Hi! Most accounts of the Gran Sasso raid that I've read invariably relate that Luffwaffe paratroopers Major Otto-Harald Mors and Oberleutnant Georg Freiherr von Berlepsch received nothing in the way of decorations for their role in the mission. I was just glancing through Horst Scheibert’s “Die Träger des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold (Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS) und Deutschen Kreuzes in Silber (Heer, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS)” and noticed BOTH received the German Cross in Gold on 1 November 1943. Just curious, were these, in fact, somewhat belated awards rendered in whole or in part for the Gran Sasso raid?
Regards,
Shawn
German Crosses in Gold for the Gran Sasso raid?
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