57 RK swords collectors please read!

[bratwurstdimsum]

**dear moderator** I hope I have posted this in the right spot...

Do you know anyone who has a 57 swords RK and knows its owner? Read on...

Like many of you I am looking at my early 1957 RK with frustration wondering who the heck could've owned such a lovely piece.

In trying to find out the original owner of my swords RK, I've decided to attempt to narrow down the list of possible (legit) owners of 57 RKs by qualification:

1. The owner must have earnt the oak leaves and swords to the Knight's cross of the iron cross
2. The owner must have been alive post 1957 (obviously to receive the award)
3. The owner did not earn/reach swords with diamonds (we'll deal with those some other time!)
4. The owner has died (The only reason IMO for a vet to let go a non-nazi marked medal)

This narrows the list down to 75...

What I'd like to do is get everyone who knows someone who owns any 57 swords RKs attributed to the following recipients to indicate for me to eliminate them from the list, thereby helping me concentrate my efforts to tracking down who owns my one. Ideally a name of a person would be great but for privacy's sake that is not always possible

Bäke Dr. med. dent., Franz
Barkhorn, Gerhard
Batz, Wilhelm
Baum, Otto
Bayerlein, Fritz
Behrend, Hermann-Heinrich
Bittrich, Wilhelm
Bochmann, Georg
Breith, Hermann
Bremm, Josef
Bühligen, Kurt
Edelsheim Reichsfrhr. v., Maximilian
Fries, Walter
Gazen v. gen. v. Gaza, Waldemar
Gorn, Walter
Gräser, Fritz-Hubert
Griesbach, Franz
Hackl, Anton
Hartmann, Walter
Harpe, Josef
Hausser, Paul
Heilmann, Ludwig
Heinrici, Gotthard
Helbig, Joachim
Herr, Traugott
Hitzfeld, Otto
Hogeback, Hermann
Hohn Dr. rer. pol., Hermann
Hoth, Hermann
Ihlefeld, Herbert
Jordan, Hans
Jüttner, Arthur
Kirchner, Friedrich
Knobelsdorff v., Otto
Kretschmer, Otto
Kreysing, Hans
Kroh, Hans
Kumm, Otto
Lang, Friedrich
Lemm, Heinz-Georg
Lüttwitz Frhr. v., Heinrich
Lüttwitz Frhr. v., Smilo
Mäder, Hellmuth
Manstein v. Lewinski gen., Erich
Mayer Dr. rer. pol. , Johannes
Meyer, Kurt
Müller v., Dietrich
Nehring, Walter K.
Niehoff, Hermann
Niemack, Horst
Obstfelder v., Hans
Oppeln-Bronikowski v., Hermann
Peiper, Joachim
Peltz, Dietrich
Priess, Hermann
Priller, Josef
Reinhardt, Alfred-Hermann
Reinhardt, Georg-Hans
Rendulic Dr. jur., Lothar
Sachsenheimer, Max
Schroer, Werner
Schulz, Friedrich
Schulz, Karl-Lothar
Schwerin Graf v., Gerhard
Stadler, Sylvester
Steiner, Felix
Steinhoff, Johannes
Streib, Werner
Suhren, Reinhard
Thieme, Carl
Weidinger, Otto
Wietersheim v., Wend
Wisch, Theodor
Wisliceny, Günther Eberhardt
Ziegler, Werner

All I know of mine is previous forum members, Ed Tainton & Herwig Staessen once owned the cross I have now:



http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...n&folderid=all

[bratwurstdimsum]

My full list of ALL 137 RK OL&S recipients (minus the diamonds) with date of deaths and sources are here:

http://jeffooi.tripod.com/1957OLS-trager.htm

[markus]

My full list of ALL 137 RK OL&S recipients (minus the diamonds) with date of deaths and sources are here:

http://jeffooi.tripod.com/1957OLS-trager.htm

Theodor Wisch used a repro KC with oaks and swords. He did not have a 1957 version.

[George L]

Wow, Nice RK OLS there! Can you post some photos of that piece in the 57 section???

[bratwurstdimsum]

Wow, talk about resurrecting an old thread thanks for the interest but I have since sold this RK to a gentleman in NZ. Hopefully he is reading this and will come through with plenty more pics but if you search on my name and "schickle" I'm sure you'll find plenty of posts

[DavidM]

Wow, Nice RK OLS there! Can you post some photos of that piece in the 57 section???

Hello

I have recently aquired this RK and have posted photos of it in the 57 section.

Please see this thread:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=244802

Regards
David

[otter76]

Completing the list. Not Horst Niemack