New photo Pickup's

[W Petz]

The same RKT #2

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Reverse side of photo....can't make it out #2-1

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Another Unk RKT #3

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same grouping winter clad soldiers #4

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Here is closer shot of the RKT and his Staff in Camo Winter uniforms #5

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Members of the unit in a bloodless snowball fight #6

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Another shot of the snowball fight #7

[grobkörnig]

Bill,
RKT #2 should be Franz Scheidies... He is actually wearing RK+EL
Regards
gk

[W Petz]

GK,

Are you sure? Reverse says he was a General but on the front it does not show any General collar insignia. Do have any information as to what Regiment or Division he led depending on what rank. I did see that he had an eichenlaub which is why I addressed him as RKT. The only book I have on RK winners is on Fallschirmjaegers.

Bill

Bill,
RKT #2 should be Franz Scheidies... He is actually wearing RK+EL
Regards
gk

[W Petz]

Here's a few more portraits to post. Colorized Portrait of Flieger wearing LWGAB

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Lw #2

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Lw#3

[grobkörnig]

GK,

Are you sure? Reverse says he was a General but on the front it does not show any General collar insignia. Do have any information as to what Regiment or Division he led depending on what rank. I did see that he had an eichenlaub which is why I addressed him as RKT. The only book I have on RK winners is on Fallschirmjaegers.

Bill

Bill,
no, i am not sure, but maybe the writer of the note on the reverse wasn't either...

I also noticed the inconsistency of the photo and the reverse... I will try to explain what I was thinking:

I was (and am) pretty sure that the name on the reverse reads "Scheidies". The only Scheidies I found on www.das-ritterkreuz.de was

Generalmajor
Scheidies, Franz
* 22.12.1890 Großpelken/Ostpreußen
+ 07.04.1942 Gluschitza/Rusland
Ritterkreuz am: 05.08.1940
als: Oberstleutnant
Funktion: Kommandeur InfRgt 127
43. Eichenlaub am: 31.12.1941 als Oberst
Kommandeur InfRgt 22

As the Name "Scheidies" is not too common (especially among EL holders), he should be the right choice. Note that he was promoted to Generalmajor posthumously, which might explain the "General" on the reverse...

Would that be plausible?

regards
gk

[W Petz]

GK,

It does look like he is the right one....Picture probably taken as Oberst & Commander of Infantry Regiment 22. Thanks - Bill

Bill,
no, i am not sure, but maybe the writer of the note on the reverse wasn't either...

I also noticed the inconsistency of the photo and the reverse... I will try to explain what I was thinking:

I was (and am) pretty sure that the name on the reverse reads "Scheidies". The only Scheidies I found on www.das-ritterkreuz.de was

Generalmajor
Scheidies, Franz
* 22.12.1890 Großpelken/Ostpreußen
+ 07.04.1942 Gluschitza/Rusland
Ritterkreuz am: 05.08.1940
als: Oberstleutnant
Funktion: Kommandeur InfRgt 127
43. Eichenlaub am: 31.12.1941 als Oberst
Kommandeur InfRgt 22

As the Name "Scheidies" is not too common (especially among EL holders), he should be the right choice. Note that he was promoted to Generalmajor posthumously, which might explain the "General" on the reverse...

Would that be plausible?

regards
gk

[Elwyn]

Yes, definitely Scheidies ELT.

Then the one in the snow was Hermann Heinrich Behrend, another ELT

Cheers
Elwyn