On November 21, 1941, a group of German children visited the German paratroopers in the Lustgarten on Berlin’s Museum Island. When the boys saw the sophisticated equipment, they couldn’t help but touch it.

In the photo, German soldiers are welcomed with flowers by the Lithuanian population (1942).

A soldier can be seen carrying an MG-34 machine gun over his shoulder.

The photo shows a German soldier with German children during a demonstration of the use of an MG-34 machine gun (1943).

The photo shows German soldiers in a trench during military training on the Atlantic Wall (1944).

In the photo, a highly decorated German sergeant major examines the 152 mm self-propelled gun SU-152.

Awards:

Iron Cross 1st Class.

Iron Cross 2nd Class.

Infantry Assault Badge.

Wound Badge.

The photo shows the crew of a Tiger II (1944).

Note the number of rings on the muzzle of the gun.

In the photo, German soldiers at attention in the center of Paris (1940).

German soldiers with an MG-08/15 machine gun (1940).

In the photo a German soldier with a Karabiner 98k.

In the photo, an SS soldier carries an ammunition box on his shoulder (1942).

In the background you can see a soldier with an MG-34 machine gun.

A German soldier with an MG-34 machine gun.

A German soldier with an MG-34 machine gun.

In the background, a German soldier can be seen using binoculars to observe possible targets.

German soldier with an MP-40 submachine gun on the Eastern Front (1942).