Knight Crosses today

[Sepp45]

Johannes Bölter

This is Bölter's funeral pillow.. same cross?

[Tom B]

This is Bölter's funeral pillow.. same cross?

I think it is the same....Tom

[tony james]

Ludwig
nice schickle crosses. I've been a fan of Bolters since reading about him years ago .

[Leroy]

Rudolf Pflanz - RK in August 1941

Johannes Bölter - RK in April, 1944

Ludwig - You mentioned before that the RK you showed earlier (935-4) must have been a later acquisition by the RK holder, as the award date (September, 1943) couldn't match the cross. Now that we know that the PKZ numbers did not date from 1944, as previously thought, but from, instead, 1942 (and maybe earlier), that can no longer be stated with certainty.

[kraut72]

legitimate proposition

[Sepp45]

I found this footage from an old documentary about the life of Hans-Joachim Marseille made during the 70's.

I don't know if this is the cross that was present at Uetersen Museum (and late got stolen) or something else.

[Ludwig]

Rudolf Pflanz - RK in August 1941

Johannes Bölter - RK in April, 1944

Ludwig - You mentioned before that the RK you showed earlier (935-4) must have been a later acquisition by the RK holder, as the award date (September, 1943) couldn't match the cross. Now that we know that the PKZ numbers did not date from 1944, as previously thought, but from, instead, 1942 (and maybe earlier), that can no longer be stated with certainty.

I just repeated what Dietrich Maerz wrote, when I posted the Reinhardt cross the first time, some years ago. I don´t spend much time on KCs today.

[Ludwig]

This is Bölter's funeral pillow.. same cross?

Guess so

[Ludwig]

Generalmajor Joachim Coeler, Luftwaffe:

[Ludwig]

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[Ludwig]

Leutnant Eberhard Schaefer, Luftwaffe:

[Ludwig]

Reverse of that mint Klein&Quenzer produced Ritterkreuz:

[Sepp45]

Ludwig, thanks a lot for your help with the thread. Those are some impressive and wonderful crosses.

[Sepp45]

Generalmajor Joachim Coeler, Luftwaffe:

A photo of Generalmajor Coeler with a nice side view of the cross.

[Tony T-S]

Sorry, off topic, but these are two beautiful crosses.