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#16

Post by Elwyn W » 21 Nov 2004, 22:58

A different RKT.
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#17

Post by Elwyn W » 21 Nov 2004, 23:00

Another RKT
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#18

Post by Elwyn W » 21 Nov 2004, 23:02

Yet another one.
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#19

Post by Denis » 22 Nov 2004, 08:57

Hello Freiherr
I would say this is Heinz Pfitzner. In this lot, I could find a better view of the RAD RKT and both are very close.
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#20

Post by Daniel L » 29 Nov 2004, 13:59

Can anyone identify these persons? It's taken in 1943. Am I correct that No. 2 is Pfitzner?

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#21

Post by Denis » 29 Nov 2004, 14:30

Hi Daniel
#2 is not Pfitzner. He is not similar (regarding both faces) and Pfitzner was never shown wearing the Infanterie Sturmabzeichen but the Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen.
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#22

Post by Daniel L » 01 Dec 2004, 21:15

Okay. Any ideas about them?

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#23

Post by Irwin » 20 Jan 2005, 20:16

great pictures guys! In the last photo the man 3rd from the left is Obertruppführer Bittner

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#24

Post by Daniel L » 20 Jan 2005, 20:30

Thanks Yancy!

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#25

Post by Daniel L » 13 Sep 2005, 21:25

Anyone?

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#26

Post by Doktor Krollspell » 15 Sep 2005, 21:34

Hello Daniel!

Here's some RKT who also where members of the RAD:

Bittner, Rudolf, RK 28.11.42 als Gefr., Richtkan. i.d. 2./Pz.Jäg.Abt. 561 (Obertruppführer im RAD)
Bornhof, Rudolf, RK 3.5.42 als Lt. d.R., Fhr. 1./Jäger-Rgt. 38 (Oberfeldmeister im RAD)
Faulmüller, Klaus, Dr., RK 25.06.43 als Lt. d.R., Fhr. 7./Geb.Jäg.Rgt. 13 (Obertsfeldmeister im RAD)
Frese, Ernst, RK 27.8.44 als Lt. d.R., Fhr. 6./G.R. 869 (Oberstfeldmeister im RAD)
Garz, Walter, RK 16.12.42 als Feldw., Zugf. i.d. 3./Pz.G.R. 74 (Obertruppführer (G) im RAD)
Konopka, Gerhard, RK 29.8.43 als Oblt. d.R., Fhr. II./G.R. "Grossdeutschland" (Oberarbeitsführer im RAD)
Korn, Heinz, RK 14.1.45 als Feldmeister im RAD, Meßoffz. i.d. 4./schw.Flak-Abt. 232 (RAD 8/60)
Kreitmar, Rudolf, RK 31.3.43 als Hptm. d.R., Fhr. 7./G.R. 282 (Oberstfeldmeister im RAD)
Lipfert, Helmut, RK 5.4.44 als Lt. d.R., Staffelfhr. i.d. II./J.G. 52 (Oberfeldmeister im RAD)
Ott, Helmuth, RK 16.11.43 als Oblt. d.R., Chef 3./G.R. 97 (Oberstfeldmeister im RAD)
Pfitzner, Heinz, RK 15.1.43 als Oblt. d.R., Chef 2./Pi.Btl. 290 (Oberfeldmeister im RAD)
Quest, Ewald, RK 4.5.44 als Oblt. d.R., Bttr.Chef i.d. I./Flak-Rgt. 33 (mot) (Oberstfeldmeister im RAD)
Schaumann, Horst, RK 17.4.45 als Lt. d.R., Fhr. 3.(Jäg)/G.R. 2 (Feldmeister im RAD)
Stein, Erich, RK 3.1.44 als Oblt. d.R., Fhr. II./G.R. 105 (Oberstfeldmeister im RAD)
Strauß, Hubert, RK 4.10.44 als Oblt. d.R., Fhr. 9./G.R. 361 (mot) (Oberstfeldmeister im RAD)
Vogel, Robert, RK 26.8.43 als Feldw., Zugf. 7./G.R. 119 (mot) (Obertruppführer im RAD)
Vollmer, Günter, RK 20.4.43 als Oblt. d.R., Fhr. 3./G.R. 411 (Feldmeister im RAD)
Wetjen, Heinrich, RK 28.3.45 als Hptm. d.R., Kdr. I./Jäger-Rgt. 49 (Oberstfeldmeister im RAD)

...and finally the only soldier (that I could find) who recieved the Ritterkreuz while serving in one of the RAD Infantry Divisions, namely:

Sauter, Jordan, RK 7.5.45 als Hptm. d.R., Btl.Kdr. im Rgt. "Theodor Körner 1", Division "Theodor Körner".


Source for the above listing: Gerhard von Seemen "Ritterkreuzträger" (1976).


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Krollspell

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#27

Post by Daniel L » 15 Sep 2005, 23:05

Thank you very much!

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#28

Post by Elwyn W » 10 Dec 2005, 17:28

No2 is Robert Vogel

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#29

Post by Dieter Zinke » 10 Dec 2005, 18:35

Doktor Krollspell wrote:Hello Daniel!
...and finally the only soldier (that I could find) who recieved the Ritterkreuz while serving in one of the RAD Infantry Divisions, namely:
Sauter, Jordan, RK 7.5.45 als Hptm. d.R., Btl.Kdr. im Rgt. "Theodor Körner 1", Division "Theodor Körner".
Regards,
Krollspell
Sorry, but Sauter has been cancelled definitively as KC-holder by Veit Scherzer in his new outstanding book:
The awarding had to go from HGr Weichsel to HPA / A (Heeres-Personalamt). But he is not registered in the awarding-list. Sauter was a member of the OdR.

Dieter Z.

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#30

Post by Doktor Krollspell » 10 Dec 2005, 21:51

Hello Dieter!

I just recieved my own copy of Scherzer's "Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945" last week. Truly a monumental work! I also noticed that Hauptmann Sauter no longer was officially recognized as a RKT. The RAD-RKT list I posted a while ago was compiled from von Seemen.

I would just like to say that I agree with you on this new Tome on the Ritterkreuzträger. Very, very interesting articles in the first part of the book.


With best regards,

Krollspell

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