Knight Crosses today

[tony james]

RK preliminary award document to Major Erich Schröter
Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorisiert)
Presented on: September 8th, 1941

This nice document belongs to WAF member MMiller, credits to him

Source: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=125770

Regards,
Sepp.

Looks like the majors KC is a 3/4 ring.

[StefanK.]

I also had the same thought, Tony

[Sepp45]

RK with OL and Swords awarded to Generalmajor Dietrich Peltz
Staffelkapitän 1. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: October 14th, 1940

Kommandeur II. / Kampfgeschwader 77
Awarded the Oak Leaves: December 31st, 1941

Angriffsführer England
Awarded the Swords: July 23rd, 1943

Dietrich Peltz's wartime cross, scanned by D. Maerz (credits to him). http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...&postcount=105

Regards,
Sepp.

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Hauptmann Herbert Findeisen
Flugzeugführe und Beobachter 2.(H) / Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 4
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: February 29th, 1944

His awards and documents are on display at the Luftfahrtmuseum Hannover-Laatzen (Germany).

[Sepp45]

Hi guys! I can't really tell if that's his wartime RK, but I'll leave this nice grouping here. It belonged to Oberleutnant Helmuth Sprung (Flugzeugführer 7./KG 1 "Hindenburg"), awarded the RK on November 12th, 1943.

(Photo credits to "German Soldiers of WWII", by Jean de Lagarde.)

[Sepp45]

Finally got some time off from work! I'm gonna post a set of photos of attributed RKs, courtesy of WAF member Rolfi.

Nearly all of them have a black watermark, so I apologize for that.

RK with OL awarded to Oberst Viktor Bauer
Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet", Luftwaffe
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: July 30th, 1941

Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet", Luftwaffe
Awarded the Oak Leaves: July 26th, 1942

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to SS-Oberscharführer Franz Staudegger
Panzerkommandant 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1/SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler"
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: July 10th, 1943

The preliminary award document for Staudegger, despite the fact the name has been "censored".

[Ludwig]

Looks like the majors KC is a 3/4 ring.

No doubt about that! 3/4!!!

[Sepp45]

RK with OL awarded to Hauptmann Konrad Sauer
Zugführer 3./SturmGeschAbt 209
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: September 26th, 1942

Führer 1./SturmGeschBrig 393
Awarded the Oak Leaves: September 30th, 1944

Source: http://www.therupturedduck.com/WebPa...edals/m046.htm

[Sepp45]

RK with OL awarded to Hauptmann Konrad Sauer

Sauer's field notifications of the awards.

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Major Horst Quednau
Flugzeugführer III./KG 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: September 3rd, 1942

Source: http://militariatedesca.blogspot.com...ss-winner.html

[Sepp45]

Major Quednau receiving the cross, 1942.

The grouping was sold sometime ago by Detlev-Niemann

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Major Joachim Petzold
Kommandeur I. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: May 18th, 1943

Another photo of Petzold's cross. Photo credits to WAF member Rolfi

[Sepp45]

Hi to all! A very good subject has come to my hands

I was recently contacted by a person from Germany who send me a photo of the "supposed" medals (including the diamonds) of Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer. I've spent many hours searching for photo evidence of the Wolfgang's RK but no luck... until this morning when I got the email.

For those who may know something else about this photo (or the medals).. are we looking at the wartime cross of this famous pilot?

Pieter V. once told me that both sets of Diamonds where still in the hands of Wolfgang's family.

All opinions are welcome

Regards,
Sepp.

[Sepp45]

Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer

The "night-ace" photo with the diamonds.

Still no ideas about the previous picture?