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    Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
    RK awarded to SS-Untersturmführer Alfrēds Riekstiņš
    Zugführer 1./Waffen-FüsBtl 19 der SS
    Awarded on: April 5th, 1945

    Despite being low quality pictures, these are great for the RK database. He was one of the few Latvians to be awarded the Knight's Cross.
    hes rank is unterscharführer

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      Originally posted by wehl View Post
      hes rank is unterscharführer
      Thanks!

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        Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
        RK with Oak Leaves awarded to Hauptmann Diether Lukesch
        Flugzeugführer 7. / Kampfgeschwader 76
        Awarded the Ritterkreuz: December 20th, 1941

        Staffelkapitän 9. / Kampfgeschwader 76
        Awarded the Oak Leaves: October 10th, 1944
        The wartime set presented to Lukesch, now in a private collection in Germany.

        (Photo credits to GCA member Gefolgsmann)
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          Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
          RK awarded to Major Wolfgang Späte
          Flugzeugführer 5. / Jagdgeschwader 54
          Awarded on: October 5th, 1941

          His medals were at a museum in Germany, but were stolen in 2005. The current whereabouts are unknown..
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            RK formal award document to Oberstleutnant der Reserve Klaus von Bismarck
            Führer II./InfRgt 4
            Presented on: December 31st, 1941
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              RK with Oak Leaves awarded to Major Hans-Dieter Frank
              Staffelkapitän 2./NJG 1
              Awarded on: June 20th, 1943

              Kommandeur I./NJG 1
              Awarded the Oak Leaves (posthumously): March 2nd, 1944
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                RK awarded to Oberstleutnant Henning Hoffmeister
                stellv. Führer Grenadier-Regiment 6
                Awarded on: September 30th, 1944

                This Knight's Cross was posted by a WAF collector in this forum many years ago. I can't remember the name, so credit goes to whomever took the photo
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                  Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
                  Oak Leaves formal award document to General der Infanterie Hans-Karl von Scheele
                  Kommandierender General Korps Scheele
                  Awarded on: April 2nd, 1943
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                    Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
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                    Thanks for posting this interesting formal OL document.



                    One of the rare OL docs with a pantograph/Kalligraph A.H. signature. Note the April 1943 award date.



                    Markus

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                      Originally posted by wehl View Post
                      hes rank is unterscharführer
                      No, it´s Waffen-Unterscharführer!

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                        RK preliminary award document to Generalleutnant Fritz Becker
                        Kommandeur 370. Infanterie-Division
                        Presented on: April 6th, 1943
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                          RK awarded to Leutnant Walter Werner
                          1. / Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 1.
                          Awarded on: June 9th, 1944
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                            Originally posted by Sepp45 View Post
                            RK preliminary award document to Major Theodor Graf Schimmelmann von Lindenburg
                            Kommandeur II. / Panzer-Regiment 15
                            Presented on: May 14th, 1941
                            Lindenburg's formal award document.
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                              Keep up the good work, Sepp!

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                                Agreed. I've just been through the entire thread again Sepp, and it never grows old mate.

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