Knight Crosses today

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Major Erwin Koopmann
Führer Grenadier-Regiment 76
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: November 28th, 1943

This excelent RK grouping belongs to WAF member Robert T.

Source: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=248130

Major Koppmann's RK preliminary award document.

Regards,
Sepp.

[Paul E]

RK preliminary award document to Oberführer Otto Baum
Kommandeur III. / SS-"Totenkopf" Infanterie-Regiment 3 / SS-"Totenkopf" Division / II.Armee-Korps / 16.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
Presented on: May 8th, 1942

Regards,
Sepp.

Just a quick question who would the Oberst be who signed this document ?

cheers

Paul

[Sepp45]

RK preliminary award document to Generalleutnant Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz
Kommandeur 7. Infanterie-Division
Presented on: August 15th, 1940

This document belongs to WAF member Stormfighter.

Regards,
Sepp.

[Sepp45]

Just a quick question who would the Oberst be who signed this document ?

cheers

Paul

Good question Paul; I'll try to get that info for you.

Regards,
Sepp.

[Sepp45]

RK preliminary and formal award documents to Major Alfred Schwarzmann
Zugführer 8. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: May 29th, 1940

More photos of Schwarzmann's grouping; posted by WAF member Chen in another thread.

[Sepp45]

RK formal award document to Hauptmann Carl Ludwig Blumenthal
7. / Infanterie-Regiment 1 "Großdeutschland"
Presented on: September 18th, 1942

Regards,
Sepp.

[Sepp45]

OL and Swords awarded to Major Günther Rall
Staffelkapitän 8. / Jagdgeschwader 52
Awarded the Oak Leaves: October 26th, 1942

Kommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 52
Awarded the Swords: September 12th, 1943

Another photos of Rall's OL and Swords. Photos taken by WAF member WalterB

[Sepp45]

RK preliminary award document to Oberwachtmeister Arthur Iden
Sturmgeschützführer Festung Schneidemühl
Presented on: February 10th, 1945.

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Major Karl Heinz Langer
Kommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: April 20th, 1945

Sorry about the poor quality and blackened photos. That's how the selling house posted them.

[Sepp45]

Langer's RK, front and back. On the right, his clasp and soldbuch.

[markus]

Sepp Dietrich's KC ribbon

Sepp45 asked me to post this directly.

Sepp Dietrich's converted EK-2 neck-ribbon (the whereabouts of the Cross etc. are unknown) he used to wear his Knight's Cross on. The item comes from the estate of a U.S. Army veteran who picked up quite a number of pieces from the Dietrich residence at Oberstdorf in the summer of 1945.

This particular ribbon can be identified on quite a number of photos especially during the summer of 1941 where Dietrich frequently wore his tunic's collar open due to the high temperatures in Russia. The cross would then just dangle down from Dietrich his neck/collar.

The advantage of the odd construction of this particular ribbon:
Dietrich would not need to take the whole cross and ribbon off to be able to open the collar and cool down a bit. (Some photos even show how he closes this particular ribbon)

Interestingly, the ribbon can be seen again in 1944 (see photo). This time he wore it with his Oakleaves and Swords under the collar of his his black service shirt.

This piece is one of two Knight's Cross ribbons recovered from the residence.

So not a Knight's Cross as such, but the only piece remaining from Sepp Dietrich's high decoration today.

More on the full details of how the items were recovered by the CIC personnel in the current/next issue of "Der Freiwillige" magazine (Munin-Verlag).

Cheers,
Markus

[Sepp45]

Excellent Markus! Congrats on that piece and thanks for sharing it here. I posted early on the thread the ribbon that HH was selling also.

Regards,
Sepp.

[Sepp45]

RK with OL awarded to Generalleutnant Harry Hoppe
Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 424
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: September 12th, 1941

Kommandeur 278. Infanterie-Division
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: December 18th, 1944

Source: http://62.128.3.13/ufItemInfo.aspx?a...14507&s_id=150

More photos of Hoppe's grouping.

[Sepp45]

RK with OL preliminary award documents to Leutnant Hans Strippel
Zugführer 2. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division / XXXXI.Panzer-Korps / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe D
Presented on: January 22nd, 1943

Zugführer 4. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division / 4.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Nordukraine
Presented on: June 4th, 1944

Leutnant Strippel's grouping, with documents and medals, except his RK with OL. The preliminary award docs can be seen there. I'll try to finds his cross

[Sepp45]

DKiG documents to Strippel.