Here a list of RK winners who served after the war in the NVA, in the NVA unlike the Bundeswehr it's was forbiden to wear any TR awards (and also Imperial awards) so those soldiers never wore there RK again after the war.
1. NVA Generalmajor (a.D.)/Wehrmacht Oberst Wilhelm Adam. Knight’s Cross: 17 December 1942, Oberst, Adjutant of the 6th Army.
2. NVA Generalmajor/Wehrmacht Generalmajor Dr. rer. pol. Otto Korfes. Knight’s Cross: 22 January 1943, Generalmajor, Commander of the 295th Infantry Division.
3. NVA Generalleutnant/Wehrmacht Generalleutnant Vincenz Müller. Knight’s Cross: 7 April 1944, Generalleutnant, Deputy Leader of the XXVII Army Corps.
4.NVA Oberst Walter Litzmann-Lehweiss/Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant who commanded KG3 bomber squadron. Awarded the Knight's Cross in October of 1943.
5.NVA Oberst Willy Riedel/Wehrmacht Major, RK:25.Jan.1943.
6.NVA Oberst/Wehrmacht Oberleutnant he was was captured during the final phase of the battle of Stalingrad in 1943 and never knew about his Knight's Cross award.
7.NVA Obesrt/Wehrmacht Hauptmann Paul Markgraf, RK:3 January 1943
I would love in anybody could list more RK winners in the NVA, or provide pics of the listed above wearing their Wehrmacht/NVA decoration and medals.
1. NVA Generalmajor (a.D.)/Wehrmacht Oberst Wilhelm Adam. Knight’s Cross: 17 December 1942, Oberst, Adjutant of the 6th Army.
2. NVA Generalmajor/Wehrmacht Generalmajor Dr. rer. pol. Otto Korfes. Knight’s Cross: 22 January 1943, Generalmajor, Commander of the 295th Infantry Division.
3. NVA Generalleutnant/Wehrmacht Generalleutnant Vincenz Müller. Knight’s Cross: 7 April 1944, Generalleutnant, Deputy Leader of the XXVII Army Corps.
4.NVA Oberst Walter Litzmann-Lehweiss/Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant who commanded KG3 bomber squadron. Awarded the Knight's Cross in October of 1943.
5.NVA Oberst Willy Riedel/Wehrmacht Major, RK:25.Jan.1943.
6.NVA Oberst/Wehrmacht Oberleutnant he was was captured during the final phase of the battle of Stalingrad in 1943 and never knew about his Knight's Cross award.
7.NVA Obesrt/Wehrmacht Hauptmann Paul Markgraf, RK:3 January 1943
I would love in anybody could list more RK winners in the NVA, or provide pics of the listed above wearing their Wehrmacht/NVA decoration and medals.
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