The fate of the Diamonds.

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One more shot of Kesselring in 1945.

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Perfect photo of Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Lüth wearing a set of diamonds (I can't make which ones).

I've seen an image of Lüth Diamonds cassette on Angolia's book, but no luck so far finding a better resolution of it, so far..

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A postwar edition but an example worth of showing in this thread: Sepp Dietrich, 1959.

This is currently in the possesion of a WAF member

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And now the war piece: Dietrich's B-Stuck, recently bought by H. Weitze after being sold by the family.

(Photo credits to WAF member Michael Everett)

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Color photo of Brillantenträger Adolf Galland!

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Color photo of Brillantenträger Adolf Galland!

And a series of shots from Galland surrender in 1945 while holding the set of diamonds.

(Photo credits to Criticalpast.com)

[Scott C.]

Great photos - is Galland's cap eagle actually missing or was it photoshopped out?

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Great photos - is Galland's cap eagle actually missing or was it photoshopped out?

The eagle was removed by Galland.

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A photo I was missing: SS-Gruppenführer Herbert-Otto Gille with his set of diamonds.

So far no information about the current whereabouts of his wartime piece. His cassette is in the private collection of Wolfe-Hardin.

There's also a photo showing Gille getting a '57 KC in 1959.. I will post soon.

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Perfect photo of Korvettenkapitän Wolfgang Lüth wearing a set of diamonds (I can't make which ones).

Luth is wearing his platinum set.

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There's also a photo showing Gille getting a '57 KC in 1959.. I will post soon.

As you can see in this postwar image of Gille while getting a brand new KC with diamonds attached to it. No idea to know if those are his wartime pieces or not.

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Albrecht Brandi's presentation 2nd Form, Type A platinum Brilliants displayed within deluxe leather case.

(Photo credits to "Bravery Courage and Valour - Volume 1: Decorations and Awards of the Third Reich", by Adrian Forman)

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Zoom after the award ceremony on December 14th, 1943

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Rommel inspecting the Atlantic Wall, 1944.

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Hauptmann Walter Nowotny wearing his Silver set (that was later destroyed in the crash that took his life, November 8th 1944). Galland mentioned it when they found his few remains.

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