Marshal Baton Ceremony for Rommel

Original color portraits of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika") which was taken by Hitler's personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann on 30 September 1942 when Rommel was presented his marschallstab (Marshal baton) by Hitler at Neue Reichskanzlei, Berlin. These would be 100% agfacolor color 35mm slide film taken by Hoffmann. Then the agfacolor film would have been converted to the standard color printing process of the time. A lot of the rich colours and debt from the agfacolor film would have been lost in the printing process. Much after 1943 most of these portraits were all photographed using color film.

Source :
https://www.bpk-bildagentur.de/shop
https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=erwin+rommel&Brand=&_dcat=1
https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-era-militaria/photos-and-paper-items-forum/13494062-rommel-postcard

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