Knight's Cross Holders Photo Database

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#2011

Post by mickel K » 18 Oct 2013, 00:38

SS-Standartenführer
Léon Degrelle

° 15/06/1906 Bouillon (Belgium) - † 31/03/1994 Málaga (Spain)

Ritterkreuz : 20.02.1944 ( 2474 ) .
SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve und Führer der SS-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien“ .

Eichenlaub (ohne Nr.): 27.08.1944 .
SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve und Kommandeur der 5. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Brigade "Wallonien“ .

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#2012

Post by mickel K » 04 Nov 2013, 16:13

Major der Reserve

Georg Michael

° 10.02.1917 Hamburg (Germany)
† 19/01/1944 Odessa (Ukraine-cccp)

Ritterkreuz : 19.01.1941 ( 256 ) .
Leutnant der Reserve und Reiter-Zugführer in der 6. Schwadron / Reiter-Regiment 22 / 1. Kavallerie-Division .

Eichenlaub : 25.01.1943 ( 187- ) .
Oberleutnant der Reserve und Führer des II. Bataillons / Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 26 / 24. Panzer-Division .
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#2013

Post by mickel K » 16 Jan 2014, 16:13

SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS

Hermann Prieß

° 24/05/1901 Marnitz (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
† 02/02/1985 Ahrensburg (Schleswig-Holstein)

Ritterkreuz : 28.04.1943 ( 1761 ) .
SS-Oberführer und Kommandeur des SS-Artillerie-Regiments "Totenkopf" / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Totenkopf“ .

Eichenlaub : 09.09.1943 ( 297 ) .
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und Kommandeur der SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Totenkopf“ .

Schwerter : 24.04.1944 ( 65 ) .
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und Kommandeur der 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf“ .
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#2014

Post by mickel K » 18 Jan 2014, 20:38

Hauptmann

Rolf Rocholl

° 08.12.1918 Berlin / Deutschland

† 23.08.1943 Isjum / Ukraine / Sowjetunion

Ritterkreuz : 28.07.1942 ( 1059 ) .
Oberleutnant und Führer der 2. Kompanie / Panzer-Regiment 5 / 21. Panzer-Division .

Eichenlaub : 31.08.1943 ( 287 ) .
Hauptmann und Führer des III. Bataillons / Grenadier-Regiment 569 / 328. Infanterie-Division .
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#2015

Post by Ste » 06 Feb 2014, 11:27

Otto Peschke (1916 - 2007)
RK 05.03.1945
Kompanietruppführer 2./Grenadier Regiment 132
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#2016

Post by Someone from Kharkov » 16 Mar 2014, 11:39

Heinz Graber
Awarded as Leutnant & Staffelführer of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", 19 June 1942
Source: private collection
Please do not confuse him with next man :D
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Post by Someone from Kharkov » 16 Mar 2014, 11:41

Heinz Graeber
Awarded as Oberfeldwebel & Radio operator in the 15./Kampfgeschwader 2, 30 September 1943
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#2018

Post by Someone from Kharkov » 16 Mar 2014, 15:18

Here are two homonyms.

Friedrich Staiger
Awarded as Major & Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 185, 23 August 1944
and
Hermann Staiger
Awarded as Oberleutnant & Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 51, 16 July 1941

In fact they are very similar. Does anybody know, are they relatives?
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#2019

Post by docarchiv » 05 Apr 2014, 10:41

Leutnant (Kr.O.) Rudi Dassow

Flugzeugführer in der II./ZG 26 "Horst Wessel"
KC postumously on September 5th, 1944,
missed in action on August 25th, 1944, near La Fère - area Laon/France.
He was a so called "Viermotkiller".
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#2020

Post by Someone from Kharkov » 07 Apr 2014, 16:14

Kurt Drössiger

Awarded as Gefreiter & Machine gunner in the 4./Infanterie-Regiment 415, 10 February 1942

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#2021

Post by mickel K » 16 May 2014, 01:46

Admiral

Günther Lütjens


° 25.05.1889 Wiesbaden / Deutschland

† 27.05.1941 Nordatlantik

Ritterkreuz : 14.06.1940 ( 16 ) .

Vizeadmiral und Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte .
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#2022

Post by malvinas82 » 20 Jun 2014, 01:24

Generalmajor Heinrich Kreipe (5 June 1895 – 14 June 1976)

Ritterkreuz am: 13.10.1941, Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur InfRgt 209
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Post by malvinas82 » 30 Jun 2014, 23:58

Generaloberst Alfred Jodl (10.05.1890 – 16.10.1946)

*Knight's Cross on 06.05.1945 as Generaloberst and Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes im OKW

{865th] Oak Leaves on 10.05.1945 as Generaloberst and Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes im OKW und stellv. Chef OKW
Veit Scherzer: Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Eisernen Kreuzes von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündete Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchivs, Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis/Jena 2007:
Die Verleihung erfolgte am 10. Mai 1945 und ist somit rechtsunwirksam. Die Verleihungsnummer "865“ wurde von der OdR vergeben.
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Generalleutnant Helmut Staedtke

#2024

Post by docarchiv » 26 Jul 2014, 13:44

Oberst im Generalstab Helmut Staedke
RK 14.08.1943 as Chef d. GenSt. XXXV. Armee-Korps
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#2025

Post by malvinas82 » 01 Aug 2014, 06:25

Oberst Walther Sievers (15.06.1902 – 12.06.1982)

Ritterkreuz am 19.12.1942 as Hauptmann der Reserve and commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 415
Eichenlaub (Nr. 379) am 29.01.1944 as Oberstleutnant der Reserve and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 415
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