Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Johann Baichl

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Oberfeldwebel Johann Baichl (Zugführer in 5.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 / 4.Panzer-Division), which took place on October 23, 1944. He received the prestigious medal from Generalmajor Clemens Betzel (Kommandeur 4. Panzer-Division). On the same day Baichl was also awarded Nahkampfspange in Gold for an astonishing feat: surviving 50 days of close combat!

Source :
"The Face of Courage: The 98 Men Who Received the Knight's Cross and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold" by Florian Berger
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2014/10/oberfeldwebel-johann-baichl-1918-1994.html
https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Baichl,_Johann

Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Johann Bäuchl

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Oberfeldwebel Johann Bäuchl (Zugführer in 5.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 / 4.Panzer-Division), which took place on 23 October 1944. The medal was awarded for distinguishing himself during his Bataillon’s offensive combat on 16 September 1944. He received the Ritterkreuz from the Divisionskommandeur Generalmajor Clemens Betzel, which also temporarily in charge of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33, . On the same day, Bäuchl - after the war changed his name to Johann Baichl - was also awarded the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp in Gold) for an astonishing feat: surviving 50 days of close combat!

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2014/10/oberfeldwebel-johann-baichl-1918-1994.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/1715/B%C3%A4uchl-Johann-Geb-Baichl.htm

Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony of 4. Panzer-Division

Award ceremony of 4. Panzer-Division, 12 August 1944. Divisionskommandeur Clemens Betzel (back to the camera) awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes to Bataillonsführer Kurt Schäfer (on the right facing Betzel). From left to right: Oberst Hans Christern (Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 35), Generalmajor Clemens Betzel (Kommandeur 4. Panzer-Division), Oberstleutnant Gerlach von Gaudecker-Zuch (Kommandeur Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33), Oberstleutnant im Generalstab Peter Sauerbruch (Ia [Erster Generalstabsoffizier] 4. Panzer-Division), Hauptmann Wilhelm Westermann (Kommandeur Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 4), Major der Reserve Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (Kommandeur II.Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 35), unidentified officer, Hauptmann Kurt Schäfer (Führer I.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33), and another unidentified officer.

Source :
http://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Datei:Ritterkreuztr%C3%A4ger_der_14._Panzer-Division.jpg
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29879&start=14025