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by **bake** on 03 Nov 2004 03:13

New one.

from: www. snyderstreasures.com

Date ???, Location Obersalzberg.
Axis Ceremony
Generaloberst Gariboldi ( RK )

by **bake** on 03 Nov 2004 03:17

Denis, I'm still missing pic from your list.
Did you or somebody else able to help me?

Fill alone. :cry:

by **bake** on 08 Nov 2004 23:45

Hello.

Two pictures of Hitler 20/03/45 in color (1)

From : http://www.adolfhitler.ws

by **bake** on 08 Nov 2004 23:47

by **bake** on 08 Nov 2004 23:56

Another Ceremony

In 1940, awarded the Knight's cross for the attack on the belgian
fortress of Eben Emael.

Major Rudolf Witzig RK and ..........

From: http://www.adolfhitler.ws

by **bake** on 08 Nov 2004 23:59

Another photo

by **Ingo** on 09 Nov 2004 16:32

Hello bake,

the photo after Eben Emael shoes from left to right Egon Delica, Walter Koch, Adolf Hitler, Joachim Meißner, Gustav Altmann, 2nd row: Rudolf Witzig, Otto Zierach, Helmut Ringler, Walter Kiess, Rolf Jäger.

by **bake** on 09 Nov 2004 17:50

thanks, Ingo

by **Denis** on 15 Nov 2004 13:52

Hello
After a long time, here is an update coming from the ceremony held in the Reichskanzlei after 16/04/43. A new photo coming from the book dealing with KC holders from the GD units allosw to fill some gaps. Here is what we have before the photo :

After 16/04/1943, Reichskanzlei - Berlin
WH-LW-WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Walter Scheunemann (202. EL)
- x (unidentifed Heer officer)
- y (unidentifed Heer officer)
- Hptm. Peter Frantz (228. EL)
- Oblt. Werner Baumgarten-Crusius (199. EL)
- Ofw. Rudolf Schlee (222. EL)
- Uffz. d.R. Georg Rietscher (210. EL)
- Obstlt. Paul Werner Hozzel (230. EL)
- Major Werner Streib (197. EL)
- Oblt. Theodor Nordmann (214. EL)
- Oblt. Hans Ulrich Rudel (229. EL)
- Hptm. Egon Mayer (232. EL)
- Hptm. Georg Dörffel (231. EL)
- SS-Staf. Hinrich Schuldt (220. EL)

The photo (see below) allows us to find names for x and y :
These are :
x= Josef Bremm
y= Heinrich Schüler
It is worth noting that all the Heer members were photographed by the famous photographer Tita Binz in her own studio and photos were later published by the Film Foto Verlag company for its sery dealing with RKT.

by **Denis** on 15 Nov 2004 14:08

Here is all the postcards that I have copied/pasted on a single picture to show you all the Heer Eichenlaubträger who attended to this ceremony and were photographed for this very special opportunity by the Studio Binz (just after the ceremony since all of them are shown wearing their oakleaves).

Regarding the forthcoming update, I need to digest the information whcih was provided by all the contributors before to post the next one. I want to thank all of them and especially bake who continued to post elements in spite of my absence.

Regards
Denis

by **bake** on 16 Nov 2004 01:59

Welcome back Denis.

Another nice picture from you

, Thank's again.

Work on new info for you concerning Waffen SS.

talk you later.

by **Denis** on 16 Nov 2004 18:10

Some new data have been included. Thanks again to all people who take time to find new information about this matter.
Please note that if the date is unknown, I have inserted the latest bestowal date for all the present recipients. I have sorted the data by date. New elements are clearly identified by a caption in bold.
Please also note that I have inserted in the text all entries related to individuals (and who were previously listed at the end of the list). Should a photo prove that they belong to a group ceremony, the entry would be updated accordingly.

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 30/09/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin ?
- Gen.Obst. Walther von Brauchitsch (1. RK)
It is very likely that other top military leaders also attended this ceremony.

After 18/10/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin ?
KM ceremony
- Kaleu. Günther Prien (2. RK)

After 27/10/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin ?
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Art. Franz Halder (RK)
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Heinz Guderian (3. RK)
- Gen. d. Inf. Hermann Hoth (6. RK)
- Gen. d. Inf. Adolf Strauss (RK)
- Gen. d. Kav. Erich Hoepner (RK)
- Gen.Lt. Friedrich Ollbricht (RK)
Several other WH members were also awarded the RK this very same day (i.e. Gen.Lt. v. Briesen, Gen.Major Kübler, Gen.Lt. Reinhardt, Obst. August Schmidt, Oblt. Steinhardt and Lt. Stolz). Unfortunately, the photos in our possession don't allow to see whether others RKT also attended this ceremony although it is very likely.

NEW NEW NEW !!
About May 12, 1940, Eben Emael, Belgium
LW ceremony (for the EK2, EK1 and RK)
- Egon Delica
- Walter Koch
- Joachim Meißner
- Gustav Altmann
- Rudolf Witzig
- Otto Zierach
- Helmut Ringler
- Walter Kiess
- Rolf Jäger

After 21/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony
- Major Werner Mölders (2. EL)

After 25/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony
- Major Adolf Galland (3. EL)

After 20/03/41, Reichskanzlei ?, Berlin
WH ceremony
- Gen.Lt. Erwin Rommel (10. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
29/06/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Kaleu. Henrich Liebe (13. EL)
- Kaleu. Engelbert Endrass (14. EL)
- Kaleu. Herbert Schultze (15. EL)

After 14/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Oskar Dinort (21. EL)
- Major Walter Storp (22. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 15/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Werner Mölders (1. Brill.)

25/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
(position of the 4 officers is not clearly established)
- Obstlt. Adolf Galland (1. Schw.)
- Hptm. Walter Oesau (9. EL)
- Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld (16. EL)
- Oblt. Siegfried Schnell (18. EL)

After 10/08/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Rittm. Horst Niemack (30. EL)

After 01/09/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Ludwig Crüwell (34. EL)

07/09/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Hans "Assi" Hahn (32. EL)
- Oblt. Hans Philipp (33. EL)
- Oblt. Heirich Bär (31. EL)

After 11/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Major Günther Lützow (4. Schw.)

After 21/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Kurt-Jürgen Frhr. v. Lützow (37. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 31/12/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ogruf. Dietrich (41. EL)

After 31/12/41, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Walther von Seydlitz-Kurbach (54. EL)
- Obst. Franz Scheidies (43. EL)
- Oblt. Ernst-Georg Buchterkirch (44. EL)

After 31/12/41, location unknown
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Kap. zS Bernhard Rogge (45. EL)
- Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (51. EL)
- Oblt. zS Reinhard Suhren (56. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 31/12/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Hptm. Adalbert Schulz (47. EL)

After 20/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel (6. Schw.)

07/02/42, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Hans Jordan (59. EL)
- Obst. Karl Eibl (50. EL)
- Major Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn (49. EL)
- Rittm. Georg Freiherr von Boeselager (53. EL)
- Oblt. Karl-Heinz Noak (63. EL)

After 17/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Ewald von Kleist (72. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 17/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Walter Model (74. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 12/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hans Philipp (8. Schw.)
- Kurt Ubben (80. EL)
- Oblt. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann (81. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
March of 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hermann Breith (69. EL)
- Gen.Major Werner-Albrecht Freiherr von und zu Gilsa (68. EL)
- Obst. Heinrich Eberbach (42. EL)
- Obst. Karl Wilhelm Specht (60. EL)
- Obstlt. Otto Hitzfeld (65. EL)

After 20/04/42, FHQ, Rastenburg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Theodor Eicke (88. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
Between 23/04/42 and 17/08/42, FHQ, Rastenburg
KM ceremony
From left to Right :
- Kaleu. Erich Topp (87. EL)
- Kaleu. Reinhard Hardegen (89. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 23/04/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
From left to right :
- Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld (9. Schw.)
- Oblt. Wolf-Dietrich Huy (83. EL)
- Oblt. Wolfgang Späte (90. EL)

After 23/04/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Wilhelm wegener (66. EL)
- SS-Brig. u. Gen.Major d. Polizei Alfred Wünnenberg (91. EL)
- Gen.Major Wilibald Frhr. v. Langermann u. Erlencamp (75. EL)

After 05/05/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Theodor Scherer (92. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 06/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Hans-Joachim Marseille (97. EL)

After 27/06/42, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Walter Graf v. Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (103. EL)

After 21/06/42, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony
Erwin Rommel is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 23/06/42, location unknown
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Gordon Gollob (13. Schw.)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 16/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony :
Erich von Manstein is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 23/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa (place of the 3 officers is not known)
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Erwin Clausen (106. EL)
- Oblt. Viktor Bauer (107. EL)

After 09/08/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Anton Hackl (109. EL)
- Ofw. Franz-Josef Beerenbock (108. EL)

After 17/08/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Werner Baumbach (16. Schw.)

2nd semester, 1942
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- undientified LW officer (should be a Schwerternträger) : might it be Lt. d.R. Hermann Graf (17. Schw.) who is shown on bake's pic ??
- Oblt. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann (10. Schw.)
- Hptm. Helmut Lent (98. EL)
- Oblt. Heinrich Setz (102. EL)
- Oblt. Friedrich Geisshardt (101. EL)

23/09/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Werner Ziegler (121. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Gerhard Hein (120. EL)

26/09/42
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel receives his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 03/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Friedrich-Karl Müller (126. EL)
- Oblt. Wolfgang Tonne (128. EL)
- Lt. Hans Beisswenger (130. EL)
- Fw. Wilhelm Crinius (127. EL)

After 11/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Walter Sigel (116. EL)
- Hptm. Johannes Kümmel (133. EL)

After 28/10/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Ludwig Kirschner (135. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 30/10/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- x (unidentified LW officer receiving Schwertern or Eichenlaub)
- Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff (115. EL)
- Oblt. Günther Rall (134. EL)
- Fw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert (131. EL)
- Ofw. Max Stotz (137. EL)

The unidentified officer might be one of the following OL holders : Major Kollewe, Hptm. Kurt Brändle, Hptm. Alfred Druschel, Obst. Ernst Bormann, Hptm. Wolf Dieter Wilcke or Oblt. Heinz Schmidt. I don’t think this is a Swords holder. However, if this was proven, this might be either Hptm. Joachim Müncheberg or Hptm. Joachim Helbig.

After 13/11/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Heinrich Schweickhardt (138. EL)
- Gen.Major Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (145. EL)

After 21/11/42, location unknown
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Wolfgang Schenck (139. EL)
- Hptm. Friedrich Lang (148. EL)
- Lt. Josef Zwernemann (141. EL)

After 28/11/42, location unknown
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Alwin Boerst (149. EL)
- Lt. Josef Wurmheller (146. EL)

After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Ekkehard Kylling Schmidt (150. EL)
- Hptm. Harald von Hirschfeld (164. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Hartwig v. Ludwiger (163. EL)

After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Helmuth Thumm (166. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 04/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Rainer Stahel (169. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !! (mismatch between Merten & Giggenberger in the previous version)
After 08/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. Karl-Friedrich Merten (147. EL)
- Kaleu. Wolfgang Lüth (142. EL)
- Kaleu. Friedrich Guggenberger (171. EL)
- Kaleu. Werner Töniges (143. EL)

After 08/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Bruno Dilley (174. EL)
- Major Ernst Kupfer (173. EL)

After 25/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. d.R. Georg Michael (187. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Konrad Hupfer (136. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 31/01/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony
- Karl Dönitz is awarded his Grossadmiral baton and his "interimstab"

After 08/02/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Erwin Fischer (191. EL)
- Hptm. Hermann Hogeback (192. EL)

After 16/02/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
Wolfram freiherr von Richthofen is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

25/02/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Kurt Meyer (195. EL)

After 01/03/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Staf. Fritz Witt (200. EL)

After 11/03/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony
- GFM Erwin Rommel (6. Brill.)

31/03/43, location unknown
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Josef Dietrich (26. Schw.)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 01/04/43, Obersalzberg
Foreign ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Italo Gariboldi (RK)

15/04/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Ewald von Kleist is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 16/04/1943, Reichskanzlei - Berlin
WH-LW-WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Walter Scheunemann (202. EL)
- Oblt. Josef Bremm (165. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Heinrich Schüler (218. EL)
- Hptm. Peter Frantz (228. EL)
- Oblt. Werner Baumgarten-Crusius (199. EL)
- Ofw. Rudolf Schlee (222. EL)
- Uffz. d.R. Georg Rietscher (210. EL)
- Obstlt. Paul Werner Hozzel (230. EL)
- Major Werner Streib (197. EL)
- Oblt. Theodor Nordmann (214. EL)
- Oblt. Hans Ulrich Rudel (229. EL)
- Hptm. Egon Mayer (232. EL)
- Hptm. Georg Dörffel (231. EL)
- SS-Staf. Hinrich Schuldt (220. EL)
It is possible that other recipients also attended to this ceremony but the angle of the photo can't allow to see more people.

After 10/05/43, FHQ, Wolfschnanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. d.R. Fritz Fessmann (170. EL)
- Hptm. Hans-Günther Stotten (236. EL)
- Major Erich Klawe (227.EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm von Malachowski (206. EL)

After 17/05/43, location unknown
WH-WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Lt. Hans-Karl von Scheele (217. EL)
- unidentified
- Obst. Karl Löwrick (247. EL)
- Obst. Franz Griesbach (242. EL)
- Hptm. Waldemar von Gazen (182. EL)
- Hptm. Erich Bärenfänger (243. EL)
- SS-Stubaf. August Dieckmann (233. EL)
- Oblt. d.R. Wilhelm Niggemeyer (241. EL)
- Ofw. Ernst Kruse (245. EL)

After 17/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Georg Bochmann (246. EL)

20/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Staf. Otto Kumm (221. EL)

After 08/06/43, location unknown
WH ceremony
- Obst. Walter Gorn (30. Schw.)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
Between July 1, 1943 and August 9, 1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. Wolfgang Lüth (29. Schw)
- Korv.Kapt. Robert Gysae (250. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Erich Topp (11. Schw.)
- Korv.Kapt. Reinhard Suhren (18. Schw.)

After 04/07/43, location unknown
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Freg.Kapt. Gerhard von Kamptz (225. EL)
- Kaleu. Siegfried Wuppermann (226. EL)
- Kaleu. Otto von Bülow (234. EL)
- Kaleu. Georg Lassen (208. EL)
- Kaleu. Werner Henke (257. EL)

After 06/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Fritz Bayerlein (258. EL)

After 28/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Paul Hausser (261. EL)

After 02/08/43, FHQ, Rastenburg
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Helmut Lent (not seen) (32. Schw.)
- Major Hajo Hermann (not seen) (269. EL)
- Hptm. Egmont Prinz zu Lippe Weissenfeld (263. EL)
- Hptm. Manfred Meurer (264. EL)
- Oblt. Joachim Kirschner (267. EL)
- Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler (265. EL)
- Hptm Werner Schroer (268. EL)
- Oblt. Theodor Weissenberger (266. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 06/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Adalbert Schulz (33. Schw.)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
28/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Hans von Obstfelder (251. EL)
- Gen. d. Inf. Paul Laux (237. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Gustav Hoene (238. EL)
- Major Bruno Kahl (270. EL)
- Major Karl Langesee (211. EL)
- Major Friedrich Höhne (253. EL)

After 07/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Staf. Heinz Harmel (296. EL)
- SS-Ostubaf. Otto Baum (277. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 13/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Paul Schultz (284. EL)
- Obst. dR. Walter Lange (300. EL)
- Major Theodor Tolsdorff (302. EL)
- Obst. Günther Pape (301. EL)
- Major d.R. Franz Bäke (262. EL)

After 13/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Hpstuf. d.R. Otto Skorzeny (2153. RK)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 22/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Hartmann Grasser (288. EL)
- Hptm. Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (290. EL)
- Hptm. Günther Rall (34. Schw.)
- Oblt. Walter Nowotny (37. Schw.)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 03/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Gen.Lt. Emilio Esteban-Infantes receives his RK as Kdr. 250. ID (span.)

After 03/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Bodo Spranz (2182. RK + 308. EL)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Joachim Lemelsen (294. EL)

After 05/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Hpstuf. Erwin Meierdress (310. EL)

15/10/43
- Wolfgang Lüth receives his Brillanten Grosse Urkunde

After 25/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to Right :
- Gen.Lt. Julius Ringel (312. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Horst Grossmann (292. EL)

Late October 1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Gruf. Walter Krüger (286. EL)
- SS-Ostubaf. Sylvester Stadler (303. EL)

After 12/11/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Major Otto-ernst Remer (325. EL)

After 24/11/43, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Dr.Med.Dent. Karl Mauss (335. EL)
- Major Bernhard Sauvant (260. EL)
- Hptm. Ernst Ziemer (317. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 25/11/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
from left ot right :
- Major Dietrich Hrabak (337. EL)
- Hptm. Hans-Ulrich Rudel (42. Schw.)
- Ofw. Erwin Hentschel (RK)

December 1943, location unknown
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. Friedrich Kemnade (249. EL)
- Kaleu. Carl Emmermann (256. EL)

After 09/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Sigfrid Henrici (350. EL)
- Obst. Eugen König (318. EL)
- Obst. Heinrich Voigtsberger (351. EL)
- Major d.R. Adolf Weitkunat (346. EL)
- Hptm. Willy Johannmeyer (329. EL)

After 10/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hasso von Manteuffel (332. EL)
- Obstlt. Ernst Wellmann (342. EL)
- Obstlt. Willi Langkeit (348. EL)
- Obstlt. Karl Baacke (352. EL)

After 10/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Christian Tychsen (353. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 16/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Foreign ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Munos Grande (EL without #)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 20/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ustuf. Alfred Schneidereit (RK)

09/01/44, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Adalbert Schulz (9. Brill.)

20/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (11.00am)
14 LW officers receive their Schwertern grosse urkunden. They came with Galland.
From left to right :
- Adolf Galland
- Dietrich Peltz
- Günther Lützow
- Wolf Dieter Wilcke
- Walter Oesau
- Joachim Helbig
- Gordon Gollob
- Herbert Ihlefeld
- Alfred Druschel

On the other side of the room, we find :
- Hermann Graf
- Werner Baumbach
- Heinz Bär
- Helmut Lent
- Günther Rall
- Walter Nowotny

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 24/01/44, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Hugo Kraas (375. EL)

After 27/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Joachim Peiper (377. EL)

30/01/44, Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Albert Graf v.d. Goltz (316. EL)
- Obstlt. Karl Koetz (374. EL)
- Major Josef-Georg Mulzer (367. EL)
- Rittm. Andreas Thorey (349. EL)
- Fw. d.R. Heinrich Boigk (370. EL) wearing a patch on one of his eye

02/02/44, Rastenburg
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ustuf. Michäel Wittmann (380. EL)

13/02/44, Rastenburg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Kurt von der Chevallerie (357. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Gollnick (282. EL)
- Gen. d. Inf. Friedrich Wiese (372. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Schlemmer (369. EL)

13/02/44, Rastenburg ??
WH ceremony
- Major Erich Bärenfänger (45. Schw.)

After 17/02/44, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Geb.Tr. Ferdinand Schörner (398. EL)

18/02/44, FHQ, Rastenburg
WH-WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Hpstuf. Léon Degrelle (2474. RK)
- SS-Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille (47. Schw.)
- Gen.Lt. Theobald Lieb (400. EL)

March, 1944, Rastenburg
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ostubaf. Albert Frey (359. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 29/03/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
- Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel (10. Brill.)

04/04/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Gerd Barkhorn (52. Schw.)
- Obst. Erich Walther (411. EL)
- Major Kurt Bühligen (413. EL)
- Hptm. Hans-Joachim Jabs (430. EL)
- Major Bernhard Jope (431. EL)
- Major Hansgeorg Bätcher (434. EL)
- Major Johannes Wiese (418. EL)
- Major Dr.jur. Maximilian Otte (433. EL)
- Major Reinhard Seiler (419. EL)
- Hptm. Horst Ademeit (414. EL)
- Oblt. Walter Krupinski (415. EL)
- Lt. Erich Hartmann (420. EL)
- Wm. Fritz Petersen (438. EL)
Please note that we have not seen yet a full photo of this ceremony where we clearly see Walther and Barkhorn in the row. However, several photos exist showing these 2 men with the other soldiers after the ceremony with or without AH. This is why we can reasonably assume that both Barkhorn and Walther were also present at this ceremony.

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 13/04/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Geb.Tr. Hans Kreysing (63. Schw.)
- Gen.Lt. Johannes Mayer (453. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
27/04/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Hans Jordan (64. Schw.) (previously not identified)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Hermann Breith (48. Schw.)
- Obslt. d.R. Franz Bäke (49. Schw.)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Walther K. Nehring (383. EL)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (439. EL)
- Gen.Major Hans Källner (392. EL)
- unidentified Heer officer (Gen.Major or Oberst) receiving the Eichenlaub : Kossmala, Mummert, Hohn, LorenzKarl or Bronsart von Schellendorf. It can't be Heinrich Voigtsberger since this one is already listed in the "After 09/12/1943" ceremony.
- Obst. Hermann-Heinrich Behrend (421. EL)
- Obstlt. Josef Bregenzer (427. EL)
- Obstlt. Meinrad von Lauchert (396. EL)
- Major Otto Benzin (406. EL)
- Hptm. Helmut Kalbitz (366. EL)
- Hptm. Josef Rettemeier (425. EL)
- Fw. Walter Möse (390. EL)

05/05/44, Obersalzberg
KM-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- unidentified (KM)
- unidentified (KM)
- unidentified (KM)
- unidentified (KM)
- unidentified (KM)
- unidentified (LW)
- Major Wilhelm Herget (451. EL)
- Major Martin Möbus (463. EL)
- Major Erich Rudorffer (447. EL)
- Hptm. Alfred Grislawski (446. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Emil Lang (448. EL)
- Lt. Günther Schack (460. EL)
- Lt. Otto Kittel (449. EL)
- Lt. Anton Hafner (452. EL)
Bake has shown that the first soldiers in the row were Kriegsmarine members (see page20 of the thread which was posted on Sept. 2, 2004). The neighbor of Herget (the first soldier identified and the smallest in size) is undoubtly a LW member.
Possible members from the KM might be among those following ones :
EL recipients :
- Korv.Kapt. Georg Christiansen (326. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Bernd Klug (361. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Klaus Feldt (362. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. d.R. Fritz Breithaupt (387. EL)
- Oblt. z.See d.R. Otto Pollmann (463. EL)
Schwertern recipients :
- Korv.Kapt. Albrecht Brandi (66. Schw.) : this is the only possibility since all other Schwerternträger from the KM are currently identified except Korv.Kapt. Otto Kretschmer (but this latter one was awarded Swords while he was a POW in Canada).

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 14/05/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Obst. Heinrich von Vietinghoff (456. EL) ??
- Friessner or Hitter or von Neindorff ??
- unidentified
- Obst. d.R. Maximilian Wengler (404. EL) or Gen.Major Rudolf Frhr. von Waldenfels (476. EL)
- Obstlt. d.R. Erich Lorenz (467. EL)
- Obstlt. Wilhelm Eggemann (468. EL)
- Obstlt. Kilian Weimer (478. EL)
- Obstlt. Max Sachsenheimer (472. EL)
- Major Wilhelm Drewes (458. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Walter Elflein (347. EL) A source gives Hptm. d.R. Walter Mix (405. EL) instead of Elflein
- Ofw. d.R. Martin Hrustak (473. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
14/05/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Hasso von Manteuffel (50. Schw.)

After 14/05/44, location unknown
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Karl Ullrich (480. EL)

25/05/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
as far as I can see on the photo, at least 9 Heer officers (several generals). This photo is displayed on "on the Field of Honor" (volume 2 - see entry for von Brese) . From left to right :
- Gen.Lt. Dietrich von Saucken (46. Schw.) (previously as unidentified)
- Gen.Lt. Georg-Wilhelm Postel (57. Schw.)(previously as unidentified)
- Obst. Franz Griesbach (53. Schw.)
- Gen. d. Art. Maximilian Fretter-Pico (368. EL) (previously idientifed as Postel)
- Gen.Lt. Friedrich Schulz (428. EL)
- Obst. Ernst-Günther Baade (402. EL)
- Obst. Herbert Schwender (442. EL)
- Major Heinz von Brese-Winiary (441. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Heinrich Hogrebe (454. EL)

20/06/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Art. Ernst-Eberhard Hell (487. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Ludwig Müller (440. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Friedrich Hochbaum (486. EL)
- Gen.Major Gottfried Weber (490. EL)
- Gen.Major Wolf Hagemann (484. EL)
- Obstlt. Ernst Wilhelm Hoffmann (494. EL)
- Obstlt. Fritz Müller (477. EL)
- Hptm. Bernhard Flachs (381. EL)
- Hptm. Theodor von Lücken (469. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Konrad Zeller (495. EL)
- Ofw. Hans Strippel (485. EL)

25/06/44, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ostuf. Michäel Wittmann (71. Schw.)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 09/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Stubaf. Hans Dorr (77. Schw.)

After 11/07/44, location unknown
WH-KM ceremony
from left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Erich Buschenhagen (521. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Ernst Sieler (502. EL)
- Obst. d.R. Werner Kolb (514. EL)
- Major Hermann Wulf (520. EL)
- Major Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck (513. EL)
- Major Joachim Domaschk (496. EL)
- Major Heinz-Otto Fabian (522. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Karl Palmgren (523. EL)
- Hptm. Willi Thulke (424. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 18/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Theodor Tolsdorff (80. Schw.)

After 25/07/44, location unknown
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Herbert Lamprecht (532. EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm Batz (526. EL)
- Hptm. Heinz Strüning (528. EL)
Note that the photo doesn't allow to see if more soldiers attended to this specific ceremony

02/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Josef Priller (73. Schw.)
- Major Anton Hackl (78. Schw.)
- Major Friedrich Lang (74. Schw.)
- Oblt. Erich Hartmann (75. Schw.)
- Hptm. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (507. EL AND/OR 84. Schw.)
- Major Horst Kaubisch (505. EL)
- Hptm. Eduard Skrzipek (509. EL)
- Lt. Adolf Glunz (508. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 06/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostgruf. Josef Dietrich (16. Brill.)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 11/08/44, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- unidentified general
- unidentified general
- Obst. Martin Strahammer (545. EL) TO BE CONFIRMED
- Obst. Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (536. EL)
- Hptm. Hubert Mickley (540. EL)

The 2 unidentified generals might be Gen. d.Inf. Kurt von tippelskirch and Gen. d.Inf. Carl Hilpert.

After 11/08/44, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Heinrich Nickel (543. EL)
- Obst. Albert Brux (504. EL)
- unidentified soldier
- Oblt. d.R. Gerhard Simons (547. EL)

This soldier (obviously a WH one) should be an officer between the rank of Oberst and Oberleutnant and assigned to a Jäger unit. This might be Major Wilhelm von Salisch (533. EL).
There are few other possibilities :
Hptm. Hilt (386. EL)
Lt. d.R. Schneider (389. EL)
Ofw. Johann Schwerdfeger (474. EL)
Obst. Schury (592. EL)
Obst. Kretschmar (600. EL)
Obst. Weller (626. EL)
Stfw. Reuter (633. EL)
but most have a bestowal date which is too early or too late.

After 19/08/44, location unknown
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Hinrich Warrelmann (555. EL)
- Obstlt. Gerhard Pick (553. EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 23/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz (559. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Erich Hartmann (18. Brill.)

28/08/44, FHQ
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Ogruf. Felix Steiner (86. Schw.)
- SS-Stubaf. Léon Degrelle (EL + NKSiG)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 02/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Staf. Otto Baum (95. Schw.)

19/09/44, FHQ
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Rudolf Holste (561. EL)
- Major Walter Misera (569. EL)

NEW NEW NEW !!
After 23/10/44, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Lt. Johann-Goerg Richert (623. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Källner (106. Schw.)

16/12/44, Trossingen
WH ceremony (awards bestowed by Himmler)
from left to right :
- Major d.R. Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (636. EL)
- Obstlt. Heinrich Busse (637. EL)
- Major d.R. Klaus von Bismarck (669. EL)

01/01/45, FHQ-Adlerhost, Taunus mountains
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1. Goldenes EL)

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
02/01/45, Salzburg suburbs
WH ceremony (awards bestowed by Himmler)
- Lt. d.R. Otto Carius (535. EL)

After 01/02/45, location unknown
WSS ceremony
- SS-Stubaf. Kurt Wahl (720. EL)

After 18/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony
- Gen. d. Art. Walter Hartmann (139. Schw.)

After 18/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony
- Gen.Major Theodor Tolsdorff (25. Brill.)

NEW NEW NEW !!
20/03/45, Entrance (outside) of the Führerbunker, Berlin
HJ ceremony
- About 20 HJ members are awarded EK2 and/or EK1 by AH (among those, 12 yr old Alfred Czech). RJF Artur Axmann and SS-Gruf. Fegelein also attended to this ceremony.

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
26 or 28/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
LW-WH ceremony
- Obstlt. i.G. Bernd von Baer (761. EL)
- Major Herbert Wittmann (735. EL)
- Oblt. Kurt Welter (769. EL)

Best regards and thanks again
Denis

by **bake** on 16 Nov 2004 22:54

Hello, Denis,

Some questions for you.

- Since the date almost the same, Did you thing maybe Marseille
was awarded the EL and Schw at the same ceremony ?

-The unknown EL on pic date 17-05-43
Herbert give the name of Gorn, you don't agree?

- Pic of Herbert showing Walter Gorn alone, Location: Vinnitsa

-Pic Date 28/07/44
Officers between Bronikowski according to Freiherr: Martin Strahammer
Hubert Mickley.

by **bake** on 16 Nov 2004 23:05

More

- Where you get the location on Ceremony Date 28/03/45?
Did you saw this picture somewhere?
If yes, did you able to post it.

- In the book On the field of Honor Vol:1 from J.R Angolia.

One picture show Gollob awarded the certificate by AH Page:113
Gollob have two " arm shields".
On page: 124
note Gollob receiving his oakleaves and Swords , Gollob have only
one " Arm Shield".
That's not look like the same ceremony.

by **Denis** on 17 Nov 2004 09:35

Hello bake
Regarding the pic of the28/03/45 ceremony : unfortunately, I don't have it. The info was provided by a fellow member.
Regarding Gollob : I will have a look this evening in my copy. I suppose that on page 124, Gollob is shown when he received his schwertern (1 arm shiled). On page 113, this is likely the ceremony held on 20/01/44 with other LW officers when he recieved his Swords elaborated diploma (in this ceremony, I am sure that he wears 2 arm shields).
Regards
Denis

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