German souvenir from Crete

New Zealand soldiers gather around a member of the 28th (Maori) Battalion who proudly displays a German Iron Cross souvenired during the Battle for Crete. The men were at a party held at Maadi Camp, Egypt, in 1941 for members of the 2nd New Zealand Division recently evacuated from Greece and Crete.

This image Appears In 2 Articles:

The Battle for Crete
Māori and the Second World War

Keywords

WW2

battle for crete

maori battalion

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: DA-01183
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'German souvenir from Crete', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/german-souvenir-from-crete, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013