| A German prisoner captured by the 16th Infantry Regiment. Left to right, he wears the Deutscher Reichsbund fur Leibesubungen (“National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise”) badge. Fallschirmschützenabzeichen (“The Parachutist Badge”), a badge awarded to qualified parachutists of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. Lastly, a Hitler Jugend Leistungsabzeichen (“Hitler Youth Achievement”) badge that would have been awarded for the successful completion of a series of tests measuring physical and ideological proficiency, rated according to the Leistungsbuch (“identity document and performance book”). The tyr-rune (“arrow shape”) represents the warrior god Tyr. | |
| Image Filename | wwii0339.jpg |
| Image Size | 588.37 KB |
| Image Dimensions | 2332 x 2926 |
| Photographer | Sergeant Bill Augustine |
| Photographer Title | United States Army Signal Corps |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | January 15, 1945 |
| Location | |
| City | Weywertz |
| State or Province | Wallonia |
| Country | Belgium |
| Archive | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Record Number | NWDNS-111-SC-341504 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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