Thursday, March 5, 2020

Generalleutnant Hermann Flörke


 
Generalleutnant Hermann Flörke in a studio picture by Walter Frentz after he met with Adolf Hitler at Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze on September 1944, not long after he received the Eichenlaub #565 for his Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 5 September 1944 as Kommandeur 14. Infanterie-Division. Previously, Flörke had already received the Ritterkreuz on 15 December 1943 as a Generalmajor and commander of the same division. Other decorations that he got: 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse (15 June 1915) und I.Klasse (27 August 1917); Ritterkreuz des Königlicher Preußischer Hausorden von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern; Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz; Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 in Schwarz; Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914-1918; Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht IV. bis I.Klasse; 1939 spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse (15 October 1939) und I.Klasse (21 May 1940); Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (23 October 1942); Großkreuzes Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (10 March 1967); serta Bundesverdienstkreuz (10 March 1967). His name was also mentioned in Wehrmachtbericht (19 November 1943)


Source :
http://www.historicalwarmilitariaforum.com/topic/6937-ritterkreuztr%C3%A4ger-photos-in-color-thread/?page=21&tab=comments#comment-42648

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