A Waffen SS soldier in action, using a Mauser 98k rifle with fixed bayonet in the Eastern Front; 1941.
  The Karabiner 98k "Mauser", adopted in the mid-1930s, became the most common infantry rifle in service in the German Army during World War II. as their standard issue rifle.   
   


Waffen SS soldier with a Mauser

Death mask of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, discovered by U.S. Seventh Army troops in 1945.

Death mask 

Some Red Army soldiers surrender to men from the Das Reich SS Division, on the Eastern Front; August 25, 1941.
