Knight Crosses today

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Oberfeldwebel Adolf Reininghaus
Zugführer 14./FschJägRgt 7
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: September 13th, 1944

[Sepp45]

RK preliminary award document to Sanitätsfeldwebel Rudolf Bäcker
Stab II./GrenRgt 36
Presented on: September 18th, 1943

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Leutnant Arnold Huebner
Richtkanonier 3./Flak-Regiment 33 (mot.)
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: March 7th, 1942

[Sepp45]

Leutnant Huebner's uniform with the awards.

[StefanK.]

The RK of Hübner and Reinighaus is the identical Piece which is a fake.

thanks for your work, Sepp

[Sepp45]

The RK of Hübner and Reinighaus is the identical Piece which is a fake.

thanks for your work, Sepp

Thanks Stefan! This thread also helps to discard fakes and trying to find out where the original pieces went.

Regards,
Sepp

[Sepp45]

RK preliminary award document to Kapitänleutnant Elmershaus von Haxthausen
2. Artillerieträger-Flottille
Presented on: July 3rd, 1944

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Leutnant Max Grieser
Führer 2./PzGrenRgt 114
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: August 5th, 1944

The shown Knight's Cross was presented to the wife on September 8, 1944 in the town hall of the city Blieskastel.

[Sepp45]

RK formal and preliminary award document to Kapitän zur See Friedrich Bonte
Führer der Zerstörer und Kampfgruppe
Presented on: October 17th, 1940

[Sepp45]

KC grouping of Hauptmann Erich Taeger.

Sadly the front side of the cross can't be seen.

[kraut72]

Hi Sepp

This KC not period/fake

RK awarded to Leutnant Max Grieser
Führer 2./PzGrenRgt 114
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: August 5th, 1944

The shown Knight's Cross was presented to the wife on September 8, 1944 in the town hall of the city Blieskastel.

[Tony T-S]

I wondered about it too.

[Sepp45]

Funeral pillow of Hauptmann Johannes Bölter, buried in 1987.

Are those awards postwar replacements? Even myself, with the little knowledge I have on KCs, can see there's something odd on that cross.

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: August 18th, 1941

Awarded the Oak Leaves: August 8th, 1944

Currently in the archives of the Helsinki Military Museum

These two Crosses are hold within the Museum archives, attributed to Mannerheim.

One of the curious facts is the littler worn condition, but this could be because the Marshall of Finland rarely used them. Only when meeting with German officials.

And the oaks?

[Sepp45]

Zoom on the Cross carried by Mannerheim during the war.