MS
USA
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