Rommel photo - private or press?

[Hank C.]

Hey all, came tucked in an EK2 packet. It's very sharp, but my camera and lighting situation at the moment don't lend themselves to better detail.

Anyhoo, is this a common pic of him? Figure some of you photo or Rommel collectors might recognize if it's a mass-produced one, or something personal.

Print has Agfa Brovira in one spot on the back, and a hand written Roman numeral IV, nothing else.

Thanks much in advance,
Hank

[milcollector]

hard to say Hank.
Whoever took the photo had security clearance to get within a couple of feet of Rommel so I would tend to think it was someone of a semi-official status.
Many of the Afrika units had photographers who took photo sets and then sold prints of them to the average grunts within that unit. I would tend to think it was one of those, rather than a one-off opportune shot.