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Sunday, February 5, 2023

Award Ceremony by Hermann Göring for Luftwaffe and Heer Personnel in 1940


The ceremony for awarding the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes medals to Luftwaffe and Heer officers who excelled in the battles for Rotterdam and the Moerdijk Bridge. The award ceremony was held on May 24, 1940 in Moerdijk, Netherlands, and handed over by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe). The recipients are, from left to right: Oberst Bruno Bräuer (Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 / 7.Flieger-Division); Hauptmann Fritz Prager (Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 / 7.Flieger-Division); Oberleutnant Horst Kerfin (Chef 11.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 / 7.Flieger-Division); and Oberst Hans Kreysing (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 16 / 22.Luftlande-Division).


This photo was taken some time after the Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Luftwaffe and Heer officers who excelled in the battles for Rotterdam and the Moerdijk Bridge, which was held on 24 May 1940 in Moerdijk, Netherlands, and was handed over by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe). The proud recipients pose for a photo with the Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe (who is also a number two in the hierarchy of Nazi Germany after Hitler). From left to right: Hauptmann Fritz Prager (Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 / 7.Flieger-Division), Oberst Bruno Bräuer (Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 / 7.Flieger-Division), Major im Generalstab Heinrich "Heinz" Trettner (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier 7. Flieger-Division), Oberst Hans Kreysing (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 16 / 22.Luftlande-Division), Göring, Oberstleutnant Dietrich von Choltitz (Kommandeur III.Bataillon / Infanterie- Regiment 16 / 22.Luftlande-Division), Oberst Dipl.Ing. Gerhard Conrad (Geschwaderkommodore Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 2), and Oberleutnant Horst Kerfin (Chef 11.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 / 7.Flieger-Division).

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2014/12/foto-hermann-goring-dan-upacara.html
https://www.forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=116785

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