Vets wearing their 57ers!!!

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THANK YOU SEPP !!!!!!! This is my favorite photo that he gave to me !! I have several of him (he had none wearing a war time RK as he never received a 39 RK). He was a super nice man ! Tom

Thanks my friend, a few more are on the way to this thread

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Leutnant Artur Becker-Neetz

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A set of Hajo Hermann.

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Hauptmann Paul-Georg Kleffel

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Despite the fact it's a small photo, it's one of the rarest I've seen so far: postwar picture of Oberstleutnant Franz Kieslich.

Still looking for one with better resolution..

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Major Carl Friedrich

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(Photo credits to aubagne98, from gmic.co.uk)

[Tom B]

Leutnant Artur Becker-Neetz

.My RKT Best Friend !!!!! Drank "Many" a beer at his house !!!!!! A wonderful Man and fun to be with ! It was because of his friendship that I was able to attend my first OdR reunion & be sanctioned as a collector friend of the OdR. Tom

[Ingsoc75]

After reunification in 1990, were former vets from East Germany given the opportunity to have these?

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After reunification in 1990, were former vets from East Germany given the opportunity to have these?

Hello ! Absolutely, and many, if not all did purchase the 57 pieces to replace their war time awards. And the Knights Cross winners flocked to joint the OdR. Tom

[Steve 5]

Hello ! Absolutely, and many, if not all did purchase the 57 pieces to replace their war time awards. And the Knights Cross winners flocked to joint the OdR. Tom

And they would of bought the late awards and crosses, including the "D" frame sand blasted RK's, much to the distaste of some here.............but they would of worn them with as much pride as any "B" frame first core version ! But then they would not of cared a jot what type they had !
Prost ! Steve.

[Nigel N]

Thanks for all the great new additions to the thread Sepp!!
The photo of Matheja, is one of the best RK close-up, in wear, shots I've seen!
-Nigel

[Ingsoc75]

Hello ! Absolutely, and many, if not all did purchase the 57 pieces to replace their war time awards. And the Knights Cross winners flocked to joint the OdR. Tom

That's pretty crazy to think about. You spend 40 years under a regime that didn't allow such things and then one day, you're allowed to wear them.

Did the DDR give pensions to former Werhmacht veterans?

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[QUOTE=Ingsoc75;6075732]That's pretty crazy to think about. You spend 40 years under a regime that didn't allow such things and then one day, you're allowed to wear them.

Did the DDR give pensions to former Werhmacht veterans?[/QUOTE Don't know any thing about pensions ? Since my last visit to Germany was in 1988, I never met any of the Vets who had lived in the DDR. I wrote to all of the RKT's and received photos from all of them ! Tom

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Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt

Color photo of Brigadier-General Dennhardt