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If it is the 6. Infanterie-Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm, König von Preußen" you're after, go here for starters...

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nig ... 0%9C_Nr._6


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Krollspell

Sigmund, who from what I have gathered over the years from my father and cousins, was in the SS. In fact, one of Sigmund's grandsons told me he was an officer who died at Stalingrad and at one time was a body guard for Mussolini. Is there a KIA list from Stalingrad? That might have his rank listed....

Hello waffen 211! This is Friedrich Richter , SS-Sturmbannführer and Kommandeur III./SS-Pz.GR 21 of the 10. SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg". Richter is one of several very late war RKT that have been disqualified as a legit RKT by the research of Veit Scherzer (2005). See the following tra...

I don't have any further information on Major Wolfgang Semmer and the circumstances his trial and execution. He is mentionend in the following lengthy thread over at AHF, concerning post 1945 War trials in Yugoslavia post. It's not much but maybe you could find sources to follow... http://forum.axis...

Hello enzus!

Follow this link and go for Flak-Regiment 135...

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... erieLW.htm



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Krollspell

Your man was an Oberleutnant at the time of this photograph.


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Krollspell

Hello storm39! Yes, it's the same Wolfgang Semmer. Born in 24.02.1917, he reached the rank of Major and was executetd as a P.O.W. in Yugoslav captivity on 02.12. 1949 . Source is Veit Scherzer; "Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945" (2005) and Herr Scherzer comments that he was "in jugoslawisc...

Here are some informative links were you can read on the RAD and also find from what parts of the Reich your wanted units might have originated from...

http://www.feldgrau.com/rad.html
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=2859


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Krollspell

Hello Douglas! The german RAD units belonged to the Reichsarbeitsdienst , the RAD (Reich Labour Service) and there were many RAD Batallions working with construction installations in the field and eventually at the front lines, used as auxiliary units, mainly in the FLAK (AA) role but as the war eff...

Hello Klaus! What Veit Scherzer mentions in his "Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945" (1st ed. 2005) is the following additional award facts if the RKT also received... 1. DKiG , Deutsches Kreuz in Gold and the award date. 2. NKG , Nahkampfspange in Gold and the award date. 3. EB, Nennung im Ehern...

Hello Ronald!

Dr. Kurt Bingler received the DKiS (Deutsches Kreuz in Silber) on 27.09.1944 as a Gen.St.Arzt with the 20. Geb.Armee.


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Krollspell

Hello Ronald!

Here's a link to a detailed bio on Friedrich Hochbaum...

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Per ... hbaumF.htm


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Krollspell

Hello Klaus!

Have you cross-checked http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de for information? A quick glance showed both Bonk and Kruse with the Nahkampfspange and I'm sure several of the others on your list are there as well...


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Krollspell

Thank you very much for this very detailed information on the wartime experiences and life of Karl Prümm!


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Krollspell

Hello Gentlemen! An eight year old question has been pushed up into the searchlight again so... Karl Prümm received the RK on 21.05.1943 as an Oberleutnant d.R. and Chef 7./GR 105 of the 72. Infanterie-Division. He went on to receive the DKiG on 21.01.1944 while holding the same rank and command. He...