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Yes, 91 years of age, which still a very respectable age by any standard...


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Krollspell

Walther Gerhold , the only enlisted man in the Kriegsmarine and in the Kleinkampfverbände who received the Ritterkreuz for actions previously mentioned in this thread, has passed away at age 101. Born in 8.VI.1921, Herr Gerhold died on 2.III.2013. He had served as a police officer after the war, re...

And here's the link for the 12 Officers (maybe 13) that were awarded with both the German Cross in Gold and the German Cross in Silver...

http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=899


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Krollspell

Hello Klaus, Here are more information from the Axis History Factbook on the three besides Volkmer men that were awarded twice... Harazim, Georg-Wilhelm , Oberleutnant, Kp.Chef im Kampfbtl. Reggio / 15. Pz.Gren.Div. Jäger, Walter , Martrosenobergefreiter d.R., Einzelkämpfer i. e. Frontaufklärungskom...

Hello Albert, According to David Littlejohn's "Foreign Legions of the Third Reich - Vol. 4: Poland, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Free India, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Russia" (1987),the Waffenfarbe for Turkistan volunters was light blue , as detailed in an order of 29th Ma...

Hello Gentlemen,

The formal name(s) for Nazi Germany were "Deutsches Reich" and also from 1943 "Großdeutsches Reich".


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Krollspell

This looks like a very interesting book, Kamen! The Battles for Hungary and Budapest are in my opinion some of the most interesting fronts during the war, and I've visited Budapest several times, and also the Lake Balaton area. I'm looking forward to buy and read your book this summer, as I already ...

Hello Waffen! I haven't read the Michaelis book myself, but here's a short comment on Gilhofer in Antonio J. Munoz' "Forgotten Legions: Obscure Combat Formations of the Waffen-SS" (1991)... Initial formation of the battalion was carried out at Chlum in Czechoslovakia. Command of the battal...

Ah, I see... :wink: About the two metal "badges" who have an Odal rune-like ornament, apart from not being the traditional "Prinz Eugen" Odal rune, I've never seen badges like this on any soldier from the "Prinz Eugen". Although I have to admit that I'm not that special...

Hello Morgan!

According to the following website, http://www.389id.de/ , Oberst Walter Rolin was not the commander of the 389. ID, indicating that he as mistakenly been identified as such...


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Krollspell

Hello Mark! The unit designation on the Identification Disc, [10./J.R. 334 (9?)] would indicate the 10th company of the 334th Jäger Regiment (Heer), only problem is that there were no 334th Jäger Regiment?! Anyhow, nothing on the Identification disc indicates any connection to the 7. SS-Freiwilligen...

Hello Luke, and welcome to Feldgrau!

The Regiment's correct german designation is Schützen-Regiment 155, and you'll find a quite useful introduction here...

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /SR155.htm


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Hello Morgan!

Here you have two answers...

Arko 411 was Oberst Georg Bechtel

Arko 413 was Oberst Georg Neßlinger

Source: www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de


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Krollspell

Hello Morgan!

Kurt Schaal received the DKiG on 30.07.1942 as an Oberstleutnant commanding II./Inf.Rgt. 425 (part of the 223. ID).
Source: Patzwall & Scherzer (2001).


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Krollspell

An interesting article on a recently discovered and excavated german WWI trench in France, with many detailed photographs...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... later.html


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Krollspell