German Gebirgsjäger (mountain troopers) posing with a knocked-out light enemy tank. Norway, 1940.

Norway 1940

German Gebirgsjäger (mountain troopers) grieve for their comrade near Forsnat/Norway, June 1940. Note the grave with the paratrooper helmet.

Mountain trooper's grave

Death card of two brothers from Lower Bavaria. Benno, who served in the infantry, was killed on September 17, 1939 near Radymno/Poland aged 22. His brother Franz Xaver (Gebirgsjäger, mountain trooper) died on February 23, 1943 in the Caucasus mountains/Soviet Union at the age of 19.