Knight Crosses today

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Oak Leaves preliminary award document to Oberstleutnant Karl Roßmann
Kommandeur, Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment Hermann Göring
Presented on: February 1st, 1945

(Photo credits to Adrian Forman)

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The upcoming Hermann-Historica auction will bring some good stuff: Oak Leaves formal award document to SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein!

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RK preliminary award document to Feldwebel Heinz Rothhardt
Zugführer 2./PzAufklAbt 11
Presented on: September 30th, 1943

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Swords awarded to Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Lüth
Kommandant U 181
Awarded the Swords: April 15th, 1943

This strange example of Luth's Swords were sold by A. Thies on the last auction. According to the family of the famous U-boot ace, this set was a field edition of the diamonds (given to him on August 9th, 1943). This probably was made by Luth himself after receiving the news of the diamonds award, on board his submarine.

More pics of this strange Godet piece.

(Photo credits to Andreas-Thies)

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Knight's Cross Formal Document to General d. Inf. Ernst Dehner (* March 5th, 1889 + Sept. 13th, 1970). Last command: Oberbefehlshaber West zbV. Tried at the IMT in the "Hostages Trial". Sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment. Released in 1951. (The RK is not his.)

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RK preliminary award document to Korvettenkapitän Karl-Friedrich Brill
Kommandant Minenschiff "Cobra" / Führer Minenschiffgruppe
Presented on: December 27th, 1941

Not very good pictures but it's what I've got so far on Brill.

(Source: http://www.manfred-krellenberg.de)

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And a photo of Korvettenkapitän Karl-Friedrich Brill, who was killed in action when the Minenschiff "Juminda" was sunk on 22 October 1943 west of Porto Santo Stefano by three American torpedo boats.

He was posthomously awarded the Oak Leaves on 18 November 1943.

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RK preliminary award document to Oberleutnant Hans Döbrich
Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 5 "Eismeer", Luftwaffe
Presented on: September 19th, 1943

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The upcoming Hermann-Historica auction will bring some good stuff: Oak Leaves formal award document to SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein!

I thank the person who sent me this photo; an extraordinary document!

[chen]

This is better.

[chen]

Like my Document?

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This is better.

Thanks

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RK awarded to SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard
Kommandeur SS-Reiter-Regiment 1 / SS-Kavallerie-Division / 2. Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
Awarded on: March 10th, 1943

This cross belongs to WAF member stefan_swe.

Lombard's group ended up in Sweden after being sold by Weitze. The DKiG went other way.

[frankandfrank]

I hope there is a provience that this knights cross was worn by SS General Lombard !!!

Gustav Lombard was until 1947 in Georgien after this many years in the russian Gulag!

Lombard comes back to Germany in 1955 !

So he saved his knights cross in the russian Gulag ???

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I hope there is a provience that this knights cross was worn by SS General Lombard !!!

Gustav Lombard was until 1947 in Georgien after this many years in the russian Gulag!

Lombard comes back to Germany in 1955 !

So he saved his knights cross in the russian Gulag ???

Good question Frank.. it would be nice to have some photos of the original grouping and description.