Knight Crosses today

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RK with OL awarded to Obersturmbannführer Franz Hack
Kommandeur III. / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 9 “Germania” / 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking” / Heeresgruppe Mitte
Awarded the Rittekreuz: May 14th, 1944

Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 “Westland” / 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking” / IV.SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded the Oak Leaves: April 20th, 1945

Details about the OL: Franz Hack was the first person whose awarding of the Eichenlaub did not occur with a number. According to his own words the award was made by SS-Obergruppenführer Gille and SS-Oberführer Ulrich. The awarding was confirmed by an entry between 15th - 20th April in the recmmendations book of OKH/PA/P 5 and an entry in the Soldbuch of Hack with the date of 20th April 1945. According the countings it would have been the 844th Award.

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Hack's OL (according to his own version) back view; medals of the grouping on the right.

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Hack's RK and his soldbuch. The entry made on the pages correspond to the fact that he may have been awarded the OL; but no "officially".

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RK awarded to Major Werner Naseband
Kommandeur I. / Grenadier-Regiment 451
Awarded the Rittekreuz: January 28th, 1943

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Naseband's DKiG formal award document and his 1957 version of medals.

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RK awarded to Major Max Wandrey
Chef 11. / Jäger-Regiment 1 "Brandenburg"
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: January 9th, 1944

Sorry for the bad quality photos. It's the best I could get of this grouping.

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Documents and Items belonging to Wandrey.

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RK awarded to Obersturmführer Hans Hoffritz
Zugführer 14.(PzJäg)/InfRgt 268
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: September 9th, 1941.

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Obersturmführer Hoffritz RK.

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RK awarded to Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Zimmermann
Zugführer 6. / Grenadier-Regiment 80
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: October 23rd, 1944

Thanks to WAF member LRRPS for the photo of Zimmermann's RK.

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Zimmermann holding a MP40 SMG on the front; on the right some items from the grouping Andreas-Thies was selling many years ago.

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RK with OL awarded to Korvettenkapitän Gunther Prien
Kommandant "U 47" / 7. Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: October 18th, 1939

Kommandant "U 47" / 7. Unterseebootsflottille
Awarded the Oak Leaves: October 20th, 1940

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Swords formal award document to Hans-Joachim Marseille
Staffelkapitän 3. / Jagdgeschwader 27
Presented on June 18th, 1942

Source: http://hearts-and-daggers.blogspot.c...of-africa.html

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RK awarded to Oberleutnant Fritz Schürmeyer
Staffelkapitän 3.(F)/AufklGrp des OB der Lw
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: October 1th, 1940.

This RK belongs to WAF member -=Re-Sa=-

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=312300

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RK awarded to Generalleutnant Erwin Jollasse
Kommandeur SchtzRgt 52
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: November 2th, 1941.

This RK belongs to WAF member ordenpeter

Source: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...t=Knight+Cross