Knight's Cross Holders Identification

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#781

Post by bake » 21 Oct 2004, 02:46

Thanks Daniel. :)

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#782

Post by hec801 » 21 Oct 2004, 09:55

Hey Daniel,

thanks for the post but I think this is not Meinhold! Other face and I think this KC holder here wears no DKiG!

It would be nice if anyone could control these two KC holders of 50. ID because I have no pic of them:

Hübner, Ernst-August - Oberleutnant, Chef 12./122 - 9.12.43
Richter, Hans - Hauptmann, Führer I./121 - 29.1.44

Daniel, another possibility is that the unknown KC holder was member of 98. ID! Baerenfaenger had some units of that division under his commando...

Maybe someone has an idea!?

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#783

Post by Elwyn W » 22 Oct 2004, 14:16

Hi Hannes,

Here's Hans Richter. Not him. Do you have a picture of Meinhold to share?
Johannes Richter, Pz.Gren.Rgt. 304 / AHF id
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Post by Ingo » 22 Oct 2004, 14:28

Hello freiherr,

your picture shoes not Hans Richter. It is Johannes Richter, KC 39.09.1944 as Leutnant and leader 2. / Pz.Gren.Rgt. 304

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Post by VJK » 22 Oct 2004, 17:26

Hi!

This pic was labelled on e-bay as being Otto Wöhler. Having just had my eyes tested recently, I can't use that as as excuse for not being able to reconcile the pic with Wöhler. :D

Can anyone please offer an alternative identification?

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VJK
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Post by FANGIO » 23 Oct 2004, 07:18

Any idea regarding the photo I posted above (Mers-el-Kebir)???
Here's another one from Webshots:
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Post by Elwyn W » 24 Oct 2004, 23:13

UB_5.jpeg posted by Daniel on PP51 was taken on the same day as the following. It's the same house and RK on Betzels neck. There seemed to be no RKT in the entire pic except for the panzermann on the extreme right and even then it was tricky -- identified by Biblio Verlag as ObFwb Karl Ketterer who won his RK while serving 15PzRgt/11 Pz> Does anyone know if he was transfered to 4 Pz?

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Post by Elwyn W » 25 Oct 2004, 00:40

Who were they: the NCO from ebay, the Major from Detlev Niemann.

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Post by VJK » 29 Oct 2004, 19:46

Hi!

The face seems familiar, but I just can't place him. Can anyone please put me out of my misery and identify this RKT and DKiG Generalleutnant.

Many thanks in advance,

VJK
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Post by Mark V. » 30 Oct 2004, 18:25

From a recent Ebay auction - captioned as Panzer + RK Träger / Südf.
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#791

Post by Vienna » 30 Oct 2004, 20:58

Hi VJK!


Pic shows Kurt RÖPKE, 29.11.96-21.7.66, General der Infanterie.

Greeting

Vienna

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Post by VJK » 30 Oct 2004, 21:20

Hi Vienna!

Thank you so very much - I knew that I knew him but I got too much involved in the pic being of a Generalleutnant and forgot to check the Generale.

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VJK

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Post by FANGIO » 30 Oct 2004, 22:15

Who's this RKT (source: vincon-militaria)
The pics are within a group of photos showing Alfred Wünnenberg. Maybe this RKT is from 4.SS Polizei?
award ceremony with Wünnenberg : Otto Giesecke (l) and Karl Schümers (r) / AHF id
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Post by John Toner » 31 Oct 2004, 09:39

I am told that one of these RKTs is the later EL winner Gerhard Friedrich, but I don't know which. Can anyone say who the four are?

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John
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5. Panzer-Division Officers after the fightings at KOWEL in 1944 , possibly in preparation to the Oakleaves award ceremony for Major Wilhelm Drewes on 20 April 1944
from left to right :
1 - Major d.R. Hans-Georg Herzog - RK 06.04.1944 Major d.R. Kdr. II./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 14
[DKiG : 30.07.1942]
2 - Generalmajor Karl Decker - RK 13.06.1941 OTL Kdr. I./Pz.Rgt. 3 , EL [466.] 04.05.1944 Genmaj Kdr. 5.Pz.Div.
3 - Major Wilhelm Drewes - RK 27.10.1943 Hauptmann Fhr. I./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 13
[EL [458.] : 20.04.1944 Major Kdr. I./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 13
4 - Major (OTL 1.6.44) Gerhard Friedrich - RK 06.04.1943 Hauptmann Kdr. I./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 13
[EL [642.] : 03.11.1944 OTL Kdr. Pz.Gren.Rgt. 13 ; DKiG : 10.01.1944]
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#795

Post by Hardigan » 31 Oct 2004, 13:47

Hello Fangio

The KC-recipients are Otto Giesecke and Karl Schümers of Polizei-div

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Hardigan

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