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- jun 1943.Location Wolfsschanze
Official ceremony.
Albert Speer ( Fritz Todt Honor ring).
Regards
Awards (OL, Sw. & Diam.) personally bestowed by Hitler
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Dieter Zinke
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In the 02.08.43 ceremony, Lent and Hermann were know to be there but were not in the line-up. Finally a shot that includes Lent. The rest were from left to right:
Hptm Egmont Prinz zu Lippe Weissenfeld
Hptm Manfred Meurer
ObLt Joachim Kirschner
Hptm Heinrich Ehrler
Hptm Werner Schroer
ObLt Theodor Weissenberger
Cheers
Freiherr
Hptm Egmont Prinz zu Lippe Weissenfeld
Hptm Manfred Meurer
ObLt Joachim Kirschner
Hptm Heinrich Ehrler
Hptm Werner Schroer
ObLt Theodor Weissenberger
Cheers
Freiherr
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Welcome back Freiherr and nice pic 
- 14/09/1944, Location Wolfschanze.
WH Ceremony.
-Hermann Wulf (Nahkampfspange in Gold)
Source:www.german-miltaria.de
- 14/09/1944, Location Wolfschanze.
WH Ceremony.
-Hermann Wulf (Nahkampfspange in Gold)
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Hi bakebake wrote:Who is the LW officer with Hitler?
- Erich Hartmann or Marseille???
From a DVD cover.
Did somebody have this Film?
This is not Marseille because he was awarded both EL and Schwertern wearing a tropical jacket (see the Wochenschau) and he never received his diamonds (was KIA before).
So Hartmann ? Maybe but I hardly recognize him.
Regards
Denis
Hello,
Here is the new update related to this interesting topic. Thanks again to all people who take time to find 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. I wait for any comments since mistakes or omissions are always possible.
After 30/09/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
- Gen.Obst. Walther von Brauchitsch (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Wilhelm List (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Fedor von Bock (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Wilhelm Keitel (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Gerd von Rundstedt (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Günther von Kluge (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Inf. Johannes von Blaskowitz (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Walther von Reichenau (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Georg von Küchler (1. RK)
- GFM Hermann Göring (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Flieger Albert Kesselring (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Flieger Alexander Löhr (1. RK)
- Gr.Adm. Erich Raeder (1. RK)
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.
After 01/03/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Herbert Schultze (3. RK)
May 12 or 13, 1940, FHQ (Felsennest), Germany
LW ceremony (for the EK2, EK1 and RK) to reward the Eben Emael fighters
- Egon Delica
- Walter Koch
- Joachim Meißner
- Gustav Altmann
- Rudolf Witzig
- Otto Zierach
- Helmut Ringler
- Walter Kiess
- Rolf Jäger
21/05/40, FHQ, Felsennest
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- x
- Gen.Major Hans Jeschonnek (RK)
21/05/40, FHQ, Felsennest
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Hans Mikosch (27. RK)
- Ofw. Josef Portsteffen (RK)
20/07/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Eduard Dietl (1. EL)
14/08/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
The Heer Feldmarschalls from the 19/07/40 promotion are awarded their Marschallstab
- Wilhelm Keitel
- Gerd von Rundstedt
- Fedor von Bock
- Walther von Brauchitsch
- Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
- Wilhelm List
- Günther von Kluge
- Erwin von Witzleben
- Walter von Reichenau
04/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
The Luftwaffe Feldmarschalls from the 19/07/40 promotion are awarded their Marschallstab
- Hugo Sperrle
- Albert Kesselring
- Erhard Milch
23/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Werner Mölders (2. EL)
After 25/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Adolf Galland (3. EL)
12/10/40, Obersalzberg
- Hptm. Helmut Wick (4. EL)
31/10/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Günther Prien (5. EL)
13/11/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Otto Kretschmer (6. EL)
January, 1941, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Joachim Schepke (7. EL)
08/03/41, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Martin Harlinghausen (8. EL)
19/03/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Eduard Dietl is awarded the Narvikschild
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
25/03/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Erwin Rommel (10. EL)
04/04/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gefr. Hubert Brinkforth (262. RK and first enlisted man to be awarded the Knights Cross)
After 14/05/41, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Hptsuf. Fritz Klingenberg (RK)
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 :
- Oblt. Werner Baumbach (20. EL)
18/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Oskar Dinort (21. EL)
- Major Walter Storp (22. EL)
18/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW-WH ceremony
- unidentified Gebirgsjäger
- unidentified Gebirgsjäger
- unidentified Gebirgsjäger
- Obst. Alfred Sturm (LW - 234. RK)
- Major Edgar Stenzler (LW – 239. RK)
- Major Ludwig Heilmann (LW – 203. RK)
- Gen.Lt. Kurt Student (LW – 18. RK) : doubtful in my opinion due to his earlier bestowal date. I would say he was there to introduce his best men to AH.
- Obst. Richard Heidrich (LW – 202. RK)
- Hptm. Friedrich-August Freiherr von der Heydte (LW - 235. RK)
- Hptm. Gerhart Schirmer (LW – 204. RK)
- Oblt. Harry Herrmann (LW – 236. RK)
- Oblt. Arnold von Roon (LW – 237. RK)
24/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Werner Mölders (1. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
25/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Adolf Galland (1. Schw.)
- Hptm. Walter Oesau (15. Schw.)
- Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld (16. EL)
- Oblt. Siegfried Schnell (18. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
August 1941, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
- Korv.Kapt. Viktor Schütze (23. EL)
06/08/41, Berditschew,
Axis ceremony :
- General Ion Antonescu (RK)
20/08/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Günther Lützow (27. EL)
- Major Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (29. EL)
- Oblt. Josef Priller (28. 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)
NEW NEW NEW !!
06 or 08/09/41, Marienburg
Axis ceremony :
- Admiral Nikolaus vitéz Horthy (RK)
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 20/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- Strmm. Frist Christen (RK)
After 26/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW-WH ceremony :
- Hptm. Gordon Gollob (38. EL)
- Oblt. Erbo Graf von Kageneck (39. EL)
- Obst. Kurt-Jürgen Frhr. v. Lützow (37. EL)
October, 1941, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (35. EL)
Between 31/12/41 and 28/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Dietrich (41. EL)
After 31/12/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
Beginning January 42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Josef Harpe (55. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
12/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Kap. zS Bernhard Rogge (45. EL)
- Kaleu. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (51. EL)
- Oblt. zS Reinhard Suhren (56. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 24/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Werner-Albrecht Freiherr von und zu Gilsa (68. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 27/01/42, location unknown
LW ceremony :
- Fw. Gerhard Köppen (79. EL)
After 28/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Adolf Galland (2. Brill.)
End of January, 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Hubertus Hitschhold (57. EL)
- Hptm. Dietrich Peltz (46. EL)
- Major Otto Weiss (52. EL)
07/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
After 17/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Walter Model (74. EL)
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)
About 20/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel (6. Schw.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
March of 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hermann Breith (69. EL)
- Obst. Walter Wessel (76. EL) (shown as a General on the ceremony picture)
- Obst. Heinrich Eberbach (42. EL)
- Obst. Karl Wilhelm Specht (60. EL)
- Obstlt. Otto Hitzfeld (65. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 24/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hans-Valentin Hube (62. EL)
- Obst. Hans Traut (67. EL)
- Hptm. Hans freiherr von Wolf (61. EL)
- Hptm. Adalbert Schulz (47. EL)
- Lt. Hans Strelow (84. EL)
Between 03/05/42 and 17/08/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to Right :
- Kaleu. Erich Topp (87. EL)
- Kaleu. Reinhard Hardegen (89. EL)
Note that between the range of dates given above, only the following ones are possible : 03/05-15/05, 06/06-08/06, 20/06-03/07 and 14/08-17/08. On the remainder dates, the U-Boat commanders were at sea.
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)
12/05/42, 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 !!
25/05/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony (location of the 2 officers is not clearly established)
- Hptm. Adolf Dickfeld (94. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Hermann Graf (95. EL and 11. Schw.)
End of May, 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-civil ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d.Art. Friedrich Boetticher (RK z. KVK)
- Hans Thomsen (RK z. KVK)
After 22/06/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Ludwig Wolff (100. EL)
- unidentified Heer officer (maybe Obstlt. Walter Gorn or Obst. Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller)
26/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Theodor Eicke (88. EL)
28/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Hans-Joachim Marseille (97. EL - 12. Schw.)
After 23/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Gordon Gollob (13. Schw.)
After 27/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Walter Graf v. Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (103. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
28 or 29/06/42
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- undientified LW officer (should be a Schwerternträger)
- Oblt. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann (10. Schw.)
- Hptm. Helmut Lent (98. EL)
- Oblt. Heinrich Setz (102. EL)
- Oblt. Friedrich Geisshardt (101. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
18/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- GFM Albert Kesselring (15. Schw.)
After 23/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa (place of the 2 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 09/08/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Traugott Herr (110. EL)
After 17/08/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Werner Baumbach (16. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 17/08/42, location unknown
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Erich Topp (17. Schw.)
Please note that Topp also attended the “Between July 1, 1943 and August 9, 1943” ceremony in FHQ, Wolfsschanze with Gysae, Suhren and Lüth to receive his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde.
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 01/09/42, Reichskanzlei, Berlin (to be confirmed)
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Reinhard Suhren (18. Schw.)
Please note that Suhren also attended the “Between July 1, 1943 and August 9, 1943” ceremony in FHQ, Wolfsschanze with Gysae, Topp and Lüth to receive his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde.
After 03/09/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Ernst Bormann (119. EL)
After 16/09/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Heinz Schmidt (124. 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, FHQ, Vinnitsa
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel receives his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
October 42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Joachim Helbig (20. Schw.)
01/10/42, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
Erwin Rommel is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
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)
07/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. d.R. Hermann Graf (5. Brill.)
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)
29/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony :
Erich von Manstein is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
After 30/10/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Alfred Druschel (118. EL)
- Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff (115. EL)
- Oblt. Günther Rall (134. EL)
- Fw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert (131. EL)
- Ofw. Max Stotz (137. EL)
October, 1942, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d.Pztruppen Werner Kempf (111. EL)
After 21/11/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Wolfgang Schenck (139. EL)
- Hptm. Friedrich Lang (148. EL)
- Lt. Josef Zwernemann (141. EL)
End of November 42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Heinrich Schweickhardt (138. EL)
- Gen.Major Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (145. EL)
13/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Alwin Boerst (149. EL)
- Lt. Josef Wurmheller (146. EL)
After 13/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Karl Allmendinger (153. 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)
After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Gruf. Felix Steiner (159. EL)
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)
NEW NEW NEW !!
Between 29/12/42 and 09/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Hans-Valentin Hube (22. Schw.)
1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
After 04/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Rainer Stahel (169. EL)
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 12/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim (162. EL)
- Obst. Wend von Wietersheim (176. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 13/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Johann Mohr (177. EL)
As the picture has not reached us yet, we cannot exclude the fact that other soldiers also attended to this ceremony.
After 18/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- GFM Günther von Kluge (181. 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)
After 31/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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"
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 19/02/43, location unknown
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Helmut Bruck (193. EL)
Please note that the picture showing this ceremony does not allow us to say with certainty that Bruck was alone to this ceremony.
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 06/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Johann Mickl (205. EL)
After 28/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Georg-Wihelm Postel (215. EL)
- Obst. d.R. Hyazinth graf Strachwitz (27. Schw.)
31/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Josef Dietrich (26. Schw.)
After 31/03/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Axis ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Gusztav vitéz Jany (RK)
After 01/04/43, Obersalzberg
Axis ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Italo Gariboldi (RK)
2 other Italian Officers are shown on the Hoffmann photo and AH’s Adjutant is shown bearing another diploma. We might suppose that at least another Italian recipient was also rewarded during this very same ceremony. Possible recipients are not numerous : Gen.Obst. Ugo Graf Cavallero, Gen.Lt. Fedele di Giorgo and Korps-General Giovanni Messe. However, these 3 soldiers were all awarded the RK in the beginning of 1942.
After 02/04/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Ernst Nobis (151. EL)
- Obst. Hans Mikosch (201. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Eberhard Zahn (204. EL)
- Hptm. Helmut Hudel (219. EL)
After 06/04/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Gr.Adm. Karl Dönitz (223. EL)
15/04/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Ewald von Kleist is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
After 11/04/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Albrecht Brandi (224. EL)
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, Wolfsschanze
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)
12/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- GFM Erwin Rommel (6. Brill.)
After 17/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
It is likely that Walter Gorn and Karl Göbel were respecitively awarded their Swords and Oakleaves at this very same ceremony. (based on several studio photos taken by Walter Frentz which show the deifferent attendants quoted above as well as Gorn and Göbel).
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 23/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Martin Grase (248. EL)
27/05/43, location unknown
Foreign ceremony :
- Finnish woman Fanny Luukonen (Stern d. Deutschen Adlerordens)
After 08/06/43, location unknown
WH ceremony
- Obst. Walter Gorn (30. Schw.)
02/06/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Political ceremony :
- Albert Speer is awarded the Fritz Todt honor ring
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
22/06/43 or 06/07/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
Political ceremony :
- Rudolf Rahn is awarded the RK d. KVK
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.)
Please note that Topp and Suhren attended this ceremony to receive only their own Schwertern Grosse Urkunde (based upon a Deutsche Wochenchau Newsreel that fellow member bake has been able to see).
After 04/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
07/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Fritz Bayerlein (258. EL)
25/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. i.G. Dietrich Peltz (31. Schw.)
Due to a lack of photo for this ceremony, it is not possible to say with certainty that Peltz was alone.
After 28/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Paul Hausser (261. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
10 or 11/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- unidentified (maybe Major “Hajo” Herrmann (269. EL))
- Major Helmut Lent (32. Schw.)
- 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)
After 06/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Adalbert Schulz (33. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 15/08/43, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Lothar Rendulic (271. EL)
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)
After 07/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Erich Jaschke (295. EL)
After 09/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze.
WSS ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Hermann Priess (297. EL)
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 !!
22 or 23/09/43, 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 (293. EL + 37. Schw.)
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)
12/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Gen.Lt. Emilio Esteban-Infantes receives his RK as Kdr. 250. ID (span.)
25/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
- Wolfgang Lüth receives his Brillanten Grosse Urkunde
20/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Walter Nowotny (8. Brill.)
After 25/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to Right :
- Gen.Lt. Julius Ringel (312. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Horst Grossmann (292. EL)
29/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Ofw. Josef Schreiber (309. EL)
Late October 1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to Right :
- 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 13/11/43, FHQ, Location Wolfschanze.
WSS Ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Herbert Otto Gille (315. EL)
- SS-Hpstuf. Hans Dorr (327. 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)
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)
After 16/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Foreign ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Munos Grande (EL without bestowal number)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 17/12/43, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Hans-Joachim Kahler (355. EL)
As the picture showing this ceremony has not reached us yet, we cannot exclude the fact that several other soldiers also attended this ceremony.
09/01/44, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Adalbert Schulz (9. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
16/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ustuf. Alfred Schneidereit (RK)
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
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 23/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony (exact place of the recipients is unknown)
- Obst. “Hajo” Herrmann (43. Schw.)
- Obstlt. Hans-Henning Freiherr von Beust (336. EL)
After 24/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Walter Krüger (373. EL)
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, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ustuf. Michäel Wittmann (380. EL)
February-March, 1944, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Gerhard Graf von Schwerin (41. Schw.)
13/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
After 12/02/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Theodor Wisch (393. 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)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
18/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Hpstuf. Léon Degrelle (2474. RK)
- SS-Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille (47. Schw.)
Although Lieb (see below) was also awarded the Eichenlaub on this same day at the FHQ, it seems he received the EL alone. However, there are several photos showing both Degrelle, Gille, Lieb and Press Chief Dietrich taken after the 2 ceremonies.
NEW NEW NEW !!
18/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Theobald Lieb (400. EL)
24/02/1944, location unknown
Political ceremony :
- Theo Morell (RK KVK)
March, 1944, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Albert Frey (359. EL)
After 29/03/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
- Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel (10. Brill.)
After 30/03/44; Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- GFM Erich von Manstein (59. Schw.)
- GFM Ewald von Kleist (60. Schw.)
04/04/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Werner Streib (54. Schw.)
- 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)
After 04/04/44, Obersalzberg
Axis Ceremony :
- General Petre Dumitrescu (EL)
After 09/04/44, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Johannes Friessner (445. EL)
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)
After 19/04/44, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille (12. Brill.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 20/04/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Hans-Valentin Hube (13. Brill.)
27/04/44, Berghof, 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)
- Obst. Georg Kossmala (435. EL)
- 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, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. d.R. Fritz Breithaupt (387. EL)
- Oblt. z.See d.R. Otto Pollmann (461. EL)
- unidentified (KM or LW)
- Obstllt. Hans Karl Stepp (462. EL)
- Major d.R. Rudolf Schoenert (450. EL)
- 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)
the remainding KM member might be among those following ones :
- Korv.Kapt. Georg Christiansen (326. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Bernd Klug (361. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Klaus Feldt (362. EL)
After 14/05/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Obst. Heinrich von Vietinghoff (456. EL) ??
- Maybe Gen.Lt. Eduard Hauser (376. EL) ??
- Maybe Gen.Lt. Dr. Hermann Hohn (410. EL) ??
- Obst. d.R. Maximilian Wengler (404. 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
- Ofw. d.R. Martin Hrustak (473. EL)
Peter Stöckert gives Hptm. d.R. Walter Mix (405. EL) instead of Hptm. d.R. Walter Elflein but he is wrong. This is defintively Elflein located between Drewes and Hrustak.
14/05/44, Bereghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Hasso von Manteuffel (50. Schw.)
After 14/05/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Karl Ullrich (480. EL)
After 14/05/44, Berghof Obersalzberg ??
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Werner Mummert (429. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Josef Schneider (389. EL)
- Ofw. Johann Schwerdfeger (474. 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.)
- Gen.Lt. Georg-Wilhelm Postel (57. Schw.)
- Obst. Franz Griesbach (53. Schw.)
- Gen. d. Art. Maximilian Fretter-Pico (368. EL)
- 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)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 09/06/44, location unknown (maybe Obersalzberg)
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Fw. d.R. Georg Bonk (492. EL)
- Ofw. d.R. Ferdinand Wegerer (483. 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.)
After 26/06/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Martin Unrein (515. EL)
After 09/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Stubaf. Hans Dorr (77. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
11/07/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Kap. z.See Rudolf Petersen (499. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Heinrich Hoffmann (524. EL)
- Kaleu. Götz Freiherr von Mirbach (500. EL)
After 11/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
After 18/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Obstlt. Theodor Tolsdorff (80. Schw.)
After 20/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Gen.Major Rainer Stahel (79. Schw.)
After 25/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
10/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostgruf. Josef Dietrich (16. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 11/08/44, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- unidentified general
- unidentified general
- Obst. Rudolf Flinzer (575. EL) (Assumption)
- 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, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
Obst. Schury (592. EL)
Obst. Weller (626. EL)
Stfw. Reuter (633. EL)
but most have a bestowal date which is too early or too late.
13/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Political ceremony :
- Franz von Papen is awarded the RK d. KVK
After 19/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Hinrich Warrelmann (555. EL)
- Obstlt. Gerhard Pick (553. EL)
20/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
FHQ ceremony : bestowal of the 20 July Wound Badge
From left to right :
- GFM Wilhelm Keitel
- Gen.Obst. Alfred Jodl
- Gen. d. Art. Walter Warlimont
- Gen. d. Inf. Walter Buhle
- Adm. Hans Erich Voss
- x1
- x2 (seemingly Heer offcier)
- Major Ernst John v. Freyend
- x3
- SS-Hpstuf. Otto Gunsche
- x4 (seemingly wearing a diplomatic jacket)
Other recipients who survived to the plot are :
- Kap. z.S. Heinz Assmann
- Obst. Nikolaus von Below
- Gen. d. Flieger Karl Bodenschatz
- Obstlt. Heinrich Borgmann
- Major Herbert Buchs
- SS-Gruf. Hermann Fegelein
- Hagen (Stenographer )
- Gen.Lt. Adolf Heusinger
- Walter Hewel
- Admiral Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer
- Gen.Major Walter Scherff
- Minister Councelor Franz von Sonnleithner
- Oberstleutnant Heinz Weizenegger
Killed recipients (during or after the plot) who consequently didn’t attend to this ceremony are :
- Gen. d. Flieger Günter Korten KILLED
- Obst. Heinz Brandt KILLED
- Gen.Lt. Rudolf Schmundt DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED
- Heinrich Berger (Stenographer ) KILLED
After 23/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz (559. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Helmut Lent (15. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Erich Hartmann (18. Brill.)
27/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony with the first bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 14 soldiers
From left to right :
- Oblt. Rudolf Becker (RKT)
- SS-Ostuf. Julius Weck
- SS-Ustuf. Wilhelm Schache
- Ofw. Georg Aniol
- Ofw. Franz Ingebrand
- Fw. Kurt Buschbeck
- Fw. Karl Hamberger (RKT)
- Fw. Benno Paffrath
- Fw. Franz Schmid
- Uffz. Johann Friedberg
- Uffz. Anton Hermann
- Uffz. Fritz Willno (*)
- Uffz. Oskar Menz (*)
- Ogfr. Hans-Georg Rusdorf (*)
(*) I am not sure of the postion in the row for these recipients .
28/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Ogruf. Felix Steiner (86. Schw.)
- SS-Stubaf. Léon Degrelle (EL + NKSiG)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 28/08/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Ferdinand Schörner (93. Schw.)
After 02/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Staf. Otto Baum (95. Schw.)
05/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony with the second bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 14 soldiers
From left to right :
- SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz (EL)
- Ofw. Erich Friedrich
- SS-Oscha. Hans Karowski
- Fw. Franz Bierhoff
- Fw. Gerhard Sonntag
- Fw. Josef Hofstetter
- Uffz. Erich Makus
- Uffz. Friedrich Billau
- Uffz. Wilhelm Hatting
- Ogfr. Franz Richter (RK)
- Ogfr. Kurt Bormann (*)
- Ogfr. Alfred Plefka (*)
- SS-Rttf. Karl Schmidinger (*)
- Gefr. Franz Schmitt (*)
(*) I am not sure of the postion in the row for these recipients .
It is very likely that SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz was also awarded the EL by AH this very same day, during another ceremony even if I have not proof (see the „After 23/08/44“ ceremony).
14/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the third bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 8 soldiers
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Hermann Wulf (EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Karl Beiss
- Oblt. Wilhelm Loos (RK)
- Ogfr. Erich Carl
- Stgfr. Kurt Rätzel
- Fw. Johann Rennert
- Uffz. Erich Steininger
- Ogfr. Kurt Schmidt
It is said that SS-Stubaf. Léon Degrelle was also awarded the NKSiG this very same day (with the EL) during another ceremony. This point needs to be checked (see the „28/08/44“ ceremony)
19/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Rudolf Holste (561. EL)
- Major Walter Misera (569. EL)
26/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the fourth bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 13 soldiers
Position of the different recipients is not known for the moment (they have been consequenty sorted by rank)
- Oblt. d.R. Georg Pfisterer
- Lt. d.R. Ferdinand Chardon
- Lt. d.R. Walter Hofmeier
- Ofw. Heinrich Weber
- Fw. Hans Helming
- Fw. Martin Retz
- Uffz. Herbert Gottschalk
- Uffz. Nikolaus Körner
- Uffz. Emil Schacht
- Uffz. Erwin Scherhans
- Uffz. Karl Schwertfeger
- Uffz. Johann Winkler
- Ogfr. Fritz Schmidt
After 23/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Lt. Johann-Goerg Richert (623. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Källner (106. Schw.)
After 23/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Karl Mauss (101. Schw.)
30/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
W-SS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Hans Jüttner is awarded the RK d. KVK mit Schwertern
End of October, 1944, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Lt. Walter Schuck (616. EL)
07/11/44, Posen (awards bestowed by Himmler)
WH-WSS ceremony :
- SS-Gruf. Heinz Reinefarth (608. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Otto Lasch (578. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (571. EL)
- Gen.Major Georg Graf von Rittberg (610. EL)
- Gen.Major Werner Marcks (593. EL)
- Obst. Martin Bieber (566. EL)
- Obst. Hermann Siggel (552. EL)
- Obst. Wilhelm Bleckwenn (621. EL)
- Obst. Arthur Jüttner (622. EL)
- Obst. Wolfgang Kretzschmar (600. EL)
- Obst. Martin Strahammer (545. EL)
- Obst. Alois Weber (579. EL)
- Major Gerhard Behnke (605. EL)
- Major Kurt Schille (544. EL)
- Major Karl Thieme (627. EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm Kohler (607. EL)
- Hpm. Hans-Christian Stock (628. EL)
- SS-Ostuf. Helmut Scholz (591. EL)
11/11/44, location unknown (award bestowed by Göring)
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Franz Kieslich (619. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
27/11/44, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Wolfgang Schnaufer (21. brill.)
11/12/44, FHQ, Adlerhorst, Ziegenberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Gerhard Engel (679. EL)
- Gen.Major Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (4181. RK)
- Obst. Siegfried von Waldenburg (RK)
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, Ziegenberg
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1. Goldenes EL)
02/01/45, Salzburg suburbs
WH ceremony (awards bestowed by Himmler)
- Lt. d.R. Otto Carius (535. EL)
After 11/01/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Walter Kruger (120. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 18/01/45, location unknown
- Gen.Obst. Lothar Rendulic (122. Schw.)
After 01/02/45, location unknown
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Kurt Wahl (720. EL)
16/02/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
Political ceremony :
- Konstantin Hierl is awarded the gold cross of the german order with oakleaves and swords
20/02/45, location unknown
WSS ceremony
Position of the 2 recipients in the row is not known
- SS-Ostuf. Joachim Boosfeld (4628. RK and NKSiG)
- SS-Hpscha. Hermann Maringgele (4629. EK and NKSiG)
NEW NEW NEW !!
11/03/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- GFM Gerd von Rundstedt (133. Schw.)
After 11/03/45, location unknown
WH ceremony (bestowed by Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf)
- Hptm. d.R. Dr.Jur. Wolfgang Rust (771. EL)
After 12/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Hptm. d.R. Egon Agtha (778. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
18/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Major Othmar Pollmann (760. 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.)
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.
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 23/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Hans-Georg Herzog (798. EL)
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
Here is the new update related to this interesting topic. Thanks again to all people who take time to find 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. I wait for any comments since mistakes or omissions are always possible.
After 30/09/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
- Gen.Obst. Walther von Brauchitsch (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Wilhelm List (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Fedor von Bock (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Wilhelm Keitel (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Gerd von Rundstedt (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Günther von Kluge (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Inf. Johannes von Blaskowitz (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Walther von Reichenau (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Georg von Küchler (1. RK)
- GFM Hermann Göring (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Flieger Albert Kesselring (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Flieger Alexander Löhr (1. RK)
- Gr.Adm. Erich Raeder (1. RK)
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.
After 01/03/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Herbert Schultze (3. RK)
May 12 or 13, 1940, FHQ (Felsennest), Germany
LW ceremony (for the EK2, EK1 and RK) to reward the Eben Emael fighters
- Egon Delica
- Walter Koch
- Joachim Meißner
- Gustav Altmann
- Rudolf Witzig
- Otto Zierach
- Helmut Ringler
- Walter Kiess
- Rolf Jäger
21/05/40, FHQ, Felsennest
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- x
- Gen.Major Hans Jeschonnek (RK)
21/05/40, FHQ, Felsennest
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Hans Mikosch (27. RK)
- Ofw. Josef Portsteffen (RK)
20/07/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Eduard Dietl (1. EL)
14/08/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
The Heer Feldmarschalls from the 19/07/40 promotion are awarded their Marschallstab
- Wilhelm Keitel
- Gerd von Rundstedt
- Fedor von Bock
- Walther von Brauchitsch
- Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
- Wilhelm List
- Günther von Kluge
- Erwin von Witzleben
- Walter von Reichenau
04/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
The Luftwaffe Feldmarschalls from the 19/07/40 promotion are awarded their Marschallstab
- Hugo Sperrle
- Albert Kesselring
- Erhard Milch
23/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Werner Mölders (2. EL)
After 25/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Adolf Galland (3. EL)
12/10/40, Obersalzberg
- Hptm. Helmut Wick (4. EL)
31/10/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Günther Prien (5. EL)
13/11/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Otto Kretschmer (6. EL)
January, 1941, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Joachim Schepke (7. EL)
08/03/41, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Martin Harlinghausen (8. EL)
19/03/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Eduard Dietl is awarded the Narvikschild
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
25/03/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Erwin Rommel (10. EL)
04/04/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gefr. Hubert Brinkforth (262. RK and first enlisted man to be awarded the Knights Cross)
After 14/05/41, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Hptsuf. Fritz Klingenberg (RK)
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 :
- Oblt. Werner Baumbach (20. EL)
18/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Oskar Dinort (21. EL)
- Major Walter Storp (22. EL)
18/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW-WH ceremony
- unidentified Gebirgsjäger
- unidentified Gebirgsjäger
- unidentified Gebirgsjäger
- Obst. Alfred Sturm (LW - 234. RK)
- Major Edgar Stenzler (LW – 239. RK)
- Major Ludwig Heilmann (LW – 203. RK)
- Gen.Lt. Kurt Student (LW – 18. RK) : doubtful in my opinion due to his earlier bestowal date. I would say he was there to introduce his best men to AH.
- Obst. Richard Heidrich (LW – 202. RK)
- Hptm. Friedrich-August Freiherr von der Heydte (LW - 235. RK)
- Hptm. Gerhart Schirmer (LW – 204. RK)
- Oblt. Harry Herrmann (LW – 236. RK)
- Oblt. Arnold von Roon (LW – 237. RK)
24/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Werner Mölders (1. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
25/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Adolf Galland (1. Schw.)
- Hptm. Walter Oesau (15. Schw.)
- Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld (16. EL)
- Oblt. Siegfried Schnell (18. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
August 1941, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
- Korv.Kapt. Viktor Schütze (23. EL)
06/08/41, Berditschew,
Axis ceremony :
- General Ion Antonescu (RK)
20/08/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Günther Lützow (27. EL)
- Major Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (29. EL)
- Oblt. Josef Priller (28. 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)
NEW NEW NEW !!
06 or 08/09/41, Marienburg
Axis ceremony :
- Admiral Nikolaus vitéz Horthy (RK)
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 20/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- Strmm. Frist Christen (RK)
After 26/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW-WH ceremony :
- Hptm. Gordon Gollob (38. EL)
- Oblt. Erbo Graf von Kageneck (39. EL)
- Obst. Kurt-Jürgen Frhr. v. Lützow (37. EL)
October, 1941, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (35. EL)
Between 31/12/41 and 28/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Dietrich (41. EL)
After 31/12/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
Beginning January 42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Josef Harpe (55. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
12/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Kap. zS Bernhard Rogge (45. EL)
- Kaleu. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (51. EL)
- Oblt. zS Reinhard Suhren (56. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 24/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Werner-Albrecht Freiherr von und zu Gilsa (68. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 27/01/42, location unknown
LW ceremony :
- Fw. Gerhard Köppen (79. EL)
After 28/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Adolf Galland (2. Brill.)
End of January, 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Hubertus Hitschhold (57. EL)
- Hptm. Dietrich Peltz (46. EL)
- Major Otto Weiss (52. EL)
07/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
After 17/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Walter Model (74. EL)
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)
About 20/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel (6. Schw.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
March of 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hermann Breith (69. EL)
- Obst. Walter Wessel (76. EL) (shown as a General on the ceremony picture)
- Obst. Heinrich Eberbach (42. EL)
- Obst. Karl Wilhelm Specht (60. EL)
- Obstlt. Otto Hitzfeld (65. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 24/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hans-Valentin Hube (62. EL)
- Obst. Hans Traut (67. EL)
- Hptm. Hans freiherr von Wolf (61. EL)
- Hptm. Adalbert Schulz (47. EL)
- Lt. Hans Strelow (84. EL)
Between 03/05/42 and 17/08/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to Right :
- Kaleu. Erich Topp (87. EL)
- Kaleu. Reinhard Hardegen (89. EL)
Note that between the range of dates given above, only the following ones are possible : 03/05-15/05, 06/06-08/06, 20/06-03/07 and 14/08-17/08. On the remainder dates, the U-Boat commanders were at sea.
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)
12/05/42, 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 !!
25/05/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony (location of the 2 officers is not clearly established)
- Hptm. Adolf Dickfeld (94. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Hermann Graf (95. EL and 11. Schw.)
End of May, 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-civil ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d.Art. Friedrich Boetticher (RK z. KVK)
- Hans Thomsen (RK z. KVK)
After 22/06/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Ludwig Wolff (100. EL)
- unidentified Heer officer (maybe Obstlt. Walter Gorn or Obst. Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller)
26/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Theodor Eicke (88. EL)
28/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Hans-Joachim Marseille (97. EL - 12. Schw.)
After 23/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Gordon Gollob (13. Schw.)
After 27/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Walter Graf v. Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (103. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
28 or 29/06/42
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- undientified LW officer (should be a Schwerternträger)
- Oblt. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann (10. Schw.)
- Hptm. Helmut Lent (98. EL)
- Oblt. Heinrich Setz (102. EL)
- Oblt. Friedrich Geisshardt (101. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
18/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- GFM Albert Kesselring (15. Schw.)
After 23/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa (place of the 2 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 09/08/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Traugott Herr (110. EL)
After 17/08/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Werner Baumbach (16. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 17/08/42, location unknown
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Erich Topp (17. Schw.)
Please note that Topp also attended the “Between July 1, 1943 and August 9, 1943” ceremony in FHQ, Wolfsschanze with Gysae, Suhren and Lüth to receive his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde.
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 01/09/42, Reichskanzlei, Berlin (to be confirmed)
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Reinhard Suhren (18. Schw.)
Please note that Suhren also attended the “Between July 1, 1943 and August 9, 1943” ceremony in FHQ, Wolfsschanze with Gysae, Topp and Lüth to receive his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde.
After 03/09/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Ernst Bormann (119. EL)
After 16/09/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Heinz Schmidt (124. 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, FHQ, Vinnitsa
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel receives his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
October 42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Joachim Helbig (20. Schw.)
01/10/42, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
Erwin Rommel is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
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)
07/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. d.R. Hermann Graf (5. Brill.)
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)
29/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony :
Erich von Manstein is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
After 30/10/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Alfred Druschel (118. EL)
- Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff (115. EL)
- Oblt. Günther Rall (134. EL)
- Fw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert (131. EL)
- Ofw. Max Stotz (137. EL)
October, 1942, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d.Pztruppen Werner Kempf (111. EL)
After 21/11/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Wolfgang Schenck (139. EL)
- Hptm. Friedrich Lang (148. EL)
- Lt. Josef Zwernemann (141. EL)
End of November 42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Heinrich Schweickhardt (138. EL)
- Gen.Major Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (145. EL)
13/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Alwin Boerst (149. EL)
- Lt. Josef Wurmheller (146. EL)
After 13/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Karl Allmendinger (153. 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)
After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Gruf. Felix Steiner (159. EL)
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)
NEW NEW NEW !!
Between 29/12/42 and 09/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Hans-Valentin Hube (22. Schw.)
1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
After 04/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Rainer Stahel (169. EL)
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 12/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim (162. EL)
- Obst. Wend von Wietersheim (176. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 13/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Johann Mohr (177. EL)
As the picture has not reached us yet, we cannot exclude the fact that other soldiers also attended to this ceremony.
After 18/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- GFM Günther von Kluge (181. 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)
After 31/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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"
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 19/02/43, location unknown
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Helmut Bruck (193. EL)
Please note that the picture showing this ceremony does not allow us to say with certainty that Bruck was alone to this ceremony.
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 06/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Johann Mickl (205. EL)
After 28/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Georg-Wihelm Postel (215. EL)
- Obst. d.R. Hyazinth graf Strachwitz (27. Schw.)
31/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Josef Dietrich (26. Schw.)
After 31/03/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Axis ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Gusztav vitéz Jany (RK)
After 01/04/43, Obersalzberg
Axis ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Italo Gariboldi (RK)
2 other Italian Officers are shown on the Hoffmann photo and AH’s Adjutant is shown bearing another diploma. We might suppose that at least another Italian recipient was also rewarded during this very same ceremony. Possible recipients are not numerous : Gen.Obst. Ugo Graf Cavallero, Gen.Lt. Fedele di Giorgo and Korps-General Giovanni Messe. However, these 3 soldiers were all awarded the RK in the beginning of 1942.
After 02/04/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Ernst Nobis (151. EL)
- Obst. Hans Mikosch (201. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Eberhard Zahn (204. EL)
- Hptm. Helmut Hudel (219. EL)
After 06/04/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Gr.Adm. Karl Dönitz (223. EL)
15/04/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Ewald von Kleist is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
After 11/04/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Albrecht Brandi (224. EL)
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, Wolfsschanze
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)
12/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- GFM Erwin Rommel (6. Brill.)
After 17/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
It is likely that Walter Gorn and Karl Göbel were respecitively awarded their Swords and Oakleaves at this very same ceremony. (based on several studio photos taken by Walter Frentz which show the deifferent attendants quoted above as well as Gorn and Göbel).
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 23/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Martin Grase (248. EL)
27/05/43, location unknown
Foreign ceremony :
- Finnish woman Fanny Luukonen (Stern d. Deutschen Adlerordens)
After 08/06/43, location unknown
WH ceremony
- Obst. Walter Gorn (30. Schw.)
02/06/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Political ceremony :
- Albert Speer is awarded the Fritz Todt honor ring
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
22/06/43 or 06/07/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
Political ceremony :
- Rudolf Rahn is awarded the RK d. KVK
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.)
Please note that Topp and Suhren attended this ceremony to receive only their own Schwertern Grosse Urkunde (based upon a Deutsche Wochenchau Newsreel that fellow member bake has been able to see).
After 04/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
07/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Fritz Bayerlein (258. EL)
25/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. i.G. Dietrich Peltz (31. Schw.)
Due to a lack of photo for this ceremony, it is not possible to say with certainty that Peltz was alone.
After 28/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Paul Hausser (261. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
10 or 11/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- unidentified (maybe Major “Hajo” Herrmann (269. EL))
- Major Helmut Lent (32. Schw.)
- 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)
After 06/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Adalbert Schulz (33. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 15/08/43, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Lothar Rendulic (271. EL)
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)
After 07/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Erich Jaschke (295. EL)
After 09/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze.
WSS ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Hermann Priess (297. EL)
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 !!
22 or 23/09/43, 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 (293. EL + 37. Schw.)
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)
12/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Gen.Lt. Emilio Esteban-Infantes receives his RK as Kdr. 250. ID (span.)
25/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
- Wolfgang Lüth receives his Brillanten Grosse Urkunde
20/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Walter Nowotny (8. Brill.)
After 25/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to Right :
- Gen.Lt. Julius Ringel (312. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Horst Grossmann (292. EL)
29/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Ofw. Josef Schreiber (309. EL)
Late October 1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to Right :
- 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 13/11/43, FHQ, Location Wolfschanze.
WSS Ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Herbert Otto Gille (315. EL)
- SS-Hpstuf. Hans Dorr (327. 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)
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)
After 16/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Foreign ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Munos Grande (EL without bestowal number)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 17/12/43, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Hans-Joachim Kahler (355. EL)
As the picture showing this ceremony has not reached us yet, we cannot exclude the fact that several other soldiers also attended this ceremony.
09/01/44, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Adalbert Schulz (9. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
16/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ustuf. Alfred Schneidereit (RK)
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
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 23/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony (exact place of the recipients is unknown)
- Obst. “Hajo” Herrmann (43. Schw.)
- Obstlt. Hans-Henning Freiherr von Beust (336. EL)
After 24/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Walter Krüger (373. EL)
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, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ustuf. Michäel Wittmann (380. EL)
February-March, 1944, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Gerhard Graf von Schwerin (41. Schw.)
13/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
After 12/02/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Theodor Wisch (393. 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)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
18/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Hpstuf. Léon Degrelle (2474. RK)
- SS-Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille (47. Schw.)
Although Lieb (see below) was also awarded the Eichenlaub on this same day at the FHQ, it seems he received the EL alone. However, there are several photos showing both Degrelle, Gille, Lieb and Press Chief Dietrich taken after the 2 ceremonies.
NEW NEW NEW !!
18/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Theobald Lieb (400. EL)
24/02/1944, location unknown
Political ceremony :
- Theo Morell (RK KVK)
March, 1944, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Albert Frey (359. EL)
After 29/03/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
- Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel (10. Brill.)
After 30/03/44; Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- GFM Erich von Manstein (59. Schw.)
- GFM Ewald von Kleist (60. Schw.)
04/04/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Werner Streib (54. Schw.)
- 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)
After 04/04/44, Obersalzberg
Axis Ceremony :
- General Petre Dumitrescu (EL)
After 09/04/44, location unknown
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Johannes Friessner (445. EL)
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)
After 19/04/44, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille (12. Brill.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 20/04/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Hans-Valentin Hube (13. Brill.)
27/04/44, Berghof, 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)
- Obst. Georg Kossmala (435. EL)
- 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, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. d.R. Fritz Breithaupt (387. EL)
- Oblt. z.See d.R. Otto Pollmann (461. EL)
- unidentified (KM or LW)
- Obstllt. Hans Karl Stepp (462. EL)
- Major d.R. Rudolf Schoenert (450. EL)
- 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)
the remainding KM member might be among those following ones :
- Korv.Kapt. Georg Christiansen (326. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Bernd Klug (361. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Klaus Feldt (362. EL)
After 14/05/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Obst. Heinrich von Vietinghoff (456. EL) ??
- Maybe Gen.Lt. Eduard Hauser (376. EL) ??
- Maybe Gen.Lt. Dr. Hermann Hohn (410. EL) ??
- Obst. d.R. Maximilian Wengler (404. 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
- Ofw. d.R. Martin Hrustak (473. EL)
Peter Stöckert gives Hptm. d.R. Walter Mix (405. EL) instead of Hptm. d.R. Walter Elflein but he is wrong. This is defintively Elflein located between Drewes and Hrustak.
14/05/44, Bereghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Hasso von Manteuffel (50. Schw.)
After 14/05/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Karl Ullrich (480. EL)
After 14/05/44, Berghof Obersalzberg ??
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Werner Mummert (429. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Josef Schneider (389. EL)
- Ofw. Johann Schwerdfeger (474. 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.)
- Gen.Lt. Georg-Wilhelm Postel (57. Schw.)
- Obst. Franz Griesbach (53. Schw.)
- Gen. d. Art. Maximilian Fretter-Pico (368. EL)
- 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)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 09/06/44, location unknown (maybe Obersalzberg)
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Fw. d.R. Georg Bonk (492. EL)
- Ofw. d.R. Ferdinand Wegerer (483. 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.)
After 26/06/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Martin Unrein (515. EL)
After 09/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Stubaf. Hans Dorr (77. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
11/07/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Kap. z.See Rudolf Petersen (499. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Heinrich Hoffmann (524. EL)
- Kaleu. Götz Freiherr von Mirbach (500. EL)
After 11/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
After 18/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Obstlt. Theodor Tolsdorff (80. Schw.)
After 20/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Gen.Major Rainer Stahel (79. Schw.)
After 25/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
10/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostgruf. Josef Dietrich (16. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
After 11/08/44, location unknown
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- unidentified general
- unidentified general
- Obst. Rudolf Flinzer (575. EL) (Assumption)
- 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, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
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)
Obst. Schury (592. EL)
Obst. Weller (626. EL)
Stfw. Reuter (633. EL)
but most have a bestowal date which is too early or too late.
13/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Political ceremony :
- Franz von Papen is awarded the RK d. KVK
After 19/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Hinrich Warrelmann (555. EL)
- Obstlt. Gerhard Pick (553. EL)
20/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
FHQ ceremony : bestowal of the 20 July Wound Badge
From left to right :
- GFM Wilhelm Keitel
- Gen.Obst. Alfred Jodl
- Gen. d. Art. Walter Warlimont
- Gen. d. Inf. Walter Buhle
- Adm. Hans Erich Voss
- x1
- x2 (seemingly Heer offcier)
- Major Ernst John v. Freyend
- x3
- SS-Hpstuf. Otto Gunsche
- x4 (seemingly wearing a diplomatic jacket)
Other recipients who survived to the plot are :
- Kap. z.S. Heinz Assmann
- Obst. Nikolaus von Below
- Gen. d. Flieger Karl Bodenschatz
- Obstlt. Heinrich Borgmann
- Major Herbert Buchs
- SS-Gruf. Hermann Fegelein
- Hagen (Stenographer )
- Gen.Lt. Adolf Heusinger
- Walter Hewel
- Admiral Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer
- Gen.Major Walter Scherff
- Minister Councelor Franz von Sonnleithner
- Oberstleutnant Heinz Weizenegger
Killed recipients (during or after the plot) who consequently didn’t attend to this ceremony are :
- Gen. d. Flieger Günter Korten KILLED
- Obst. Heinz Brandt KILLED
- Gen.Lt. Rudolf Schmundt DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED
- Heinrich Berger (Stenographer ) KILLED
After 23/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz (559. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Helmut Lent (15. Brill.)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Erich Hartmann (18. Brill.)
27/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony with the first bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 14 soldiers
From left to right :
- Oblt. Rudolf Becker (RKT)
- SS-Ostuf. Julius Weck
- SS-Ustuf. Wilhelm Schache
- Ofw. Georg Aniol
- Ofw. Franz Ingebrand
- Fw. Kurt Buschbeck
- Fw. Karl Hamberger (RKT)
- Fw. Benno Paffrath
- Fw. Franz Schmid
- Uffz. Johann Friedberg
- Uffz. Anton Hermann
- Uffz. Fritz Willno (*)
- Uffz. Oskar Menz (*)
- Ogfr. Hans-Georg Rusdorf (*)
(*) I am not sure of the postion in the row for these recipients .
28/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Ogruf. Felix Steiner (86. Schw.)
- SS-Stubaf. Léon Degrelle (EL + NKSiG)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 28/08/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Ferdinand Schörner (93. Schw.)
After 02/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Staf. Otto Baum (95. Schw.)
05/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony with the second bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 14 soldiers
From left to right :
- SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz (EL)
- Ofw. Erich Friedrich
- SS-Oscha. Hans Karowski
- Fw. Franz Bierhoff
- Fw. Gerhard Sonntag
- Fw. Josef Hofstetter
- Uffz. Erich Makus
- Uffz. Friedrich Billau
- Uffz. Wilhelm Hatting
- Ogfr. Franz Richter (RK)
- Ogfr. Kurt Bormann (*)
- Ogfr. Alfred Plefka (*)
- SS-Rttf. Karl Schmidinger (*)
- Gefr. Franz Schmitt (*)
(*) I am not sure of the postion in the row for these recipients .
It is very likely that SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz was also awarded the EL by AH this very same day, during another ceremony even if I have not proof (see the „After 23/08/44“ ceremony).
14/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the third bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 8 soldiers
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Hermann Wulf (EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Karl Beiss
- Oblt. Wilhelm Loos (RK)
- Ogfr. Erich Carl
- Stgfr. Kurt Rätzel
- Fw. Johann Rennert
- Uffz. Erich Steininger
- Ogfr. Kurt Schmidt
It is said that SS-Stubaf. Léon Degrelle was also awarded the NKSiG this very same day (with the EL) during another ceremony. This point needs to be checked (see the „28/08/44“ ceremony)
19/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Rudolf Holste (561. EL)
- Major Walter Misera (569. EL)
26/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the fourth bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 13 soldiers
Position of the different recipients is not known for the moment (they have been consequenty sorted by rank)
- Oblt. d.R. Georg Pfisterer
- Lt. d.R. Ferdinand Chardon
- Lt. d.R. Walter Hofmeier
- Ofw. Heinrich Weber
- Fw. Hans Helming
- Fw. Martin Retz
- Uffz. Herbert Gottschalk
- Uffz. Nikolaus Körner
- Uffz. Emil Schacht
- Uffz. Erwin Scherhans
- Uffz. Karl Schwertfeger
- Uffz. Johann Winkler
- Ogfr. Fritz Schmidt
After 23/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Lt. Johann-Goerg Richert (623. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Källner (106. Schw.)
After 23/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Karl Mauss (101. Schw.)
30/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
W-SS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Hans Jüttner is awarded the RK d. KVK mit Schwertern
End of October, 1944, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Lt. Walter Schuck (616. EL)
07/11/44, Posen (awards bestowed by Himmler)
WH-WSS ceremony :
- SS-Gruf. Heinz Reinefarth (608. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Otto Lasch (578. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (571. EL)
- Gen.Major Georg Graf von Rittberg (610. EL)
- Gen.Major Werner Marcks (593. EL)
- Obst. Martin Bieber (566. EL)
- Obst. Hermann Siggel (552. EL)
- Obst. Wilhelm Bleckwenn (621. EL)
- Obst. Arthur Jüttner (622. EL)
- Obst. Wolfgang Kretzschmar (600. EL)
- Obst. Martin Strahammer (545. EL)
- Obst. Alois Weber (579. EL)
- Major Gerhard Behnke (605. EL)
- Major Kurt Schille (544. EL)
- Major Karl Thieme (627. EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm Kohler (607. EL)
- Hpm. Hans-Christian Stock (628. EL)
- SS-Ostuf. Helmut Scholz (591. EL)
11/11/44, location unknown (award bestowed by Göring)
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Franz Kieslich (619. EL)
NEW NEW NEW !!
27/11/44, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Wolfgang Schnaufer (21. brill.)
11/12/44, FHQ, Adlerhorst, Ziegenberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Gerhard Engel (679. EL)
- Gen.Major Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (4181. RK)
- Obst. Siegfried von Waldenburg (RK)
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, Ziegenberg
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1. Goldenes EL)
02/01/45, Salzburg suburbs
WH ceremony (awards bestowed by Himmler)
- Lt. d.R. Otto Carius (535. EL)
After 11/01/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Walter Kruger (120. Schw.)
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 18/01/45, location unknown
- Gen.Obst. Lothar Rendulic (122. Schw.)
After 01/02/45, location unknown
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Kurt Wahl (720. EL)
16/02/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
Political ceremony :
- Konstantin Hierl is awarded the gold cross of the german order with oakleaves and swords
20/02/45, location unknown
WSS ceremony
Position of the 2 recipients in the row is not known
- SS-Ostuf. Joachim Boosfeld (4628. RK and NKSiG)
- SS-Hpscha. Hermann Maringgele (4629. EK and NKSiG)
NEW NEW NEW !!
11/03/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- GFM Gerd von Rundstedt (133. Schw.)
After 11/03/45, location unknown
WH ceremony (bestowed by Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf)
- Hptm. d.R. Dr.Jur. Wolfgang Rust (771. EL)
After 12/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Hptm. d.R. Egon Agtha (778. EL)
UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED !!
18/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Major Othmar Pollmann (760. 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.)
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.
NEW NEW NEW !!
After 23/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Hans-Georg Herzog (798. EL)
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
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Great work, laborious collecting and brilliant result. Hello bake! Hello Denis!
Great work, Denis!
*** update***
24.08.1942 location: Vinnitsa (Werwolf)
KM-ceremony:
- Kaleu Erich Topp (17. Schwerter)
source: Jochmann "Hitlers Monologe"
Why is the Suhren-ceremony (18. Schwerter) at Bergdorf (Do you mean Berghof??)??? The floor and the curtain in the back is the same like the pics from Rommel on october 1st, 1942!! Or has Hitler the same floor and the same curtain in the Reichskanzlei and at the Berghof?? Hitler was only from 12. - 22. november 1942 at the Berghof!
My opinion is
27/9 - 4/10/1942 Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM-ceremony
- Kaleu Reinhard Suhren (18. Schwerter)
I will look for the date for Manstein (EL). I think that was on March 30th, 1943. But I'm not sure.
mjölnir
Great work, Denis!
*** update***
24.08.1942 location: Vinnitsa (Werwolf)
KM-ceremony:
- Kaleu Erich Topp (17. Schwerter)
source: Jochmann "Hitlers Monologe"
Why is the Suhren-ceremony (18. Schwerter) at Bergdorf (Do you mean Berghof??)??? The floor and the curtain in the back is the same like the pics from Rommel on october 1st, 1942!! Or has Hitler the same floor and the same curtain in the Reichskanzlei and at the Berghof?? Hitler was only from 12. - 22. november 1942 at the Berghof!
My opinion is
27/9 - 4/10/1942 Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM-ceremony
- Kaleu Reinhard Suhren (18. Schwerter)
I will look for the date for Manstein (EL). I think that was on March 30th, 1943. But I'm not sure.
mjölnir