Documents and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser SS Helmets Makes for an interesting bring

Makes for an interesting bring home piece

The waist is a size 32 and these are 36” in overall length

There are cinch straps at the hips

who would submit the list of acceptable recipients to the Staatsminister und Chef der Präsidialkanzlei des Führers und Reichskanzlers

Heinrich Himmler sent these figurine sets to the wives of SS Gruppenführer and SS Oberuppenführers

Documents and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser SS Helmets Makes for an interesting bringDocuments and Photos to Obergefreiter Heinz Gropengiesser Gropengiessen was a paratrooper who fought during Unternehmen Merkur (Operation Mercury), the German airborne invasion of Crete. The grouping includes the following: 1) seven photos of Gropengiesser, three of which show him wearing the ribbon for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, the Iron Cross 1st Class, and the Paratrooper Badge; 2) large, early award document for the Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen