Night of the Generals

[Leroy]

Just a very minor sidelight this morning.

I always thought the RK with Oakleaves worn by Peter O'Toole in the the film "Night of the Generals" (1967) looked really nice on-screen. Finally saw a good photo which solved where it came from.

[Leroy]

Souval.

[Alex W.]

Hi Gentry,

very interesting picture. Thanks for posting.

Regards,
Alex

[Tony T-S]

Now that’s a nice Souval

[Jody]

Night of the Generals

Hi Gentry,
That is a great film and a great cross. Do you notice every general in that film is wearing a 1939 2nd Class EK ribbon.

Regards,
Jody

[Leroy]

And one even gets to wear the WW1 version (with clasp) on his ribbon bar and the WW2 version in his buttonhole. (Note the EK2 used as an RK.)

[Yubari]

yep, odd

[Rick C]

I found it interesting that O’Toole was portrayed first as an army General and later as an SS General via some inter-organizational transfer I would presume. I know Lt.Gen. Wilhelm Schmalz (Luftwaffe HG div) started out as army cavalry and I’ve heard the there were quite a number of Heer Artillery officers who found themselves in KM Coastal Artillery but I wonder if anyone has an idea how often this happened?

[BILL]

Great movie with good effort to uniforms. Yes Rick, always found that odd. Worked tho.