Show us your favourite Ritterkreuz photo

[Brian S]

I`ll take it back friends .It`s Ehrenfried Boege .First choise is not the best anytime.Rauch looks similar in that pic ,sorry
Best
Uli

It's good to see even you can make a mistake. This is very difficult as these guys faces changed so much over the course of the war. Crashes in planes, shell fragment scars, exhaustion, it's not easy.

[W Petz]

Here is a General and a GFM RKT going over some maps!! name of GFM is on the reverse but I cannot read it.

[W Petz]

Reverse side of the photo of the General and GFM

[Mike H]

Unknown

Gentlemen,

Any ideas on who this is? And what the autograph says?

Mike

[Elwyn]

Hi Bill,
XX was GFM Reichenau

Cheers
Elwyn

[Elwyn]

Just a guess.... chubby general with Reichenau..........Oskar Bluemm, Kmdr 57 Div?

Cheers
Elwyn

[herbert]

Hallo Mike,

It is a fighterpilot Heinrich Höfemeier. A super photo.

Gruß
Herbert

[Douglas Jr.]

Hallo Mike,

It is a fighterpilot Heinrich Höfemeier. A super photo.

Gruß
Herbert

I Agree! Pretty nice picture! Is that his autograph? If so, a truly rare signature, as Höfemeier was shot down and killed by Russian flak on August 7th, 1943.

Congratulation.

Douglas.

[Mike H]

Herbert and Douglas,

Thanks for identifying this for me --- yes, it is his signature on the photo.

This came from the George Petersen collection. George had many wartime-signed photos of Luftwaffe pilots in his collection at one time. This is the only one I bought I could not identify. This is much appreciated. I will run some others that I have as well on this thread.

My best,

Mike

[W Petz]

Elwyn,

Thanks again for the help on identifying another unknown. Bill

Mike,

Super photo!! Congrats on finding out who the pilot is and I've said this before...it's nice to place a face with a name. Bill

Here is a pic of LW GFM Erhard Milch

[W Petz]

Here is a pic of LW RKT General Kurt Pflugbeil

[Mike H]

Another to ID ...

OK, gentlemen ... you are good at this.

I also need this RKT identified. I am fairly sure it is Helmut Ruffler (umlaut over the u).

Also autographed.

Mike Heuer

[Mike H]

Egon Mayer

Egon Mayer.

Mike Heuer

[Mike H]

Gerhard Koppen

One of my favorites.

Gerhard Koppen (umlaut over o).

Mike Heuer

[Douglas Jr.]

OK, gentlemen ... you are good at this.

I also need this RKT identified. I am fairly sure it is Helmut Ruffler (umlaut over the u).

Also autographed.

Mike Heuer

Mike,

Amazing pictures! I simply love them!
Concerning the ace in your post above, you´re right: he is Helmut Rüffler (1918-2001). Congratulations.

Douglas.