Rommel as Oberstleutnant

Erwin Rommel as an Oberstleutnant, in the period between March 1935 to July 1937. At that time he served as "Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam".

Source :
https://www.leo-bw.de/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/kgl_biographien/118602446/Rommel+Erwin+Eugen+Johannes

Rommel at Regimentstag Stuttgart

 

"Regimentstag" in Stuttgart, 1934. From left to right: Major Erwin Rommel (Kommandeur III.Bataillon [Jäger] / Infanterie-Regiment 17), Char. Generalmajor Alois Ritter von Molo (Leiter Wehrbezirkskommando II Stuttgart), Rudolf Weckler (a sergeant in Rommel's battalion in the First World War and his friend of many years), Oberst a.D. Schniger, and General der Infanterie a.D. Franz Freiherr von Soden (head of 125th Infantry Regiment's Association of Retired Officers).

Source :
"Discovering The Rommel Murder: The Life And Death Of The Desert Fox" by Charles F. Marshall
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2440625#p2440625
http://prussianmachine.com/akb/soden.htm

Rommel at Kriegsschule Potsdam

 

From left to right: Oberstleutnant Johannes Frießner (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe B an der Kriegsschule Potsdam), Oberst Wilhelm Wetzel (Kommandeur Kriegsschule Potsdam), and Oberstleutnant Erwin Rommel (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam). There is no description of when and where this photo was taken, but most likely it was in the summer of 1937 when the three men were both serving at the Kriegsschule Potsdam. During his tenure at the German Army's most important war school, Rommel took the time to wrote the book "Infanterie Greift an" (Infantry Attack), which were later being used as a handbook on the training of the foot soldiers in many countries. In 1936 Rommel was served temporarily as Hitler's bodyguard at the Nürnberg Reichsparteitag. The Führer was so impressed by the skills of the talented young officer that he chose Rommel to be the commander of his headquarters and personal bodyguard unit for the period of 1938-1940. The three person depicted in this picture were latter awarded the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, with Rommel receive the highest grade: Brillanten.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2282081#p2282081