Knight's Cross Holders Identification

Dieter Zinke · Post by **Dieter Zinke** » 09 Mar 2006 00:13

VALLOIS OLIVIER wrote:Contrary to popular belief, the general wearing the fur cap on the left is not Heinz Reinefarth, but Friedrich walter Krüger[/i]

Please present us your sorces. F.-W. Krüger was not in Warschau when the insurgence under Bor-Komorowski happened !!
By the way: You mean of course: Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (his brother was Walter Krüger).
Dieter Z.

Michael Miller · Post by **Michael Miller** » 09 Mar 2006 00:50

Full agreement with Dieter here- everything, including his face, points to Reinefarth- 100%, no doubt whatsoever. Also, F.W. Krüger, in Finland commanding "Nord" during the Warsaw Rising, would be wearing his 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klase (which Reinefarth, born 1903, did not receive).

Best,
~ Mike

VALLOIS OLIVIER · Post by **VALLOIS OLIVIER** » 09 Mar 2006 07:59

I'll ask for the source and will revert.

Dieter Zinke · Post by **Dieter Zinke** » 09 Mar 2006 08:16

VALLOIS OLIVIER wrote:I'll ask for the source and will revert.

And please have a look at
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... wan+frolow

Dieter Z.

Denis · Post by **Denis** » 09 Mar 2006 10:54

FANGIO wrote:Four unknown RKTs:

2 is Robert Vogel pictured by Tita Binz from the Film Foto Verlag postcards sery
4 is Wilhelm August Vielwerth

Regards
Denis

Phil Nix · Post by **Phil Nix** » 10 Mar 2006 11:03

VALLOIS OLIVIER wrote:Contrary to popular belief, the general wearing the fur cap on the left is not Heinz Reinefarth, but Friedrich walter Krüger[/i]

With the other resopondents i must disagree the obvious difference Kruger was OGF this man wear Gf rank collar tabs It is Reinefarth
Phil Nix

FANGIO · Post by **FANGIO** » 10 Mar 2006 21:08

Denis wrote:2 is Robert Vogel pictured by Tita Binz from the Film Foto Verlag postcards sery
4 is Wilhelm August Vielwerth

Regards
Denis

Thanks a lot Denis!
Any other ideas on the other ones? anybody?

FANGIO · Post by **FANGIO** » 10 Mar 2006 22:26

Please, before I smash my head against the wall, who was this SS Officer (I saw him several timer arrrgggghhh!!!!!):

http://www.militaria321.com/files/xxl/267/2679286.jpg

Miha Grcar · Post by **Miha Grcar** » 10 Mar 2006 23:56

Hi Fangio, I just have two suggestions:

Hermann Weiser
Georg Preuß

I lean toward the first one. I don't have any photos of them from the left profile, so its hard to tell (I may be way of).

best,
Miha

Daniel L · Post by **Daniel L** » 11 Mar 2006 00:51

I don't think it is Weiser.

Best regards/ Daniel

Ingo · Post by **Ingo** » 11 Mar 2006 10:20

I think the man with the KC ist Gerhard Pleiß, the man left of him could be Hermann Weiser.

FANGIO · Post by **FANGIO** » 11 Mar 2006 20:21

Thanks guys. I think Ingo is right. The man with the RK is Gerhard Pleiss. If I'm not wrong he was a tall man and he won the RK before Weiser, that's why he's without this award in this pic. Please correct if I'm wrong.
Best,

FANGIO

Daniel L · Post by **Daniel L** » 11 Mar 2006 20:42

Fangio, I thought you meant that the Knight's cross holder was Weiser.

Best regards/ Daniel

FANGIO · Post by **FANGIO** » 11 Mar 2006 21:17

Daniel Löwenhamn wrote:Fangio, I thought you meant that the Knight's cross holder was Weiser.

No, sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough Daniel.
Best,

FANGIO

Doktor Krollspell · Post by **Doktor Krollspell** » 12 Mar 2006 00:01

Hello Fangio!

The same photograph is in Jost W. Schneider's "Their Honor was Loyalty! - An Illustrated and Documentary History of the Knight's Cross holders of the Waffen-SS and Police 1940-1945" (2nd ed. 1993), and he identifies the RKT as Gerd Pleiss.

Regards,

Krollspell