Knights Cross Recipients Who Are Still Living

[mdj]

Helmut Jeserer (Gebirgsjaeger) is a great guy....and for its age in good shape.

hes always talking and he keeps writing and writing....GREAT.

Martin

[Herr Fritzkopf]

Well that's one beautiful collection of RKT autographs. makes me pretty jealous, that's huge compared to my 2 pictures of Otto Carius

[Huntzman]

Well that's one beautiful collection of RKT autographs. makes me pretty jealous, that's huge compared to my 2 pictures of Otto Carius

Everyone starts somewhere !!!!! Most of us will never achieve the collections some of our fellow members have, but with a little hard work it is possible to obtain a nice collection.

Remember, it is not quantity, but quality. Always remember that with each photo you create a link with history. Learn the story of how each one came to receive their RK, and honor their gift to you.

[Herr Fritzkopf]

Everyone starts somewhere !!!!! Most of us will never achieve the collections some of our fellow members have, but with a little hard work it is possible to obtain a nice collection.

Remember, it is not quantity, but quality. Always remember that with each photo you create a link with history. Learn the story of how each one came to receive their RK, and honor their gift to you.

you're right with that quality, not quantity. But i don't ask specificaly for a signed photograph when i write my first letter. like now, i've posted my letter to Artur Becker-Neetz last friday; i didn't ask for a photograph. which is quite normal i think, in the first letter i always tell why i'm writing and why i'm so interested in the war and the RKTs. i'll probably ask for one after i've received a reply, or i'll send him a copy of an unsigned picture .

[Huntzman]

HF

I don't think that it is wrong to ask them to sign a photo for you in the first letter. Truthfully, I think it might be a good thing as we honestly do not know how long they will be with us. This was a lesson I learned the hard way, and I am sure other members can also verify.

Artur is a very nice man and I hope you hear back from him soon. I know that he has moved recently to Berlin. So perhaps it takes some time.

I wish you much luck in your collecting.

Andrew

you're right with that quality, not quantity. But i don't ask specificaly for a signed photograph when i write my first letter. like now, i've posted my letter to Artur Becker-Neetz last friday; i didn't ask for a photograph. which is quite normal i think, in the first letter i always tell why i'm writing and why i'm so interested in the war and the RKTs. i'll probably ask for one after i've received a reply, or i'll send him a copy of an unsigned picture .

[Herr Fritzkopf]

Thanks andrew,
i'll keep that in mind for the future

Thomas

[JulioMoc]

For Huntzman, some corrections on the list:

-Rolf Hermichen is listed twice
-Walter Gerhold (RK Kriegsmarine) is missing

[JulioMoc]

More:

-Karl-Heinz Knollmann died Feb. 2, 2010.
-Friedrich Buck (died 1997)???

[JulioMoc]

-Georg Pröhl (I found one Georg Pröhl from Heer, not Luftwaffe)
-Erich Schlemminger (101 years?)
-Wilhelm Walther (100 years?)

[ardennes1944]

-Walter Gerhold (RK Kriegsmarine) A few months ago, he was still alive but very ill.

Phil.

[ardennes1944]

-Erich Schlemminger (101 years) yes !
-Wilhelm Walther (100 years) yes !

Phil.

[JulioMoc]

-Walter Gerhold (RK Kriegsmarine) A few months ago, he was still alive but very ill.

Yeah, I got a reply from his daughter some weeks ago, saying the same thing.

[JulioMoc]

-Erich Schlemminger (101 years) yes !
-Wilhelm Walther (100 years) yes !

Phil.

Very nice news!

[Phil_C]

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-Friedrich Buck (died 1997)???

If this is Friedrich Buck of Florian Geyer he was alive in around 2003/04 as I wrote around that time and get a reply from him.

[Tommy Tasker]

Friedrich Buck is still alive to my knowledge,however he refuses to answer any
requests of any sort.