Lt. Hans von Koeppen Captain, German Protos

At the age of 31, von Koeppen was granted a leave of absence from the 15^th Prussian Infantry to drive the great new York to Paris race in the German Protos.  He’d never been to Siberia but figured he knew what to expect as he’d read every book imaginable on the topic.  Driving a car?  Well he admitted to knowing nothing about driving but expected to learn by watching his teammates: army engineer Hans Knape and motorcyclist Ernest Maas.  Koeppen was the only original team member to wheel into Paris.

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