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**Peter Wiking** · 02-28-2005, 03:36 PM

Congratulation to a nice RK group.

Cheers.
Peter

**fknorr** · 02-28-2005, 03:39 PM

I love the history behind all this stuff...congrats on a nice (very) grouping.

**M. Zimmer** · 02-28-2005, 03:56 PM

Congrats to a wonderful grouping

Mathias

**Giel VW** · 02-28-2005, 04:19 PM

Outstanding

Really, I'm shocked, WOW

**J G** · 02-28-2005, 04:21 PM

Great piece oh history. Great grouping

**Chris Wainwrigh** · 02-28-2005, 04:46 PM

Wonderful grouping, I'm glad you were able to get it

**Mooyman** · 02-28-2005, 04:57 PM

Hi Marc,

Killer Group!!!!

Congratulation!!!!

Regards,

Ricardo.

**deptfordboy** · 02-28-2005, 05:08 PM

Nicest and most interesting grouping I've ever seen - all the Best !

**Joao Alberto** · 02-28-2005, 05:09 PM

Marc, i´m very happy you got the group at the end. Enjoy it!

Cheers,
Joao Alberto.

**Thomas H** · 02-28-2005, 05:10 PM

Hi Marc,

Beautiful grouping

. Good to hear that circumstances for you and your wife have changed.

Regards, Thomas

**Jim Baker** · 02-28-2005, 06:53 PM

Marc,

Congratulations my friend!!

Check PM.

**Besian B.** · 02-28-2005, 07:03 PM

That's an awesome grouping you got there, and a really nice gesture from the those people who helped you attain it

**von ropen** · 02-28-2005, 07:43 PM

Most thumbs up to your group....

**Dave Kane** · 02-28-2005, 08:13 PM

Congratulations Marc!!

**Alan Smith** · 03-02-2005, 12:50 PM

How did you locate the award ceremony footage?

I assume that the video was made from WWII-era German newsreel footage?

I am in the process of researching a German Cross winner, Aloise Meixlsperger, who was an officer that served in a self-propelled gun unit on the Ostfront. One of the awards visible in a photo I have of Aloise is the "tank destruction strip."

According to Aloise's family, during the war they saw a newsreel (shown at a local movie house in Munich) that showed Aloise standing on or near a knocked out Russian tank, with the newsreel comentary identifying Aloise by name and crediting him with destroying the tank.

Unfortunately, I do not know the identity of Aloise's unit, the date of the tank destruction, or the date the newsreel was shown.

Are any of the WWII-era German newsreels preserved in any archive? Furthermore, is there any way to search for the newsreel that depicts Aloise Meixlsperger and his knocked-out Russian tank?

Any help is appreciated.

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