Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by Bernd R » 09 Aug 2008, 16:54

robertmoore wrote:Hello, All,

On PP 78, listed under the name of Hain, Horst_jpg as a comparison with the previous photo of Horst Hain, the picture is in fact, that of Oberleutnant der Reserve Dr. Johannes Keck.

Hope this helps.

Terry
The previous history of this case was on page 25. Keck pic posted for id. See the follow-up post of Elwyn with Horst Hain for comparisn and the hint on 23.PD
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 42#p434742

So, to fix it finally : the bigger pic = Keck , the smaller one = Hain
both of the highly decorated Pz.AA 23

Thanks for clearing this, Terry, and catching Keck !
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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by Elwyn W » 09 Aug 2008, 19:13

Bake, your man is Wegener. He was not a tall man and this was an exact match of the position of his medals on his breast pocket.

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Post by Elwyn W » 09 Aug 2008, 19:22

And Bake, the general with Brändle was Kurt Wolff. Starting 1943(??) they could wear trousers without the general's stripes.

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Post by Elwyn W » 09 Aug 2008, 21:36

Hi Terry,

Great ID on Palmgreen and Michael Fischer. I cheated and used relational database -- the other man was Hägele :P


Hi Bernd,

In front of Gollnick should be v d Chevallerie. RKT general at v Schobert's funeral .... just a guess, his subordinate corp commander v Salmuth.

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by Bernd R » 10 Aug 2008, 12:50

robertmoore wrote:Hello, All,

On page 1, a large color photo listed as UB Ritterkreuzträger 11.jpg.

That is a picture of Peter Eil.

His granddaughter sent me a signed pic of the man.

Hope this helps.

Terry
I have corrected that. The man was misidentified as Uffz. Walter Pape.
There seem to be not many pics available of Eil, GR 105. There is a Landser Grossband about him and most probably there are pics in Gerd Nietrug, Die Ritterkreuzträger des Saarlandes 1939-1945

The other question then : how does look Walter Pape (KC in 1941 for France 1940) ?

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Post by Bernd R » 10 Aug 2008, 12:57

Hi Elwyn and all,

those where the judgement is, let's say 99,99%, I have listed in the z.b.V. section for the time being. Done for Kurt von der Chevallerie and Hans von Salmuth.

The index allows to look for all not indentified (according to the evaluation of the higher pages I reach). Done up to page 5 now.

Thanks, Bernd

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Post by Bernd R » 10 Aug 2008, 13:04

page 6 : two remained open
head 10
head 12

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by Bernd R » 10 Aug 2008, 13:08

page 9 : UB XVI 2 ?

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Post by John Toner » 10 Aug 2008, 13:38

I think UB XVI 2 was identified as Matthias Poll.

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Post by Ste » 12 Aug 2008, 14:54

I have one question about the RK trager of page 32:
the first pic and the others named as Unk. RKT (10)/(8)/(7)/(12) are from a Wochenschau of 1944 about the GD division; trying to identify them on http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de I found that the first pic is used for two person, for Fwb Karl Brösamle and for FWb Fritz Plickat (who,I'm sure, fought in the GD).
So,the question is: could be Plickat instead Brosamle?
For the number 10-8-7 I can't identify them (maybe could the n.8 be Peter Frantz?)
For the n.12 I say Diddo Diddens.
The first of the FJ could be van der Heydte?

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by robertmoore » 13 Aug 2008, 05:52

Hello,

On PP 32, listed as 01.jpg, depicting a paratroop officer in helmet is a photograph of Karl-Lothar Schulz.

I do not know if this was identified.

Hope this helps.

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Post by bake » 13 Aug 2008, 22:10

Another one to be I.D.

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by robertmoore » 13 Aug 2008, 23:20

Hello, Mr. Toner and other interested parties,

On P7, you had requested confirmation of the name associated with a photo, you had said was not or could not be Rolf Tittel. You had him listed as Tittel, Rolf Erich, jpg. I do not know if this was confirmed to you or not, but that pic is indeed that of Rolf Tittel.

He may have been an enlisted man when he received the KC, but the pic you have posted had to have been taken somewhat later after he had received it.

I received the same photo from him and I can attest to the identity of the man.

Hope this helps, John.

Take care.

Terry


Dear, Mr. Sayer and other interested parties,

On PP 17, you had posted a picture of an enlisted man wearing a Sturmgeschütz tunic, and you had requested a reading of his signature. It is listed as Scan 0015a, jpg. I do not think this was identified for you, but it is a signed pic of

Erich Bansen.

Hope this helps.

Take care, Ian.

Terry

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by Duchamp » 15 Aug 2008, 23:10

Who is this DAK general?
Karl Böttcher / AHF id
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Re: Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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Post by VJK » 16 Aug 2008, 11:01

Hi!

I'm not 100% certain, but I believe it could be Karl Boettcher.

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VJK

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