Hermann Büchting Cuts the Ritterkreuz Cake

Die Ritterkreuz-Torte (The Ritterkreuz Cake): This photo by Kriegsberichter Kroencker was taken in the evening and showed Kapitänleutnant Hermann Büchting, who happily cut a cake decorated with dough in the form of Eisernes Kreuz (Iron Cross), which was presented as a surprise by its crew, on the day the captain received the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes. The photo was taken on the Eastern Front. Büchting (March 14, 1916 - June 27, 1992) was the commander of the Schnellboot (speedboat) which obtained the Ritterkreuz on April 22, 1943 as Kommandant S-27 / 1. Schnellbootsflottille. On September 1, 1943 he was given the responsibility as a Commander of 1. Schnellbootsflottille, a position he held until the end of the war. Other medals and awards that he receives: Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV.Klasse (5 April 1939); Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. October 1938 (20 December 1939); Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkerhr des Memellandes 22. März 1939 (20 December 1939); Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse (20 April 1940) und I.Klasse (3 January 1941); Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (25 April 1940) und in Silber (18 May 1943); Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen (16 December 1940); and Finnish Vapaudenristin Ritarikunta, 4th class (4 November 1941)

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