Panzer KC holder Identification

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It does have an odd short bill, I wonder if it an M42 with the bill added?
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[frankandfrank]

hello scott,

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" bgColor=#808080 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=2>Küspert, Karl</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=2>* 14.09.1919 </TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=2>+ 16.04.1945 a. Dampfer Goya</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap bgColor=#ffffff>Ritterkreuz /knights cross</TD><TD width=270 bgColor=#ffffff> 16.10.1944</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>als: </TD><TD bgColor=#ffffff> Hauptmann </TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#ffffff>Funktion: </TD><TD bgColor=#ffffff> Chef 1./PzRgt 35</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

regards
ralf

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[frankandfrank]

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hello scott,
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knights cross winner: Karl Küspert
14.09.1919 - 16.04.1945+ Dampfer Goya

knights cross on 16.10.1944 as Hauptmann , Chef1./PzRgt 35
regards
ralf

[Akira Takiguchi]

My God - Ralf, was he the only RK-Tr&auml;ger who lost his life on Goya? I remember reading about a RK Hauptmann in Toland's "Last 100 Days" who tried to save other people but himself wasn't saved. He remained unidentified in the book --- is it him?

I don't have the book around me right now so I could be mistaken but...

[Dave Kane]

Steve A. Look at the 'crush cap'..Pi. for sure!!!

Dave

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[Akira Takiguchi]

Hi Scott,

The Goya was sunk by a russian submarine in a similar condition as Wilhelm Gustloff was - while evacuating refugees to the west. About 6,000 lost their lives from Goya, just as many from Gustoff. They could leave hundreds of survivors however, unlike Japanese Awa-maru which was illegally torpoedoed, killing more than 2,000 and left only one survivor - ratio worse than as-tragic Hood. Japanese Junyo-maru also lost over 5,600 when sunk.

When I was a lot younger, these stories (including the interesting read of the "A Night to Remember" by Lord) horrified me, I could never love to travel on ships...

I read "The Last 100 Days" many a times until pages fall apart, so Goya and Gustloff has a great impression on me - it was sad to hear that John Toland has passed away recently...

[Akira Takiguchi]

Returned home to see that my memory has rotten quite a bit The story of "a Hauptmann" was about W.Gustloff and not about Goya... And checking the original English version it reads "Lieutenant of O.T."... Japanese translation is pretty good but seems not so in details! And not an RK, but just "an Iron Cross"... (my memory problem)

Anyway, it wasn't K&uuml;spert...

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[Akira Takiguchi]

Scott, my site runs at: http://www.history.jp/wehrmacht/

I wish my English (and especially my German) was better, and before that I wish I had more money and time for research... But almost everyone work with certain limitations, and it does in some aspect make our collecting interesting, doesn't it?