Vets wearing their 57ers!!!

[Sepp45]

The first time I see a photo of GFM Erich von Manstein wearing a set of 57ers!

[Tom B]

The first time I see a photo of GFM Erich von Manstein wearing a set of 57ers!

Hello my Friend ! This is a rare photo ! Very few post war of the GFM !!! Tom

[luftkrieg]

The first time I see a photo of GFM Erich von Manstein wearing a set of 57ers!

Great photo indeed!! He seems to be wearing the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and the Hohenzollern House Order, Knights Cross.

Best
Pierce

[Sepp45]

Thank you for the comments Tom and Pierce

Oberst Werner Manns

[Sepp45]

Larger pic of this great Rudel postwar photo!

[Tom B]

Larger pic of this great Rudel postwar photo!

Hello Buddy ! I held that very set in my hands a couple times ! Tom

[Sepp45]

Felix von Luckner, 1960

[Nigel N]

Great photo...and what awards!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers Sepp!!
-Nigel

[Sepp45]

Great photo...and what awards!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers Sepp!!
-Nigel

Thanks Nigel; here's another of Luckner during his final years.

[Nigel N]

Hinrich Ahrens...an old friend of Tom's I believe!!!
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[Tom B]

Hinrich Ahrens...an old friend of Tom's I believe!!!
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Great pic of my old friend ! He spoke very little English, and Bodo & I would have fun kidding him about it. Once at lunch he suddenly quit eating and said "this food is hordible " What a wonderful man he was ! Once he sent me $25.00 in a letter. When I asked him what it was for, he said "a toy for my Daughter " I miss his fun way of looking at life ! Tom

[Nigel N]

Great memories Tom!!!
-Nigel

[Tom B]

Great memories Tom!!!
-Nigel

Yes they are Nigel. I have many wonderful memories of those RKT's. I had sent a birth announcement of my Daughter to Artur Becker-Neetz in 1982. I received a congrats card a couple weeks later signed by 5 RKT's. They of course were Fathers & Grandfathers themselves and were like all of us combat vet's not consumed by our time in some damn war. Most of them are gone now, and I consider my self a very lucky man to have called many of them my friends. Tom

[Sepp45]

A small photo of Hauptmann Kurt Schließmann!

[Sepp45]

Willi Reschke