Knight Crosses today

[wehl]

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

[Sepp45]

hes rank is unterscharführer

Thanks!

[Sepp45]

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)

[Sepp45]

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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[Sepp45]

RK formal award document to Oberstleutnant der Reserve Klaus von Bismarck
Führer II./InfRgt 4
Presented on: December 31st, 1941

[Sepp45]

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

[Sepp45]

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

[Sepp45]

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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[markus]

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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

[Ludwig]

hes rank is unterscharführer

No, it´s Waffen-Unterscharführer!

[Sepp45]

RK preliminary award document to Generalleutnant Fritz Becker
Kommandeur 370. Infanterie-Division
Presented on: April 6th, 1943

[Sepp45]

RK awarded to Leutnant Walter Werner
1. / Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 1.
Awarded on: June 9th, 1944

[Sepp45]

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.

[Ludwig]

Keep up the good work, Sepp!

[Tony T-S]

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