Cropped version of A German Tank Commander Stands Atop His Tank Drinking From a Canteen National Archives Catalog, National Archives and Records Administration , U.S.A.): 242-GAP-190B-4 001 WW2 (Record Group 242: National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized / Series: Photographs taken by Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Waffen-SS) A World War II German officer in a Wehrmacht Heer 'Panzer' division from the Afrika Korps drinks from a canteen while standing atop a PzKpfw III tank in early 1941. He wears a tropical uniform with shorts and lace-up boots. He is awarded the Iron Cross and the Panzerkampfabzeichen . A pith helmet and jerry cans for carrying water are visible on the tank. In the turret of the tank, a comrade is seen with a headset, eating from his mess kit.