Knight Crosses today

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Feldwebel Franz Wabro
Gruppenführer StabsKp/GrenRgt 534
Awarded on: June 4th, 1944

(Photo credits to www.hf-kirchberg.at/)

[Sepp45]

A photo of Wabro after the award ceremony.

(Photo credits to www.hf-kirchberg.at/)

[Sepp45]

And finally, Franz Wabro's KC during his funeral in 1986.

(Photo credits to www.hf-kirchberg.at/)

[Alex W.]

RK awarded to Feldwebel Franz Wabro
Gruppenführer StabsKp/GrenRgt 534
Awarded on: June 4th, 1944

(Photo credits to www.hf-kirchberg.at/)

Very nice ! Thanks very much for the pics.

I'm noticing a slightly dipping ring and a dipping "3" of the 1939 - clearly a Souval RK from what I can tell.
Seems like Wabro chose a Souval KC replacement in the post war years instead of a 57'er variant - not uncommon and very nice to see.

[Sepp45]

Very nice ! Thanks very much for the pics.

I'm noticing a slightly dipping ring and a dipping "3" of the 1939 - clearly a Souval RK from what I can tell.
Seems like Wabro chose a Souval KC replacement in the post war years instead of a 57'er variant - not uncommon and very nice to see.

Thanks for that info Alex! Nice to know he had a replacement after the war

[Sepp45]

RK with Oak Leaves awarded to Gen. Heinz Guderian
Kommandierender General XIX.Armee-Korps
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: October 27th, 1939

Befehlshaber Panzergruppe 2
Awarded the Oak Leaves: July 17th, 1941

An excellent photo of Guderian's KC, kindly sent by a collector. Thanks a lot

[Tom B]

An excellent photo of Guderian's KC, kindly sent by a collector. Thanks a lot

Hello MY Friend !!!! Very nice pic ! Tom

[Sepp45]

Hello MY Friend !!!! Very nice pic ! Tom

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Hauptmann Rolf Rannersmann
Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on: March 12th, 1945

(Photo credits to MFF Forum)

[pep]

RK preliminary award document to Wachtmeister Heinrich Engel
Geschützführer 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 259 / Heerestruppe
Presented on: November 2nd, 1943

document seems a bad fake ... burgdorf signature is extremely sloppy !!!
just compare it with the correct signature of the next document you posted.

[Sepp45]

document seems a bad fake ... burgdorf signature is extremely sloppy !!!
just compare it with the correct signature of the next document you posted.

It could be the quality of the scan..

I would like to hear the opinion of other experts as well

[DDD777]

In fact very bad scan of Engels RK EK VB (substantially stretch),
but the documents is without visible blunders, both from the historical and from the typographical point of view.

[Sepp45]

Thanks! Good to know it's original

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Unteroffizier Hans-Joachim von Wangelin
Staka 1./KG 77
Awarded the Ritterkreuz: September 19th, 1942

One more picture of this grouping.

(Photo credits to Emedals.com)

[Sepp45]

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords attributed to SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Prieß

I think this come from the book: "The SS Totenkopf Ring", by Craig Gottlieb

Anybody knows anything else about this set?