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    #1081
    Post 1090

    Willi Dippberger with Wife. Willi Dipberger Beobachter Stab./KG 6
    KC 09.01.1945

    best regards
    Markus

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      #1082
      Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
      Oberst Johannes Wiese

      You can see both crosses on his display, the wartime and '57 editions!
      Pure gold! A color version of this magnificent photo
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        #1083
        And a close-up on the awards!

        Hope you like it
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        Last edited by Sepp45; 11-11-2013, 08:29 PM.

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          #1084
          Sepp that's a great shot. A complete set of clasps and all. Is one of those RKs a 57er, I can't tell on my screen?

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            #1085
            Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
            And a close-up on the awards!

            Hope you like it
            Sepp, Any idea of where his awards are now ?? Tom

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              #1086
              Originally posted by Tom B View Post
              Sepp, Any idea of where his awards are now ?? Tom
              No idea Tom.. Wiese passed away in 1991, but I haven't seen those medals on any private collections, so far.

              Maybe his awards are in the hands of the family.

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                #1087
                Originally posted by Tony T-S View Post
                Sepp that's a great shot. A complete set of clasps and all. Is one of those RKs a 57er, I can't tell on my screen?
                If I'm not mistaken, the first one is a 57er.

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                  #1088
                  Like I told Nigel, The ONLY place I'll be posting ANYTHING is on this part of the 57 section. So just the "Vets wearing their 57ers!!!" With the REST, I'm finished ! Tom

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                    #1089
                    Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
                    Meyer was captured in 1945 wearing an Army uniform (he disguised himself using the identity of one fictional Colonel Meyer of the Heer's 2nd Panzer-Division), without his RK. Maybe his original cross is still in the hands of the family?
                    If I correctly recall from Meyer's autobiography, Grenadiers, he complained that his decorations were stolen from him when he surrendered.

                    If I'm mistaken, PLEASE!, someone correct me.

                    --Guy

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                      #1090
                      Originally posted by Tom B View Post

                      ....Don't know the name of the porky little guy?

                      Benni Hügel?



                      Forgive my sillyness ... I can't help it sometimes.

                      --Guy

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                        #1091
                        No silliness, that's exactly who I thought of as well.

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                          #1092
                          Originally posted by GHP View Post
                          If I correctly recall from Meyer's autobiography, Grenadiers, he complained that his decorations were stolen from him when he surrendered.

                          If I'm mistaken, PLEASE!, someone correct me.

                          --Guy
                          I heard & read the same thing Guy. I have never heard of any of his awards showing up ? Tom

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                            #1093
                            Kurt Meyer, Grenadiers (Stackpole Books, 2005), p. 309. [The "chicken coop incident".]

                            "...My astonishment vanished quickly; a submachine gun was pointed at my stomach. At the same time, a second American shouted: "Don't resist! My buddy wants your medals as a souvenir." Powerless with rage, I allowed my Knight's Cross to be stolen. It had been with me since April 1941...."

                            --Guy

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                              #1094
                              Soldiers of every nation have done this to other soldiers, I guess it's just part of it. It's still a disgrace, but that's war for you. It is, as we've seen so often, also part of the collecting world as well.

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                                #1095
                                Originally posted by GHP View Post
                                Kurt Meyer, Grenadiers (Stackpole Books, 2005), p. 309. [The "chicken coop incident".]

                                "...My astonishment vanished quickly; a submachine gun was pointed at my stomach. At the same time, a second American shouted: "Don't resist! My buddy wants your medals as a souvenir." Powerless with rage, I allowed my Knight's Cross to be stolen. It had been with me since April 1941...."

                                --Guy
                                Thanks for posting the quote ! Tom

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