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by **Peter H** on 12 Mar 2003 06:10

The officer on the far left is Erwin Rommel.French village 1917.

From The Great Battles of World War 1,Jack Wren 1972,page 285.

by **Peter H** on 12 Mar 2003 09:52

Rommel 1915.

From 'Infantry Attacks' 1944 edition.

by **U99** on 12 Mar 2003 11:02

Nice photos. You wouldn't by chance have a pic of Rommel in the Alpenkorps in Rumania in 1916? Thanks in advance.

by **Peter H** on 13 Mar 2003 02:49

U99,
All I have left is this 1918 photo.Rommel with Pour le Merite.
He looks unwell.

by **Silviu** on 13 Mar 2003 03:05

Hello,

Here is a picture of Rommel in the Alpenkorps in WW1.

Silviu

by **Peter H** on 13 Mar 2003 05:46

From David Irving's The Trail of the Fox.
Future Desert Fox with pet fox.

by **U99** on 14 Mar 2003 05:36

Thanks Silviu and Moulded.

by **Benoit Douville** on 15 Mar 2003 04:11

Here is a great book about Rommel. A large part of this book deal with Rommel in World war I.

by **Peter H** on 01 Aug 2007 06:28

From Desmond Young's Rommel the Desert Fox,1951 edition

by **Peter H** on 13 Aug 2007 14:29

From Irving's The Trail of the Fox.

Erwin & Lucy

by **Dieter Zinke** on 15 Aug 2007 17:30

Since decades in my collection

Dieter Z.

by **Glenn2438** on 15 Aug 2007 17:39

Here is a picture of Rommel in the Alpenkorps in WW1.

In fact taken in the early thirties when the then Major Rommel was commanding the III.(Jäger)/17. Infanterie-Regiment at Goslar.

Regards
Glenn

Rommel pic from WW1