Knight Crosses today

[Ludwig]

These medals were presented during the funeral of Feldwebel Karl Selinger, who got the KC on December 12th, 1944.

I'm sure that Ritterkreuz is postwar, right?

He died in 2011.

Impossible to tell from this picture!!!

[Sepp45]

Impossible to tell from this picture!!!

I guess the searching game begins then

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Oberleutnant Erich Weißflog
Nachrichten Offizier/Bordfunker, Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: June 24th, 1944

(Credits to Virtual-Grenadier: http://virtualgrenadier.com/sale_item.php?iid=1981)

[Sepp45]

Front and back of his KC.

(Credits to Virtual-Grenadier)

[Sepp45]

Finally, Weißflog's preliminary award document.

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[Sepp45]

This is not a picture of a KC, but of an historical attributed grouping (and rare photo).

I have already shown here the Knights Cross awarded to Erwin Rommel (http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...&postcount=262), so this picture will show his other important award, his Pour Le Merite.

This photo I came across is from a display made in 1959, of several items that once belonged to the "Desert Fox". The Afrika Korps tunic is now at the Münster Museum.

[Sepp45]

Zoom on the cased PLM

[Gran Sasso]

The Afrika Korps tunic is now at the Münster Museum.

You mean the musuem at Munster, not Münster (2 diff. towns).
However, the tunic they have on display is not the one shown in your great pics:

[Sepp45]

You mean the musuem at Munster, not Münster (2 diff. towns).
However, the tunic they have on display is not the one shown in your great pics:

Thanks for the correction and info about the tunic

[Gran Sasso]

Thanks for the correction and info about the tunic

You´re welcome. Its interesting that the tunic still on display at Munster is most propably not one of Rommels - the musuem itself has a new board next to it, explaning differences to tunics worn on period pics.

So the tunic shown in the 1959 pics has a bigger change to be "the real deal" ;-)

[Tom B]

You´re welcome. Its interesting that the tunic still on display at Munster is most propably not one of Rommels - the musuem itself has a new board next to it, explaning differences to tunics worn on period pics.

So the tunic shown in the 1959 pics has a bigger change to be "the real deal" ;-)

I had heard that the Rommel family had given on "loan" some of the FM"s items. Is this not true ?? Tom

[Sepp45]

RK formal award document to Oberleutnant Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer
Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 379 / 169.Infanterie-Division
Presented on: December 14th, 1941

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[Tom B]

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I think a friend of mine use to own this doc. Nice to see ! Tom

[Sepp45]

I think a friend of mine use to own this doc. Nice to see ! Tom

Hi my friend, I don't have the name of the owner, but on that same page I found the photos of this wonderful case with the initials of Bleyer on it.

[Sepp45]

You mean the musuem at Munster, not Münster (2 diff. towns).
However, the tunic they have on display is not the one shown in your great pics:

The tunic shown on the 59' pic is currently displayed at the Herrlingen Museum.