From left to right: Colonel Hugo Schimmel (1914-1998, Infanterie-Regiment 41), Lieutenant Colonel Bruno Kahl (1914-1999, schweres Heeres-Panzerjäger-Regiment 656), Colonel Karl Langesee (1910-1989, Jäger-Regiment 207) and Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Höhne (1915-1962, Jäger-Regiment 204).

Knight's Cross holders

A group of hastily organized SS troops, tasked with repelling the Allied paratroopers during Operation Market Garden. The troops in this image are on their way to the landing site of a British Hang-glider. The original caption only states it to be an SS-PK. 