Original Knight's Cross awarding document?

[BKEHV]

Hi guys,

I've seen this KC awarding document for sale. Since I never had one of these, I hope you can help.
Description says a slip of paper was glued over the recipients name and an attempt to remove that slip of paper was crudely attempted.

Since I can't read the name and there was nobody awarded on the 1st of July 1944 with "NETT" in his name, I searched for men who were awarded on the 1st of July 1944. I found these names:

- Ludwig Becker
- Werner Blume
- Kurt Brändle
- Karl Gratz
- Alfred Grislawski
- Günther Hannak
- Reinhold Knacke
- Rudolf Müller
- Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert
- Siegfried Simsch
- Karl Steffen

The first name on the document appears to be Kurt... Could it be Kurt Brändle's document?

I'm looking forward to your opinions.

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[Robert H]

Kurt for sure and the lenght for Brändle would also fit well, sad what happened to this document.

[BKEHV]

Does the document itself look original to you? To me it does but I'm most certainly not an expert on these haha!

[Jelle M.]

I agree with Robert that the first name of the soldier is Kurt. It is almost certain that it is Kurt Brändle
who had the rank of Hauptmann while receiving the knight's cross. If untouched that would be a very valuable document
from a high scoring fighter ace. I wonder what idiot put a sticker on top of the original awardee, such a shame.
If you can buy it cheap i would recommend you to bring it to a professional lab where they restore and repair antique paper.
Some institutes are very good at that and you would be surprised by the outcome... The repair will be very time consuming and will cost you
some money but that document is worth it.


Jelle

[Robert H]

agree with Jelle, very good chances for a good restorer but all pending on the price tag for this map

[BKEHV]

I've contacted a local paper restorer and sent them some pictures. They told me l would get a reply by the end of the day. I'm very curious!

[Gran Sasso]

I've contacted a local paper restorer and sent them some pictures. They told me l would get a reply by the end of the day. I'm very curious!

Your aware its not made of paper?

[BKEHV]

Your aware its not made of paper?

The company works with all kinds of materials. So it's not just a paper restorer...

[tgn]

Be careful. Interesting story: A German militaria dealer once had a damaged Grand Cross Case. He found out who made the cases during the NS times and brought it to him for repair. That person threw the case on the floor and stepped on it, saying he wanted nothing to do with the Nazi items. So just make sure the guy restoring it doesn't have a latent grudge to impede the quality of his work.

[VtwinVince]

So why would someone put Unteroffizier ????Nett on a famous recipient's Urkunde?

[Gran Sasso]

The company works with all kinds of materials. So it's not just a paper restorer...