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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Hauptmann der Reserve Adolf Hoyer

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Adolf Hoyer (17 July 1915 - 4 November 1943) is a Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross recipient) from Sudetenland, who received the R...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Bernhard Jope with Luftwaffe Officer

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One side of a stereograph of Hauptmann Bernhard Jope (left) with another Luftwaffe officer with the rank of Leutnant. Original caption in...

Martin Möbus in Hoffmann Postcard

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At the age of 16, Martin Möbus was the leader of a group of 250 Hitlerjugend members. Already at that same age he flew with gliderplanes....

Bernhard Jope in Hoffmann Postcard

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Bernhard Jope (10 May 1914 – 31 July 1995) was a German bomber pilot during World War II. He was a recipient of the Ritterkreuz des Eiser...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Georg Grüner in Hoffmann Postcard

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Georg Grüner joined as a cadet in the Panzer Regiment 1 in 1936. On 1 September 1938 he was promoted to Leutnant and Zugführer in Panzer-...

Horst Ademeit in Hoffmann Postcard

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Horst Ademeit was born on 8th February 1912 in Breslau. After taking chemistry in Berlin he became a Diplomiert-ingenieur Assistent with ...
Friday, January 18, 2019

Hans Källner in Hoffmann Postcard

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Hans Källner (as Generalmajor) on Hoffmann postcard series, not long after he received the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuze...

Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke in Hoffmann Postcard

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Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (24 January 1889 – 4 July 1968) was a German general of paratroop forces during World War II. He led units in Cre...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Ritterkreuz Award ceremony for Ewald Mrusek

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    The first Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross recipient) in Tunisia: Stabsfeldwebel Ewald Mrusek (some sources spelled his la...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Luftwaffe Ace Gerhard Barkhorn in 1943

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Summer of 1943: Oberleutnant Gerhard Barkhorn (left) - initially commanding officer of 4.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52...
Saturday, April 7, 2018

Romanian Award Ceremony for Finnish Carl Gustaf Mannerheim

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Romanian Ambassador Constintinides (second from left) handed the commander-in-chief of Finland's defence forces, Carl Gustaf Emil ...
Monday, April 2, 2018

Brillantenträger Adelbert Schulz with His Fans

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Generalmajor Adelbert Schulz smiling amongst happy spectators all around him. In his neck is the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eic...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Eichenlaub Award Ceremony for Panzer Ace Otto Carius

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Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Oberrhein) awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub #5...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony of Wilhelm Knetsch at Stalingrad

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Major Wilhelm Knetsch (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 545 / 389.Infanterie-Division) receives the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knigh...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Three German Commanders in the Battle Against Allied Troops in St.-Lô

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Three senior German commanders in the Battle against Allied troops in St.-Lô area, Normandy, 16 July 1944. From left to right: General der ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

General der Infanterie Albrecht Schubert

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General der Infanterie Albrecht Schubert (23 June 1886 – 26 November 1966) was born in Glatz (modern Kłodzko, Poland, then in German Sile...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Ritterkreuzträger with Artur Axmann at Reichsjugendführung (2)

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In 3 November 1942, a big delegation of Ritterkreuzträger (German Knight's Cross recipients) visited the Reichsjugendführung, doing...

Studio Portrait of Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock

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SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (6 May 1897 - 11 March 1978) was an outstanding Waffen-SS artillery officer who during his career ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

General der Infanterie Ferdinand Neuling

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General der Infanterie Ferdinand Neuling (22 August 1885 - 20 February 1960) joined the Kaiser's army as ensign in 139th Infantry Reg...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Himmler and the Ritterkreuztrüger from Panzertruppen

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Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and the Ritterkreuzträger from Panzertruppen: This picture was taken on April 1942 by Bildberichter Hain...